Posts filed under 'Pleasanton'
November 17th, 2010
Often we ask attendees to tell us one thing they learned from this morning’s bootstrapper’s breakfast. Here’s a couple … and please add your own!
“I am always surprised by how much I learn in two hours. The quality and enthusiasm of people that show up and the things I find out that I never knew about and how time flies.” – Dorai
“I was impressed with this group. People really took time to brainstorm around the issues I face in developing and marketing my local search web application. It’s one thing when people advise you to ‘focus’ – but its entirely different when they say ‘focus like this’. Great actionable advice. Great networking too” – Tom
“This was my first time to participate in a Bootstrappers Breakfast meeting and I was impressed with the quality of advice that was provided to the entrepreneurs. The challengers facing an entrepreneur were discussed and some great ideas were exchanged. What a great community for entrepreneurs.” – Herman
Want to read more — check out:
One Thing I Learned 2010 & 2009
One Thing I Learned 2008
October 24th, 2010
Marcelo Lopez e-mailed this follow up to our earlier “International Entrepreneurs Attend Silicon Valley Bootstrapper Breakfast” post:
UruIT Global IT Services and Arkanosoft are very similar.
We started 3 years ago with the goal of providing IT Services from a convenient nearshore location in Uruguay, mainly for IT and non IT companies in USA and Latin America. We started from zero with just a few contacts at Microsoft from our previous working experience. We engaged with MS to start with the first few projects in Uruguay.
Soon we decided to expand to Uruguay and other markets, investing in sales. We organized a few business trips to Chile, looking for local partners. We partnered with a few and started getting more projects. We did the same with Brazil, then Ecuador, Panama, etc. There were challenges to grow and execute all the new projects. At this point we have 60 FTE in staff and we are opening our branch offices in Brasil and Chile.
We focus in application development and outsourcing on top of MS technologies: SharePoint, .NET, Biztalk, CRM, etc. We currently have customers in USA, UK, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Panama, Uruguay and Argentina.
As we did with Latin America countries, we are doing a joint venture now, to expand our business in USA. This is to minimize the investment but also to take advantage of our joint capabilities.
Hope it helps as a quick intro to our companies.
Regards,
Marcelo
October 18th, 2010
“As international entrepreneurs do whirl wind tours of Silicon Valley, it is exciting to see Bootstrappers Breakfast meeting on the “must do” list for these busy entrepreneurs,” said Sean Murphy, founder of Bootstrappers Breakfast. One example are two international visitors from Uruguay: Marcelo Lopez Business Development Director of UruIT Global IT Services and Juan Suarez of Arkanosoft who will be attending our Dublin/Pleasanton meeting on Thursday October 28, 2010 at 7:30am.
“I am looking forward to meeting Marcelo and Juan, Bootstrappers Breakfast continues to gathers quality entrepreneurs and enable serious conversation about creating high-tech startups,” said Pete Tormey, volunteer moderator in Dublin/Pleasanton.
October 18th, 2010
Pete Tormey 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.
About Antero & Tormey
Antero & Tormeys provides fast affordable patent protection to young companies and entrepreneurs. As an experienced entrepreneur, Mr. Tormey 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.
August 19th, 2010
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
