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== Facilitator ==
 
== Facilitator ==
  
Jeff Hotz
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Past: Jeff Hotz, Jan 2007 - Dec 2007
 
 
==Meetings==
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
== Members ==
 
== Members ==
  
[Sorted alphabetically by last name]
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*Tonja O'Neil (also moderator)
 
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*Chris Garrigues
=== Chris Garrigues ===
 
 
 
; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]
 
 
 
; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]
 
 
 
; Phone: 512-322-0180
 
 
 
; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors
 
 
 
; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but would be if I hired 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 bootstrapped business since 1995
 
* Most of my career has been in IT management both for large companies (Dell, Schlumbeger, MCC, etc) as well as in my own startups.
 
* 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.
 
 
 
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=== Ash Maurya ===
 
 
 
; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]
 
 
 
; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]
 
 
 
; Phone: 214.914.8658
 
 
 
; Company Size: 5 people + contractors [both offshore and local]
 
 
 
; Stage: Late Valley of Death
 
 
 
; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas
 
 
 
; Interested Categories:
 
* User Centric Web - Decentralization/P2P/Social Software
 
* Collaboration Technology
 
* Starting Up
 
 
 
; Other Information:
 
* New to Austin
 
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
 
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com
 
 
 
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=== Mike O'Krent ===
 
 
 
; Company: [http://www.lifestoriesalive.com/ LifeStories Alive]
 
 
 
; Email: [mailto:mokrent@lifestoriesalive.com]
 
 
 
; 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
 
 
 
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=== Tonja O'Neill ===
 
 
 
; Company: [http://www.soverex.com/ Soverex]
 
 
 
; Email: [mailto:tonja@soverex.com tonja@soverex.com]
 
 
 
; Phone: 512-257-2185
 
 
 
; Company Size: Small
 
 
 
; Stage: Valley of Death
 
 
 
; Location: Northwest Austin
 
 
 
; Interested Categories:
 
* Management Consulting / Lifestyle Business
 
* Software / High-Tech Industry
 
* Crisis Management
 
 
 
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=== Nancy Schill ===
 
 
 
; Company: [http://www.executiveintelligentcoaching.com/ Executive Intelligent Coaching]
 
 
 
; Email: [mailto:nschill@executiveintelligentcoaching.com]
 
 
 
; Blog: [http://eicoachingblog.blogspot.com]http://eicoachingblog.blogspot.com
 
 
 
; Phone: 512-947-5447
 
 
 
; Company Size: 1 person
 
 
 
; Stage:  Valley of Death
 
 
 
; Location: Austin
 
 
 
; Interested Categories:
 
* B2B marketing
 
* sales techniques
 
* sole proprietership business support
 
* valley of death strategies
 
 
 
 
 
; Other Information:
 
* Founder and Executive Coach
 
* B.A. in Psychology, M.A. in School Psychology - (Specialist level 3 yr. grad. degree)
 
* extensive experience in behavior change, assessments (qualified to administer all assessments, unlike other coaches), goal development and attainment, working with and understanding people of all types.
 
* working with professionals and executives on:
 
** professional growth strategy
 
** strengthening leadership and exemplary leadership practices
 
** emotional intelligence skills improvement
 
** strengths development
 
** organization and client communication
 
** prioritizing demands for greater productivity
 
** balancing priorities of work and personal life
 
** improving team functioning
 
 
 
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=== Dave Pinckney ===
 
 
 
; Company: [http://www.egeriadesign.com/ Egeria Design]
 
 
 
; Email: [mailto:egeria@austin.rr.com 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: [http://www.blantonmuseum.org/ Blanton Museum of Art]
 
* Unofficial Photographer: [http://www.centraltexasballooning.com/ Central Texas Ballooning Association]
 
  
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Past Members: Mike O'Krent (2007), Stan Tyler (Jan 2006- Dec 2007), David Pinckney (2007), Nancy Schill (2006/2007), Ash Maurya (2006)
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:27, 18 December 2007

Mission Statement

Our mission is helping one another get through the Valley of Death. Diversity is a good thing, but we use it, rather than focus on it.

Facilitator

Past: Jeff Hotz, Jan 2007 - Dec 2007

Members

  • Tonja O'Neil (also moderator)
  • Chris Garrigues

Past Members: Mike O'Krent (2007), Stan Tyler (Jan 2006- Dec 2007), David Pinckney (2007), Nancy Schill (2006/2007), Ash Maurya (2006)

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