http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:37:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The handout from Craig Shirley's June 16 "Negotiating With Key Accounts" are available here Slide is copyright Craig Shirley 2009 ASP = Average Selling Price ACV = Annual Contract Value http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2009/07/02/slides-from-craig-shirleys-negotiating-with-key-accounts-available/ 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! "Lots of great information about Names and naming. One thing I learned was that once a name is trademarked it is federal rather than State ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2009/07/01/one-thing-i-learned-from-bootstrappers-breakfast/ Early Bird Rates ($100 + $2.50) end June 30 for the Green Software Unconference. While many of the opportunities in the Green / Cleantech space can be very hard to bootstrap because of the need for considerable startup capital, software for green and cleantech applications remains an opportunity for bootstrapping startups. ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2009/06/29/green-software-unconference-early-bird-rates-end-june-30/ I answered a question on Hacker News that comes up in different variations at many breakfasts. I thought I would post my answer here as well. See the full question at "Can I continue to be a freelancer for life?" Q: I am a freelancer full time. Is it a good ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2009/06/28/solo-consulting-over-the-long-haul/ "Bootstrappers Breakfast"  was registered June 23, 2009. For education services, namely providing live and on-line seminars, workshops, and mentoring sessions in the field of entrepreneurship. No claim is made to the exclusive right to use "breakfast" apart from "Bootstrappers Breakfast." So we've updated all the Bootstrappers Breakfast™ to Bootstrappers Breakfast® on the site, ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2009/06/24/bootstrappers-breakfast-is-now-a-registered-trademark/ Rich Collins started the Lean Startup Circle Google Group about a month ago and it's proving to be a useful resource for bootstrappers. Here is the group overview Welcome to the Lean Startup Circle. Lean: Accomplish your objectives wasting a minimum of resources, especially time. Startup: One or more people working to deliver ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2009/06/20/lean-startup-circle-is-a-resource-for-bootstrappers/ Mark your calendars on Friday June 19, 2009, San Francisco's Boudin Bakery will host a Bootstrappers BreakfastTM event. Location: Boudin Bakery (415) 362-3330 4 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, 94111 Time: Friday, June 19th at 7-9 am. We start at 7, but it's a casual setting if you are running late. The facilitator of ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2009/06/14/first-bootstrappers-breakfast-in-san-francisco-fri-jun-19-2009/ Craig Shirley, VP of Sales at Apache Design Solutions is attending Tuesday's breakfast to lead a discussion on "Planning and Managing the Negotiation Process with Key Accounts." Craig brings more than two decades of high technology sales and support experience to the conversation: he started as an application engineer, transferring ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2009/06/13/craig-shirley-on-negotiating-with-key-accounts-tue-jun-16-in-sunnyvale/ Attendees of the Bootstrapper Breakfast qualify for O’Reilly User Group discounts, which  means you can save 40% on Eric Ries' "The Lean Startup" workshop by signing up at http://theleanstartupjune.eventbrite.com/ (please contact us for the special offer code). This will bring the price of the one day workshop down to $1200 (from ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2009/06/12/40-discount-for-eric-ries-lean-startup-workshop-jun-18-09/ Robert Dang, partner and attorney at Fortis General Counsel, http://www.fortisgc.com returns to our Bootstrappers Breakfast™ this Friday, June 5 at Hobee’s Palo Alto (4224 El Camino Real) at 7;30 am. Robert will answer questions and discuss the legal issues facing entrepreneurs in today's economy. Fortis is a startup friendly ... http://www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com/blog/2009/06/01/4-spots-left-for-robert-dang-at-bootstrappers-breakfast-on-friday/