Board Formation Process
Here are the steps to joining a Board:
- Send David Swedlow an email with the following information
- Meet with the liaison from a prospective board or others who might form a new board with you
- Pick a Boot Board Facilitator
- Start your Board!
Contents
Sample Personal Description
Here is a sample personal description for those who want to share their information based on the last Bootstrap Austin meeting. You can copy one of the samples, or just edit this page, and copy one of the entries below.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Overview
- You have to log in to edit an entry. Then you'll claim your entry by selecting a link from the Table of Contents, editing that entry and typing your name. Finally, you'll re-edit the entry to fill in the details. While you are editing, you won't see these instructions, but you can "Save page" to keep your changes and come back to this (the Boot Board) page. Scroll up to the top if necessary to see these instructions again.
- Login
- Click the "log in" link at the very top right of this browser page. If you don't already have an account, enter the five fields and click the "Create new account" button. After you've created the account or logged in, click the "Return to Boot Board" link.
- Claim your entry
- Select an entry from the Table of Contents. Choose one that reads "YOUR_NAME_HERE". You'll be taken to that entry and "YOUR_NAME_HERE" will appear at the top of the page. Click the "edit" link to the far right of "YOUR_NAME_HERE" to get to the edit page. For now, just replace "YOUR_NAME_HERE" with your first and last name (leave the equal marks "==" in place). Click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. Now you've claimed this entry. Next, fill in the details.
- Fill in your details
- At this point, the top of the page will have your first and last name as you entered them, and the "Edit" link is still to the far right. Click "Edit" again and now fill in the details. You should only need to replace the actual text that is in ALL_CAPS. Leave the semicolons (;) and asterisks at the beginning of each line (semicolons indicate headers, and asterisks indicate bullet items). If you need to add more bulleted items, just follow the pattern and enter an asterisk at the beginning of each line.
- Questions
- If you have any questions, please email David Swedlow.
Phyllis Blees
- Company
- Blees Creative Academies
- Company Size
- Small
- Stage
- Ideation
- Location
- Austin
- Interested Categories
- Managing a start-up
- For-Profit educational models
- Financing start-ups
- Other Information
- Just sold first school (a for-profit, primary school)
- Am planning the next school in my business model--an adult center for creative and innovative studies
- Have begun an interim "day job" as General Counsel for FLOW, Inc., a startup in the nonprofit world, and taking on a few business and tax clients
- Member of the Board of American Creativity Association-Austin Chapter
- Bootstrap Library Co-Chair
Stephen Sopko
- Company
- Creative Bandwidth, LP
- steve@ckventures.com
- Phone
- 512 917 6020
- Company Size
- 5 owners & contractors
- Stage
- Valley of Death (just past the buzzards circling overhead, make a left)
- Location
- Round Rock/Georgetown, TX
- Interested Categories
- Consulting (Sales, Proposals, Contract Negotiation & Management)
- Seminars & Teambuilding Events
- Games & Simulations
- Ideaphoria & the Practical Application of Creativity
- Other Information
- Board Member: International Association for Contract & Commercial Management [1]
- Co-Founder (with Karen Sopko): Cedar Key Ventures [2]
- Former US Federal Contracting Officer, Oil & Gas Technology Purchasing Manager, Dell Negotiator & Offshorer
- Personality Traits: Driver/Driver, but humbled by being married to a much smarter Analytical...
- Member: Theodore Roosevelt Society & Society for Industrial Archaeology
- Hobbies: history (period 1865-1939), kayaking, music (1980s & smooth jazz), travel, child wrangling
Karen Sopko
- Company
- Cedar Key Ventures, LLC
- karen@ckventures.com
- Phone
- 512 694 5366
- Company Size
- 2 founders, all work done with contractors/allies
- Stage
- Valley of Death - but hey I'm getting a great tan
- Location
- Round Rock, TX
- Interested Categories
- Proposals (Responding to RFP/RFQ's, Requirements Capture)
- Business Development (Relationship and consultative selling)
- Services Marketing (new service offering development)
- IT Desktop Services Outsourcing, Service Desk Management
- Knowledge Management, online Best Practice communities
- Other Information
- see www.idealreview.com for articles on how not to get outsourced
- Advise on enterprise IT service management, processes, and metrics
- Former life - Alcatel, EDS, SUNY, Dell, NASA, Sailmaker's Apprentice, Quasar Hunter
- Current Alliances with Equaterra, InSource Partners, IACCM, CMI
- Volunteer Work, Capitol BEST Robotics, JASON, Dale-Carnegie
- Hobbies astronomy, watercolors, cycling, and photography
- Member IEEE, AMA, Austin Freelancers, Home Based Working Mothers, Austin Women in Technology
Artie Berne
- Company
- Performance Capital
- aberne@austin.rr.com
- Phone
- 512-261-0024
- Company Size
- Me, Myself and I in Lakeway and 1 to 5 people in Houston
- Stage
- (I'd say we are Peaking over the Valley into the Sunshine)
- Location
- Beutiful Lakeway,TX
- Interested Categories
SERVICES MY COMPANY PROVIDES AND MY INTERESTS:
- Small Company Financing_1
- Accounts Receivable Financing_2
- Help companies get through the Valley of Death_3
- Upfront Purchase Order or Contract Financing_4
- Buying of Companies_5
- Project Funding_6
- Equity Venture Capital_7
- Asset Lending_8
- Leasing of Equipment_9
- Debt Resolution - Crisis Management_9
- Real Estate Financing of Commercial Properties_10
- Other Information
- In my past life I was hired to Start, Train, Manage, Motivate and Push Sales Organizations.
- I'm Very Goal oriented and list motivated to get alot of "stuff" done during the day.
- HOBBIES: Sales and Marketing Consulting for Real Estate Deals
- My other hobbies are full Contact Martial Arts - KAJUKENBO
- Also running,lifting and
- Real Estate investing and doing creative real estate transactions.
Michael Wilson
- Company
- Small World Labs
- [mwilson AT smallworldlabs.com]
- Phone
- 512-499-0018
- Company Size
- 7
- Stage
- Valley of Death
- Location
- Central/South Austin
- Interested Categories
- Marketing
- Sales
- Strategy
- Other Information
Corliss McGinty, SPHR
- Company
- Soft Solutions Consulting
- Corliss@HRMomma.com
- Phone
- 512-736-9884
- Company Size
- 1
- Stage
- VoD in Austin
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Interested Categories
- Human Resource Consulting for small businesses
- Talent-getting, developing and retaining
- Coaching for managers, executives
- Other Information
- Certified Coach and Senior Professional in HR
- Certified in 360 feedback
Brian Moeskau
- Company
- ThinkFirst, LLC
- Product
- MyHomePoint.com: Family-oriented scheduling and organization, currently in Beta with several hundred users.
- brian@myhomepoint.com
- Phone
- 512-451-7294
- Company Size
- 2 (myself + cofounder)
- Stage
- Valley of Death
- Location
- Central Austin
- Interested Categories
- All aspects of software development, architecture and delivery
- Web/user interface design and user experience
- Basketball
- Other Information
- MyHomePoint has been in dev. part-time for over a year, but just started getting serious within the last 6 months or so. I went full-time in Feb. and am trying to pull it forward into the Growth stage by my bare hands. I'm thinking that I may need gloves...
Kevin Koym
see my profile link at User:kkoym
- Company
- Enterprise Teaming, llc
- [3]
- Phone
- +1.512.698.9328
- Company Size
- 2+contractors
- Stage
- Valley of Death, Baby!
- Location
- Presently users using our application and process in the US, Mexico, Chile, Panama, Costa Rica, Spain, Ukraine, Russia, India.
- Interested Categories
- International Business
- Social Networking Theory
- Organizational Development
- Other Information
- Entrepreneur since 1994; lived and worked in US, Mexico, Chile
- Lots of bootstrapping scars (and experience)
- Well connected through Austin
- Looking for someone that can help me take our diseparate message and boil it down to a single focus
Rick Davis
- Company
- The Pelegrine Group, L.L.C.
- [4]
- Phone
- 512-419-7785
- Company Size
- YOUR_SIZE
- Stage
- YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)
- Location
- YOUR_LOCATION
- Interested Categories
- YOUR_INTEREST_1
- YOUR_INTEREST_2
- ETC.
- Other Information
- YOUR_OTHER_INFO
- ETC.
Ben Bartell
- Company
- Seattle's Best Coffee
- [5]
- Phone
- 512-565-4693
- Company Size
- 120
- Stage
- Growth (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)
- Location
- Austin
- Interested Categories
- Mentorship
- Team Building
- Management Accountability
- Other Information
- Originally from Seattle, WA
- Interested in helping any interested parties in getting out of the Valley of Death.
- Strengthfinder top 5: Strategic, Acheiver, Relator, Learner, Woo
Eric L. Burt
- Company
- Memberize!
- eburt@memberize.com
- Phone
- 512-536-1409 x107
- Company Size
- ~100 clients
- Stage
- Growth
- Location
- Austin
- Interested Categories
- Web 2.0
- Hosted Application Services
- Marketing, Marketing Channels
- SEO
- Other Information
- Originally from El Paso
- University of Texas alum that recently relocated to Austin
