San Francisco Meeting Locations
Add comment July 5th, 2011
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San Francisco, CA
Author Archive
Bootstrappers Breakfast Welcomes Venkatesh Rao in Sunnyvale
Add comment June 28th, 2011
Mr. Rao will join us for a brief discussion on his thesis from his book: Tempo: Implications of Narrative Driven Decision Making for Startups.
Date: July 19th, 2011
Time: 7:30 -9 am
Venue: Coco’s Restaurant 1206 Oakmead Parkway Sunnyvale, CA
“Narrative-Driven Decision Making for Startups”
Startups already make limited use of narrative concepts such as “Product Market Fit” (a classic example of a tempo shift in a story) to make sense of their evolving, chaotic, roller-coaster experiences. Narrative thinking can arm us with a far richer vocabulary of concepts to help make sense of the entrepreneurial journey and manage it more thoughtfully. I will introduce some of the more intuitive and basic concepts, such as archetypes, doctrines and tempo epochs, and challenge breakfast attendees to assess their experiences, current state and future prospects using those concepts.
Venkatesh Venkat writes a blog (Ribbonfarm) http://ribbonfarm.com looking at topics such as philosophy, art, sociology, and business innovation and technology from unusual perspectives. He also consults, does research and has recently published his book Tempo. http://tempobook.com The book has been praised by many including, John Hagel, co-author of The Power of Pull who notes “Tempo is highly original and engaging…In a world where timing is increasingly central to success…an essential read.” Before turning to full-time writing and consulting, he worked in startup, corporate and academic environments for nearly a decade. He holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Invite a Friend
Add comment June 8th, 2011
Summer is coming and if you have not been to a Bootstrappers Breakfast meeting in awhile please put us on your calendar again.
Invite a friend: Know someone you think would benefit from attending a Bootstrappers Breakfast meeting? Encourage them to join us!
Here’s what other attendees have said about the group
- Encouraging yet realistic. A diverse group sharing common challenges from both subjective and objective perspectives.
- Very helpful and interesting conversation!
- Great info – and Great collaboration
- This is the one networking event that I try to never miss. It is relaxed and fun and I always learn something. Well worth the time and a great place to network and learn.
- Good mix of business experience with technical know-how and eager ‘new’ entrepreneurs.
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SPARK Chicago applications being accepted
Add comment May 20th, 2011
SPARK Chicago will help launch three companies from scratch! Unlike any entrepreneurial event in Chicago’s history, SPARK Chicago will help create, build, and launch three startups with six days of intense incubation and donated services. More Info
Online Event Registration
Add comment May 10th, 2011
Minneapolis: Lessons Learned from CasTT’s Founder
Add comment April 25th, 2011
Join us for breakfast on April 28th at 7:30 am. Darren Cox will share his story of building CasTT . Darren bootstrapped CasTT until recently when he raised a small amount of angel funding. Darren’s brief presentation will be followed by our regular round table discussion.
Startup Lessons Learned 2011
Add comment April 11th, 2011
On Monday, May 23, 2011 in San Francisco, CA is the sequel to last year’s inaugural event, which brought together nearly 400 entrepreneurs and executives interested in building and supporting lean startups. The day-long event will feature a mix of panels and talks focused on the key challenges and issues that technical and market-facing people at startups need to understand in order to succeed in building successful lean startups.
More information www.sllconf.com
Get your early bird ticket for $250 now through April 23.
Register at http://sllconf2011.eventbrite.com/?ref=ecount
Chicago: Schedule Change
Add comment April 3rd, 2011
Small scheduling change for this months breakfast. We’ll actually be doing it on April 20th, and not April 27th.
Bootstrappers Breakfast East Bay: Legal issues for Bootstrapping a Business
Add comment March 30th, 2011
On April 26, 2011 Bootstrappers Breakfast Walnut Creek (East Bay) will discuss Legal issues for Bootstrapping a Business
The important things to know in the first 5 minutes of starting your business. Just a few simple things can make the job of starting a business a lot less painful. Pete Tormey is our presenter.
Pete is a registered patent attorney who specializes in providing patents for Software, Electronics, Life Science Instrumentation and Business Methods. Pete has co-founded two companies and brings extensive experience in both engineering and marketing to our meetings.
Mr. Tormey (Antero & Tormey, LLC) is rare among patent agents and attorneys because he provides solid financial analysis on the value of patents before recommending patent protection. Mr. Tormey has an MBA in Marketing from St. Mary’s College in California, and a BS Electronic Engineering from San Francisco State University. He practices exclusively before the US Patent Office. Pete is a registered patent agent and an experienced entrepreneur, who has worked with young companies and entrepreneurs in many phases of their businesses. Pete draws on his marketing and technical background to deliver valuable practical insights and resource opportunities.
Bring your questions join Pete and other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. We collaborate and discuss innovative ways to operate more efficiently, gain revenue and reach company goals.
Bootstrappers Breakfast Welcomes Steve Blank in Milpitas
Add comment March 18th, 2011
Steve Blank will discuss Practical tips and experiences — “Customer Development for Entrepreneurs”. Bring your questions and join other Entrepreneurs Who Problems for Breakfast at our morning round the table discussion.
Join other entrepreneurs who eat problems for breakfast.
About Steve Blank
Steve grew up in New York City and was lucky enough to arrive in Silicon Valley in 1978 at the beginning of the boom times. Since then, he has been a founder or early employee in eight start-ups, both winners and losers, which include: two semiconductor companies, Zilog and MIPS Computers, a workstation company Convergent Technologies, a consulting stint for a graphics hardware/software spinout Pixar, a supercomputer firm, Ardent, a computer peripheral supplier, SuperMac, a military intelligence systems supplier, ESL and a video game company, Rocket Science Games.
Steve currently calls himself a ‘retired entrepreneur’ and is a lecturer at Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley. He has been recognized with awards from both universities. In 2009 the San Jose Mercury News listed him as one of the “10 Influencers in Silicon Valley.” Outside of entrepreneurship Steve has an interest in conservation. He has served on the California Coastal Commission, and currently is among the directors of Audubon California, the Peninsula Open space Land Trust, California League of Conservation Voters and is a Trustee of University of California, Santa Cruz. Follow Steve at his website: http://steveblank.com/.
