Boot Board (Austin)
Boot Board: not CEO Roundtables!
Boot Board Presentation from 4/10/2006 meeting
Led by Bootstrappers:
- Michelle Ewalt, Team in Transition
- Stan Tyler
- David Swedlow
Contents
- 1 INSTRUCTIONS
- 2 Sample Personal Description
- 3 Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals
- 3.1 Ash Maurya
- 3.2 Brian Massey
- 3.3 Chad Jewell
- 3.4 David Swedlow
- 3.5 Phyllis Blees
- 3.6 Michael Trafton
- 3.7 Chris Garrigues
- 3.8 Stephen Sopko
- 3.9 Dave Pinckney
- 3.10 Mike O'Krent
- 3.11 Karen Sopko
- 3.12 YOUR_NAME_HERE
- 3.13 YOUR_NAME_HERE
- 3.14 YOUR_NAME_HERE
- 3.15 YOUR_NAME_HERE
- 3.16 YOUR_NAME_HERE
- 3.17 YOUR_NAME_HERE
- 3.18 YOUR_NAME_HERE
- 3.19 YOUR_NAME_HERE
- 3.20 YOUR_NAME_HERE
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: david@metastorming.com.
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.
Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals
Ash Maurya
- Company
- WiredReach
- ash@wiredreach.com
- Phone
- 214.914.8658
- Company Size
- 5 people
- Stage
- Valley of Death
- Location
- Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas
- Interested Categories
- User Centric Web - P2P/Social Software
- Collaborative Technology
- Starting Up
- Other Information
- New to Austin
- Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
- weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com
Brian Massey
- Company
- HearThis.com
- Company Size
- Small
- Stage
- Growth
- Location
- Northwest Austin
- Interested Categories
- Business to Business Technology
- Marketing
- Web 2.0/Customer Communities
- Other Information
- Currently part-time Bootstrapper.
- 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
- Advisor to several bootstrap businesses.
- Always looking to learn more.
Chad Jewell
Company: Austin Office Space, Inc. www.AustinOfficeSpace.com
Company Size: Small (4 people)
Stage: Growth
Location: Northwest Austin
Interested Categories: Service / Consulting oriented businesses, Business in growth phase, Lifestyle businesses, Sales
Other Information Started my company 6 years ago. Just sold 1/2 to my lead associate. Have 6 person confernce room that could hold up to 8? Previous expenrence organizing my own businss Mastermind group Was a member of The Alternative Board (TAB)
David Swedlow
- Company
- SPCI
- david@metastorming.com
- Phone
- 512-589-8834
- Company Size
- 2 people
- Stage
- Valley of Death
- Location
- Northwest Austin
- Interested Categories
- Social Software (Web 2.0)
- Emergent Community
- Collaborative Technology
- Transformational Dynamics
- Other Information
- New Bootstrapper
- Member of local chapter of American Creativity Association
- Spiral Dynamics Integral, Level 1 and Level 2 certification
- Future Studies
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
Michael Trafton
- Company
- Blue Fish Development Group
- [1]
- Phone
- 512-469-9300 x201
- Company Size
- 25 People
- Stage
- Growth
- Location
- Downtown Austin (6th & Brazos)
- Interested Categories
- Sales
- Marketing
- Business Operations
- Personnel Management
- Other Information
- Bootstrapped since 1999
- Member of Young Entrepreneur's Organization
Chris Garrigues
- Company
- Trinsic Solutions
- Phone
- 512-322-0180
- Company Size
- Myself and a few contractors
- Stage
- Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but will be if I hire staff too soon)
- Location
- Central Austin (14th and West)
- Interested Categories
- B2B Marketing
- Customer Satisfaction & Retention
- Managing growth
- Relationship-based businesses
- Other Information
- Founded Trinsic Solutions in late 2003; My 3rd business since 1995
- Previously worked for Schlumberger, Dell, MCC...
- Hoped initially to grow fast and almost died in my first year; laid off staff and am now managing the slower pace well.
- I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.
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 [2]
- Co-Founder (with Karen Sopko): Cedar Key Ventures [3]
- 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
Dave Pinckney
- Company
- Egeria Design
- Egeria Design mailbox
- Phone
- 512-833-8634
- Company Size
- Small
- Stage
- Valley of Death
- Location
- North Austin
- Interested Categories
- Managing virtual staff
- Non-standard business models
- Structures of financial transactions
- Other Information
- Info systems veteran
- Founded in 2001
- Docent: Blanton Museum of Art
- Unofficial Photographer: Central Texas Ballooning Association
Mike O'Krent
- Company
- LifeStories Alive
- [4]
- Phone
- 512-431-8166
- Company Size
- 1 full time! (other subcontractors - videographers, producer, editor)
- Stage
- Valley of Death
- Location
- Round Rock
- Interested Categories
- Baby boomer target marketing
- Personal Historian
- Starting up
- Other Information
- YOUR_OTHER_INFO
- ETC.
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
YOUR_NAME_HERE
- Company
- YOUR_COMPANY
- YOUR_EMAIL
- Phone
- YOUR_PHONENUMBER
- 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.
YOUR_NAME_HERE
- Company
- YOUR_COMPANY
- YOUR_EMAIL
- Phone
- YOUR_PHONENUMBER
- 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.
YOUR_NAME_HERE
- Company
- YOUR_COMPANY
- YOUR_EMAIL
- Phone
- YOUR_PHONENUMBER
- 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.
YOUR_NAME_HERE
- Company
- YOUR_COMPANY
- YOUR_EMAIL
- Phone
- YOUR_PHONENUMBER
- 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.
YOUR_NAME_HERE
- Company
- YOUR_COMPANY
- YOUR_EMAIL
- Phone
- YOUR_PHONENUMBER
- 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.
YOUR_NAME_HERE
- Company
- YOUR_COMPANY
- YOUR_EMAIL
- Phone
- YOUR_PHONENUMBER
- 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.
YOUR_NAME_HERE
- Company
- YOUR_COMPANY
- YOUR_EMAIL
- Phone
- YOUR_PHONENUMBER
- 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.
YOUR_NAME_HERE
- Company
- YOUR_COMPANY
- YOUR_EMAIL
- Phone
- YOUR_PHONENUMBER
- 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.
YOUR_NAME_HERE
- Company
- YOUR_COMPANY
- YOUR_EMAIL
- Phone
- YOUR_PHONENUMBER
- 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.
