Bring your questions on:
• Key due diligence items all investors consider
• How to approach investors
• Maximizing valuations

Location: Heavenly Café, 3116 Oak Rd, Walnut Creek, CA
Time: 7.30 am
Date: February 28th, 2012

Click here to register.

Brian Woodall is the Chief Executive Officer and the founder of Lamplighter Financial. He has been working with small companies for over 13 years in a wide range of finance roles. Brian has a unique blend of expertise in accounting, finance, and corporate transactions that fills a gap in the finance team of most small companies.

Prior to founding Lamplighter Financial in 2011, Brian served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for The Central Valley Fund, a private equity fund focused on investing in small, California-based companies. Prior to working in private equity, Brian worked in Grant Thornton’s Global Public Sector consulting group as a Senior Financial Analyst. He also worked for BearingPoint’s Communications and Content group as a Financial Analyst, focusing primarily on the telecom sector. Previously, Mr. Woodall ran an Internet start-up, TheBullseye.com, which focused on global financial markets. He was also an Associate in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ audit and consulting groups.

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

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.

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.

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.. ]]> http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2012/01/11/meet-our-team-jeremy-leval/feed/ 0 http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2011/12/19/univ-of-minnesota-technology-showcase-jan-19-2012/ http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2011/12/19/univ-of-minnesota-technology-showcase-jan-19-2012/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:09:06 +0000 skmurphy http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/?p=1884 The Office for Technology Commercialization invites you to learn more about emerging software technologies and startup opportunities from the University of Minnesota. Don’t miss a presentation from special guest, University of Minnesota Computer Science Professor, John Riedl, entitled “Motivating Active Participation in Social Media Networks.”

The showcase will feature technologies including:

Transportation

• Driver Assistive System: a portfolio of technologies that provide vehicle navigation assistance in low visibility conditions.
• High Precision Vehicle Navigation: a navigation system utilizing inexpensive inertial and image sensors for precise position and orientation in GPS-denied scenarios, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Evacuation Route Planning Software: identifies and highlights the most efficient set of routes to minimize the transit time for emergency evacuations and large event traffic dispersions.

Medical Education & Simulation

• Novel curricula and simulation models to drive healthcare education from surgery to patient education.
• A system and method for virtual prototyping, design, verification, and manufacture of medical devices.

Technology in Education

• Two computer-based assessment technologies that provide educators with screening, progress monitoring and skills analysis tools for elementary education.

Thursday, January 19, 2012 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

University Enterprise Laboratories
Dorsey Ewald Conference Center, Atrium
1000 Westgate Drive, St. Paul, MN 55114

Register by January 12, seating is limited to 100 attendees.
RSVP here or call 612.624.0550

Register on Meetup at http://www.meetup.com/Bootstrappers-Breakfast-SV/events/40430102/

The roundtable meetings are moderated by Eyal Amir and Jeremy Leval. They are excited to foster tech entrepreneurship by facilitating communication to share ideas and resources.

“I’m the Co-Founding CEO of FasPark (the street-parking app), and a professor of computer science at the university of Illinois. I love making technology that changes people’s lives. Looking forward to meeting all of you entrepreneurs that dream big,” said Eyal Amir.

About your Champaign moderators:

Eyal Amir is Co-Founding CEO of FasPark (AI Incube, Inc) and a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He received his PhD from Stanford University, and is the winner of multiple awards for his Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, including best PhD thesis in Computer Science at Stanford University (2001-2) and a Top-10 to Watch in AI by IEEE (2006). He is interested in entrepreneurship and technology that affects people’s lives.

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. 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.

If you are interested in becoming a facilitator at one of our breakfast, please contact us. Moderator positions are volunteer and require facilitation skills and a demonstrated passion for entrepreneurship.

• When: Nov. 15, 2011 6:00pm – 9:00pm
• Where: Screenland Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64108
• Cost: $20-$30 depending upon how early you purchase

Speakers

• Bo Fishback, Founder & CEO, Zaarly
• Tyler Prochnow, Co-Founder, Think Big Partners
• Debra L. Ellies, Ph.D, CEO & President, OsteoGeneX Inc.

From Entrepreneurs Unpluggd website

Entrepreneurs Unpluggd shares entrepreneurs stories through intimate events, video interviews, and
engaging content. Hear actionable advice and insight from entrepreneurs who have been there, and will share their secrets regarding customer acquisition. The entrepreneurs speaking will answer “How Do I Get My First Customers?”with examples from their own experiences, including successful strategies and not so successful strategies

Related:

• TECHdotMN offers a similar roundup of events and profiles for Minnesota Startups

If you are aware of other good sites that cover startups outside of Silicon Valley please leave a  comment, we are working on a roundup blog post.