Ambassador
Contents
Lead
Mission
Connect Bootstrap Austin to other organizations in town and connect organizations to each other. Each Ambassador's responsibilities include:
- Be an active member of the other organization
- Educate other orgs about bootstrapping (see Files section for slides)
- Update bootstrap calendar with events
- Negotiate special deals for bootstrappers; eg. Guy Kawasaki/Texchange
- Create joint events; eg. Rice Alliance Bootstrap Panel
- Pursue other innovative ideas and programs
Where we Need Ambassadors
Please see the list below with "?" beside them. If you are a part of an organization not listed here that you want to connect Bootstrap with, please contact Steve.
Current Organizations and Ambassadors
Entrepreneurship Organizations
- AIBA, Melissa Miller
- Austin Inventors, Mike Romanies
- Austin Technology Council ?
- BiG Austin, Azim Nagree, Jonathan McCoy
- E! Club, Diane Carroll
- Entrepreneurs Foundation, ?
- Entrepreneurs Organization, Jonathan Davis
- FLOW and Working for Good, Michelle Raines
- Small Business Development Program, City of Austin, ?
- Technology Entrepreneurship Society UT, ?
- Texchange, Christa Kleinhans Tuttle
- TiE Austin, Rham Sriram
Technology Organizations
- Austin SPIN
- Digital Convergence Initiative, Sloan Foster & David Pinckney
- IEEE Engingeering Management Leslie Martinich
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers Chris Norman
- TAG Austin, ?
- Webmopac Kim Paternoster
University Organizations
- Acton MBA, Dave Angelow
- HBS Alumni, Sasha Grinshpun
- IC2 Institute, David Pinckney
- McCombs Entrepreneur Society, ?
- McCombs MBA Alumni, Ken Hoo
- MIT Forum, ?
- Rice Alliance, Sanjeev Dhir
- Stanford Club, Bijoy
- St. Edwards MBA, ?
- Texas Exes, Andrew Bode
- Wharton Club, Capital City A&M Club
Cultural Organizations
- AAACC, ?
- Japan America Society, Steve Portnoy
- Long Center, Tony Capasso
- SIETAR Austin, ?
Environmental Organizations
- Friends of Deep Eddy, ?
- Town Lake Trail Foundation, Maura Nevel
- Envision Central Texas, Diane Miller
Other
- AMA Austin, Pat Scherer
- American Creativity Association, Phyllis Blees
- ASTD Austin, ?
- Austin Chamber, Chris Garrigues
- Austin Film Society, Henrik Johansson
- Austin Music Foundation, Jen Hamre
- AWT Austin, Lynn Pausic
- Hire Austin, Terri Bishop
- International Coaching Federation, Susan Franzen
- Leadership Austin, Sasha Grinshpun
- Network in Austin, Scott Ingram
- Salsa.NET (San Antonio), Dean McCall
- SXSW, Jon Lebkowsky
- Top Guns, Pat Scherer
- World Future Society, ?
