http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:39:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I blogged last year that a trade show is fundamentally a stag hunt: (see “cultivating a community” for more on this paradigm)  It’s an effort by a collection of firms to create a larger shared opportunity that even when divided yields them a larger ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2010/02/17/anuj-singhals-game-club-offers-an-innovative-collaboration-model-for-entrepreneurs/ George Grellas has been practicing business law in Cupertino since 1984. He had some brief remarks relating to formation issues at today's breakfast and then he opened it up for questions. What follows is an edited transcript of his opening remarks. Startups are interesting. It's a rather grim time ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2010/02/16/george-grellas-startups-may-benefit-from-incorporating-earlier-than-small-businesses/ Leonard (Lenny) Greenberg is Founder and CTO of Assistyx LLC, a software company specializing in products for non-verbal autistic children. Prior to that, he was co-founder and CTO of Pathlore Software Corporation. Lenny led technology direction and development at a variety of enterprise software start ups including HxManagement, Sigma Imaging ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2010/02/11/meet-our-team-lenny-greenberg/ Massimo Paolini is the owner and principal analyst of MPThree Consulting, a web analytics business based in Silicon Valley. He speaks at various organizations on the power of social media and works with several businesses around the country to increase their web presences, understand their site traffic, and improve profitability. http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2010/02/11/meet-our-team-massimo-paolini/ Elaine Levenson has been on the Bootstrappers Breakfast team since 2008. With over 20 years experience in the sales and marketing at Amdahl/Fujitsu, Borland Software, and various startups, Elaine recognizes the importance of strategic planning. Her strong organizational and management skills have been instrumental in the organization's growth. She handles ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2010/02/11/meet-our-team-elaine-levenson/ Join us on Tuesday, February 16, in Sunnyvale where George Grellas will present a short legal guide for entrepreneurs (Register at https://www.123signup.com/register?id=jnjns). George is a veteran Silicon Valley startup business lawyer who heads a boutique firm that specializes in early-stage technology startups. Since 1984, as a founders' lawyer, George has worked ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2010/02/04/a-practical-review-of-early-stage-startup-legal-issues-what-you-wish-your-lawyer-would-explain-to-you-but-rarely-does/ Kevin Spreng is an entrepreneur and a business lawyer.  Over the last 20 years Kevin has focused his career on working with tech oriented entrepreneurs and the investors that help them build businesses.  He has been lead counsel in hundreds of financing and acquisitions transactions and has worked as ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2010/02/02/meet-our-team-kevin-spreng/ Justin Bacon is new to the world bootstrapping.  He had the good fortune to be introduced to the work of Steve Blank and Eric Ries in 2009.  Since then he has pursued his interest in working within the software tech startup community in his home town of Minneapolis, MN by ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2010/02/02/meet-our-team-justin-bacon/ Steven Moody, a modern entrepreneur, Steven works in online marketing by day i365, and develops niche web businesses at night, StevenMoody.com . At i365, A Seagate Company, Steven is responsible for Google AdWords initiatives.  When he isn't paying the bills, Steven launches web businesses, and is currently developing two in ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2010/02/02/meet-our-team-steven-moody/ Tim Kennedy provides business and legal counsel to entrepreneurs and startups. His firm, Law Office of Timothy I. Kennedy provides entity formation, intellectual property strategy, drafting and reviewing contractual agreements. Tim is an experienced business professional who decided to go to law school.  He spent years working as a Financial ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2010/02/02/meet-our-team-tim-kennedy/