Archive for January, 2012
January 24th, 2012
Griffin Caprio, the prime mover behind the Chicago Bootstrapper Breakfasts sent me the following to post:
One of our moderators, Seth Kravitz, runs Technori Pitch. It’s the premier event for startups here in Chicago. He’s been nice enough to get us Bootstrappers a discount code for the next event. It’s a great event and a wonderful crowd of people.
From the Technori staff:
Due to the rise in the number of startups based in Chicago, Technori is hosting the premier monthly showcase of the latest and greatest in innovative startups.
In the style of the New York Tech Meetup (which has launched startups like Foursquare and Tumblr), Technori Pitch is a catalyst for empowering emerging companies. Entrepreneurs, developers, designers, tech companies, investors, and enthusiasts alike come together to bear witness to the most innovative Chicago companies present their newest products.
Held on the last Tuesday of each month, Technori Pitch features live demonstrations from 6-8 companies. Each company will receive five minutes to Pitch their startup or new product, with a three minute Q&A from audience members immediately after.
This month’s event will be held on Tuesday, January 31 at Chase Auditorium in the Chase Building, located at 10 South Dearborn St. Chicago, IL.
This month will feature Moosejaw, Leap Year Project, AttorneyFee.com, GeoRama, Phaxio and a keynote speaker.
Want your startup to pitch at the event? Visit http://pitch.technori.com to signup today
We have a discount code for you to use and receive 15% off your ticket price.
Register online in order to reserve your spot with the discount code of: bb
Griffin Caprio
January 14th, 2012
San Diego Bootstrappers Breakfast group meets at 7:30am on 4th Friday of the month. January meeting will have a roundtable discussion focus on lesson learned and promises to provide useful advise for high-tech startups.
The roundtable meetings are moderated by Mark Fitchmun, founding partner principal of Somatek who is excited to foster technology entrepreneurship and to facilitate serious discussions of ideas and resources.
When: 7:30am Friday, January 27, 2012
Where: Coco’s Restaurant, 4280 Nobel Dr, San Diego, CA
Cost: price of your meal, tax, and tip. (Regular meetings will cost $5-$10 plus meal)
Register: http://www.meetup.com/Bootstrappers-Breakfast-San-Diego/events/44872842/
More about Mark Fitchmun, our San Diego moderator: he is a founding partner principal of Somatek, is a serial entreprenuer with over 25 years of experience in developing products for both biomedical research and FDA regulated clinical applications. Clinical projects have included antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, small recombinant proteins, and viruses. Research products have included assay kits and reagents, purification equipment and supplies.
January 11th, 2012
Bootstrappers won’t like the recently enacted patent reform law. Called the America Invents Act, it was signed by President Obama on September 16, 2010 and takes effect March 16, 2013. It provides for a “first to file” patent system. Currently a patent is awarded to the first person to invent and reduce the invention to practice, even if they file up to a year after invention. With the new law the patent will be awarded to the first person to file for the patent and the one year grace period will be gone.
Pete Tormey will talk about ‘America Invents Act”’ and answer questions about its implications for bootstrapping technology startups.
Cocos 1206 Oakmead, Sunnyvale, CA
7.30 am Tuesday 17th January, 2012
Pete Tormey moderates our Walnut Creek breakfasts; he is also a patent attorney at Antero & Tormey LLP. He offered his analysis of the new patent law update, the America Invents Act (HR 1249 112th Congress), concluding that it is an unfavorable development for bootstrappers.
January 11th, 2012
 |
Jeremy Leval is currently an MBA student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. At the young age of ten, Jeremy started his first entrepreneurial venture, Megamix Productions, DJing birthday parties for grade school aged children with only two plastic disco balls and a karaoke machine. Within five years, Megamix Productions acquired professional equipment, grew its client base and became registered as a legal corporation in the state of Illinois.
When Jeremy was sixteen years old, he realized there was a growing demand for graphic work in the eBay seller community. In an attempt to capitalize on this opportunity, Jeremy taught himself graphic design and eventually grew his client base to over one hundred clients (including such manufacturers as Everlast Generators , VR3, and Salamander Sound Innovations Inc.). While working with these manufacturers, Jeremy learned their process for contacting, coordinating and negotiating with international manufacturing facilities.
By his second year as an undergraduate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Jeremy had successfully imported consumer electronics and glass art from China, India and Nepal. Recently, Jeremy has started a student based ride sharing website called IlliniRides.com to meet the growing demand for ride sharing amongst students at the University while lowering transportation costs and promoting green travel.. |
