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Competitive Advantage: Trademarks

tshafer — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:51:07 +0000

A good brand is one of the strongest competitive advantages a company can have. While most bootstrappers won’t develop the cache of Nike’s swoosh logo, the ability to convey your product or service at an instance to potential customers is invaluable. Trademarks are one of the legal ways to protect your brand and build that competitive advantage.

For bootstrappers, knowing when to trademark and how to do it affordably is a common question. Thursday August 26th at 7:30 AM, Mr. Pete Tormey will present a short introduction about trademarks and provide a framework for working them into a startup business plan. Mr. Tormey is a former bootstrapper and is now a patent attorney practicing in the San Francisco Bay area.

Thursday August 26th at 7:30 AM

Athens Burger Restaurant
6999 Dublin Boulevard
Dublin, CA

Getting More Out of LinkedIn

tshafer — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:07:49 +0000

Here are different ways fellow entrepreneurs are using LinkedIn. Are you taking advance of the full potential? And don’t forget to join the Bootstrappers Breakfast Linked Group. Check out our other polls.

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Consultants: How does your web traffic rate compare to other consultants?

tshafer — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:44:46 +0000

A couple of our favorite FREE tools:

Request more tips for promoting your website.

Can we publish your website if you are a top site? <<Yes

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Wordpress – From Start to Finish

tshafer — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:12:16 +0000

I recently went to a great workshop by a fellow bootstrapper member Massimo Paolini. He has a special offer to other members. It is worth checking out.

Wordpress – From Start to Finish

Thursday, August 19, 2010

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM (PT)

Mountain View, CA

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Looking for co-founders

tshafer — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:59:26 +0000

I am working on a revolutionary, location-based offer platform and am looking for some co-founders with 1) large-scale consumer web platform development, 2) iPhone/Android/mobile app development, 3) product & UI design, and/or 4) business development & marketing expertise.

Interested parties contact us

Verdafero Seeking Programmer

tshafer — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:11:37 +0000

Verdafero is seeking a programmer for an interim project:

A web-developer and php-programmer to help with the development of a web application. Candidates must have expertise in PHP, MySQL and JavaScript and
experience in JavaScript tools such as Jquery. Experience with CodeIgniter a plus. Ability to work and fit within a small start-up team a must.

If you can help or know someone who would be interested in learning more:

Contact: Alistair Hood: alastair_hood@ash-ba.com

Verdafero: Verdafero offers consulting and software as a service (SaaS) tools for sustainable business development.

Wanted: AI Expert & Developer

tshafer — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:09:39 +0000

MB Deans, CEO PalazzoTech, Inc. is looking to fill two slots: One for an AI Expert, the other a developer/data miner. Job postings follow.

Developer/AI Expert for Bootstrapping Start-Up
Have you been looking for a job where your opinion counts? Do you want to join a team where you can build a product from scratch? We need an expert like you who is:
- Familiar with the current body of work in Natural Language Processing
- Able to evaluate Bayesian, Neural Net and Support Vector technologies
- Comfortable assuming existing project and making it your own

You must be comfortable in a start-up environment, doing what needs to be done, and meeting deadlines with limited resources.

Please send a cover letter and resume to inquiry@palazzotech.com

Internet Developer with Data Mining Expertise
Have you been looking for a job where your opinion counts? Do you want to join a team where you can build a product from scratch? We need an expert like you who is:
- Familiar with some of the following technologies: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, Prototype, jQuery, ExtJS, YUI, JSF, JSP, ADF, Servlet, Struts, Ruby/Rails, Oracle (5 years), MySQL(3 years), SQL Server , JPA, JDBC , Ruby(3 years), C++ (9 years), JavaScript, C, SQL, Win2K / WinXP , Linux
- Able to design, develop and implement information extraction, data normalization and de-duplication, and interfaces to MySQL or other RDMS
- Comfortable assuming existing project and making it your own

You must be comfortable in a start-up environment, doing what needs to be done, and meeting deadlines with limited resources.

Please send a cover letter and resume to inquiry@palazzotech.com

Managing Global Teams

tshafer — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:22:46 +0000

We had a great discussion last Friday about global teams and some of the issues we discussed have prompted this latest poll.

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Are Customers Taking Longer To Pay?

tshafer — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:17:08 +0000

Attendees have remarked at a number of recent breakfasts that in many cases their customers are taking longer to pay than they did last year. Are you experiencing this?

Public Transit Tips for Mountain View Meetings

tshafer — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:05:16 +0000

Take caltrain to Mountain View Station. 201 Castro Street is a 4 minutes walk from the caltrain station.