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Bootstrap Members

2006-10-18T14:41:29Z

Cwg: /* Suggested Solutions */

[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/index.php?page_id=24&tgt=1161110383 Tux MacAuley]

== Challenge ==

#I would be interested in understanding the makeup of this group. How many businesses are traditional in nature? Retail, Dentist, Lawyer, etc? How many are manufacturing, product design, etc. How many are consulting, and services? How many are software? I ask because this the “Silicon What?” thread seems to have really hit a nerve with many of the posters of this group, and to be honest, I’ve not been following it because it doesn’t interest me. I’m not saying it is not important, just not important to me. Bijoy – do you keep some sort of stats on this group that can help answer the question above?
#On kind of the same note, I find it confusing that as a group, we benefit from knowing what each other is doing, but there is no easy way to tell all the others what we do in fear of “advertising” for our business and being reprimanded by the group administrators. I’ve continued to have log in problems with the wiki tool and the networking tool or whatever we are using these days. I like emails and can filter out information that doesn’t interest me, and therefore don’t understand why members aren’t encouraged to tell about new services they offer, product releases, general service offering, etc – especially when they join the group. Some people get around the “no advertising” rule by telling how great their company is and what they are up to, then add on to the end of that statement – looking for a CIO or CTO or whatever. I think this is kinda cheesy – but they are smart because they’ve taken advantage of a large network of people, advertised their business, and gotten a free job available ad. Is this a networking group? If so, why can’t we tell more about what we are doing? If not, why are people using this list to ask about lawyers, jobs, product offerings, etc.
#My company’s offers services on several levels can benefit many companies that have limited resources, as I’m sure that many services that all of you offer can benefit me. I don’t know how to connect to all of you… The wiki site is not used much – I’ve heard there are 500-700 members in this group – last time I logged into the wiki/networking tool, I only saw about 20 or 30 companies.

== Suggested Solutions ==

Partially in reaction to Tux's concerns and in the spirit of Kevin describing bootstrap as a group forming group, I would like to form a subgroup for B2B service providers.

The membership of this group would be limited to bootstrappers who provide services to other businesses. It would be an open group and the focus would be on helping one another provide said services. This would include referrals, partnerships, lead sharing, networking tips, coldcalling tips, etc. Within this group, members would be encouraged to share information about their services, but they would be encouraged to do so in the spirit of working with one another to improve everybody's offerings, not in the spirit of selling to each other.

Fellow bootstrappers are '''partners,''' not '''prospects.'''

I would like to start out using the SWL platform and not narrow the group to Austin only. Members would be encouraged to post a summary of their offerings and their target market(s) as an introduction.

Once we have a critical mass of Austin-based service providers, we should have face-to-face meetings. At these meetings, members would be encouraged to share their offerings with other members, but hopefully in greater depth and a more useful format than the 30-second elevator pitch.

If other people are in the B2C area or are selling products rather than services, I would encourage them to start their own group rather than diluting the focus of this one.

'''- Chris Garrigues, Trinsic Solutions'''

== Bootstrap Leader Responses ==
=== Kevin ===
#We are presently using several different systems for Bootstrap Austin. This includes some stuff that is here to stay (e.g. the wiki) and a bunch of other experiements (the Enterprise Teaming application, the Small Worlds Labs system, Stuffopolis' application, and more...)
#On your question "Is this a networking group?" The answer is no. This is a group-forming network. This is a conscious distinction, and we are moving along in this way. What is the difference? I will give you a very quick answer, that at the next meeting we can talk about more if you would like. A networking group has the expectation that everyone might network with everyone else. The real value here, though is not just networking, but in finding the subgroups that are appropriate for you, and then to get involved with those groups. (for me as an entrepreneur, this has included going to the main meetings, the International Boot Board meetings, the Web 2.0 meetings sometimes, and the Enterprise 2.0 dialogues when they happen... as well as a bunch of other things that happen randomly.) This is a critically important distinction, and this is why we are not trying to create yet another "networking group". There are several networking groups in town to be a part of.
#About advertising everone's businesses. There are now 600+ people on the Bootstrap Austin list. There are several hundreds others on the other Bootstrapping groups. It is not scalable for us all to just start dumping our "this is what we are doing" emails to everyone. I would love to know more about others busineses, because I personally spend time connecting bootstrappers... but it is not scalable to do this type of stuff. We are experimenting with the Small Worlds Labs platform... and yes, you are right, there are only a small fraction of people that have decided to do so at this time. It will be great to have more people do this. If you are passionate about having this happen, where you can read about more people's profiles, I suggest that you support the initiative to getting more people to fill out their profiles.
#About what I see missing: I have not seen you at the last 5 main meetings. I am not saying that you were not there, but that I did not see you there... if you really want to know more about what people are doing in Bootstrap Austin (and who you might network with), come to a few main Bootstrap Austin main meetings. Getting together, more than anything else, has been the strongest way to meet others in the main group (and then figure out which subgroups that you want to participate in to get the value of doing the "networking" that you are looking for.) This is just a suggestion- Also, at the next meeting, it would be great to have you involved in organizing a group of people to get more people filling out profiles, or suggesting what the best way to do so, and building a coalition of people to build the system (suggestions alone are not enough to make any initiative to happen... and this, again, is why I personally ask that we don't try to generally discuss stuff on this main list... but instead we advertise where activity is happening ( e.g. "i am working on this bootstrap subproject over here... and I am looking for someone to help out") or talk with one of the bootstrap leaders so that you can get linked into another group of people that are taking action on a similar project. I really don't see a computer based way to take out this human element.

Bootstrap Members

2006-10-18T14:41:04Z

Cwg: /* Suggested Solutions */

[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/index.php?page_id=24&tgt=1161110383 Tux MacAuley]

== Challenge ==

#I would be interested in understanding the makeup of this group. How many businesses are traditional in nature? Retail, Dentist, Lawyer, etc? How many are manufacturing, product design, etc. How many are consulting, and services? How many are software? I ask because this the “Silicon What?” thread seems to have really hit a nerve with many of the posters of this group, and to be honest, I’ve not been following it because it doesn’t interest me. I’m not saying it is not important, just not important to me. Bijoy – do you keep some sort of stats on this group that can help answer the question above?
#On kind of the same note, I find it confusing that as a group, we benefit from knowing what each other is doing, but there is no easy way to tell all the others what we do in fear of “advertising” for our business and being reprimanded by the group administrators. I’ve continued to have log in problems with the wiki tool and the networking tool or whatever we are using these days. I like emails and can filter out information that doesn’t interest me, and therefore don’t understand why members aren’t encouraged to tell about new services they offer, product releases, general service offering, etc – especially when they join the group. Some people get around the “no advertising” rule by telling how great their company is and what they are up to, then add on to the end of that statement – looking for a CIO or CTO or whatever. I think this is kinda cheesy – but they are smart because they’ve taken advantage of a large network of people, advertised their business, and gotten a free job available ad. Is this a networking group? If so, why can’t we tell more about what we are doing? If not, why are people using this list to ask about lawyers, jobs, product offerings, etc.
#My company’s offers services on several levels can benefit many companies that have limited resources, as I’m sure that many services that all of you offer can benefit me. I don’t know how to connect to all of you… The wiki site is not used much – I’ve heard there are 500-700 members in this group – last time I logged into the wiki/networking tool, I only saw about 20 or 30 companies.

== Suggested Solutions ==

Partially in reaction to Tux's concerns and in the spirit of Kevin describing bootstrap as a group forming group, I would like to form a subgroup for B2B service providers.

The membership of this group would be limited to bootstrappers who provide services to other businesses. It would be an open group and the focus would be on helping one another provide said services. This would include referrals, partnerships, lead sharing, networking tips, coldcalling tips, etc. Within this group, members would be encouraged to share information about their services, but they would be encouraged to do so in the spirit of working with one another to improve everybody's offerings, not in the spirit of selling to each other.

Fellow boostrappers are '''partners,''' not '''prospects.'''

I would like to start out using the SWL platform and not narrow the group to Austin only. Members would be encouraged to post a summary of their offerings and their target market(s) as an introduction.

Once we have a critical mass of Austin-based service providers, we should have face-to-face meetings. At these meetings, members would be encouraged to share their offerings with other members, but hopefully in greater depth and a more useful format than the 30-second elevator pitch.

If other people are in the B2C area or are selling products rather than services, I would encourage them to start their own group rather than diluting the focus of this one.

'''- Chris Garrigues, Trinsic Solutions'''

== Bootstrap Leader Responses ==
=== Kevin ===
#We are presently using several different systems for Bootstrap Austin. This includes some stuff that is here to stay (e.g. the wiki) and a bunch of other experiements (the Enterprise Teaming application, the Small Worlds Labs system, Stuffopolis' application, and more...)
#On your question "Is this a networking group?" The answer is no. This is a group-forming network. This is a conscious distinction, and we are moving along in this way. What is the difference? I will give you a very quick answer, that at the next meeting we can talk about more if you would like. A networking group has the expectation that everyone might network with everyone else. The real value here, though is not just networking, but in finding the subgroups that are appropriate for you, and then to get involved with those groups. (for me as an entrepreneur, this has included going to the main meetings, the International Boot Board meetings, the Web 2.0 meetings sometimes, and the Enterprise 2.0 dialogues when they happen... as well as a bunch of other things that happen randomly.) This is a critically important distinction, and this is why we are not trying to create yet another "networking group". There are several networking groups in town to be a part of.
#About advertising everone's businesses. There are now 600+ people on the Bootstrap Austin list. There are several hundreds others on the other Bootstrapping groups. It is not scalable for us all to just start dumping our "this is what we are doing" emails to everyone. I would love to know more about others busineses, because I personally spend time connecting bootstrappers... but it is not scalable to do this type of stuff. We are experimenting with the Small Worlds Labs platform... and yes, you are right, there are only a small fraction of people that have decided to do so at this time. It will be great to have more people do this. If you are passionate about having this happen, where you can read about more people's profiles, I suggest that you support the initiative to getting more people to fill out their profiles.
#About what I see missing: I have not seen you at the last 5 main meetings. I am not saying that you were not there, but that I did not see you there... if you really want to know more about what people are doing in Bootstrap Austin (and who you might network with), come to a few main Bootstrap Austin main meetings. Getting together, more than anything else, has been the strongest way to meet others in the main group (and then figure out which subgroups that you want to participate in to get the value of doing the "networking" that you are looking for.) This is just a suggestion- Also, at the next meeting, it would be great to have you involved in organizing a group of people to get more people filling out profiles, or suggesting what the best way to do so, and building a coalition of people to build the system (suggestions alone are not enough to make any initiative to happen... and this, again, is why I personally ask that we don't try to generally discuss stuff on this main list... but instead we advertise where activity is happening ( e.g. "i am working on this bootstrap subproject over here... and I am looking for someone to help out") or talk with one of the bootstrap leaders so that you can get linked into another group of people that are taking action on a similar project. I really don't see a computer based way to take out this human element.

VOD1 Boot Board

2006-05-11T12:49:01Z

Cwg:

== Diversity/Valley of Death BOOT BOARD ==

=== Mission Statement ===

The Diversity/VoD bootboard's mission is short term. We want to grow quickly enough to split into two or more better focused groups. The primary interests expressed by the attendees of our first meeting was in having a diverse group and in helping one another get through the Valley of Death. Although Diversity is a good thing, it's hard to have a cohesive group if that's all we have in common.

; Interested Categories:
* Valley of Death bootstrappers
* Diversity bootstrappers
* additional bootstrappers interested in joining the Boot Board

; Next meeting:
* May 15, 2006 from 4-7 PM at
Austin Office Space
3415 Greystone Dr. #102

(Thanks to Chad Jewel for the meeting location)

; Paricipants at formation meeting in late April:
* Nancy Schill
* Chris Garrigues
* Jeff Bowman
* Andrea
* Ash
* Mike O'Krent

Please note that we are looking to grow this group and will likely split into a "Diversity" group and a "Valley of Death" group, both of which will have a better focus than the current group.

----

== Facilitators ==

=== Michelle Ewalt ===

; Company: http://www.teamintransition.com, Team in Transition

; Email: mewalt@teamintransition.com

; Phone: 512.762.8568
; Company Size: 1 person
; Stage: Growth
; Client locations: Austin, San Antonio, surrounding areas, Miami/out of state
; Interested Categories:
# Utilizing brainstorming team's personal power to leverage future results.
# Grow Boot Board, lead the way for other groups to develop, and synergistic change management.
# Transformational change

; Other Information:
*Team in Transition Base Model: Organizational leadership background: utilized Corporate experience and athletic coaching experience to launch Team in Transition.
*Holistic coaching and consulting practice: designed to help clients to manage resources while achieving long standing change.
*Client focus: leadership development and change management.
*Creator of local coaching programs for not for profit organizations: Team Survivor & Team in Training.
*NSIDE Magazine: Leadership change management writer
*Affiliations & Certifications referenced on web page and other marketing materials.
*Passionate leader with grassroots approach to helping people.
*Corporate experience: Arthur Andersen & CO, S.C., Capitol Hill/D.C., Motorola, Applied Materials, Drake Beam Morin

----

=== Stan Tyler ===

; Company: [http://www.champions-edge.com Champions Edge]

; Email: [mailto:stan@champions-edge.com stan@champions-edge.com]

; Phone: 512-289-0604

; Company Size: 2 founders

; Stage: (Valley of Death)

; Location: Lake Travis

; Interested Categories:
# Retention and referral development 
# Web business development and operations assistance 
# Contract relationship design and management - associates

; Other Information:
* Professional coaching in business, life and the mental side of golf
* Learning from our granddaughters
* Rowing
* Being a disturbing element to UT fans esp. during OU winning years

----

== Members ==

[Sorted alphabetically by last name]

=== Chris Garrigues ===

; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]

; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]

; Phone: 512-322-0180

; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors

; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but would be if I hired staff too soon)

; Location: Central Austin (14th and West)

; Interested Categories:
* B2B Marketing
* Customer Satisfaction & Retention
* Managing growth
* Relationship-based businesses

; Other Information:
* Founded Trinsic Solutions in late 2003; My 3rd bootstrapped business since 1995
* Most of my career has been in IT management both for large companies (Dell, Schlumbeger, MCC, etc) as well as in my own startups.
* Hoped initially to grow fast and almost died in my first year; laid off staff and am now managing the slower pace well.
* I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.

----

=== Ash Maurya ===

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people + contractors [both offshore and local]

; Stage: Late Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - Decentralization/P2P/Social Software
* Collaboration Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

----

=== Mike O'Krent ===

; Company: [http://www.lifestoriesalive.com/ LifeStories Alive]

; Email: [mailto:mokrent@lifestoriesalive.com]

; Phone: 512-431-8166

; Company Size: 1 full time! (other subcontractors - videographers, producer, editor)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Round Rock

; Interested Categories:
* Baby boomer target marketing
* Personal Historian
* Starting up

----

=== Tonja O'Neill ===

; Company: [http://www.soverex.com/ Soverex]

; Email: [mailto:tonja@soverex.com tonja@soverex.com]

; Phone: 512-257-2185

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Management Consulting / Lifestyle Business
* Software / High-Tech Industry
* Crisis Management

----
=== Nancy Schill ===

; Company: [http://www.executiveintelligentcoaching.com/ Executive Intelligent Coaching]

; Email: [mailto:nschill@executiveintelligentcoaching.com]

; Phone: 512-947-5447

; Company Size: 1 person

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* B2B marketing
* sales techniques
* sole proprietership business support
* valley of death strategies

; Other Information:
* Founder and Executive Coach
* B.A. in Psychology, M.A. in School Psychology - (Specialist level 3 yr. grad. degree)
* extensive experience in behavior change, assessments (qualified to administer all assessments, unlike other coaches), goal development and attainment, working with and understanding people of all types.
* working with professionals and executives on:
** professional growth strategy
** strengthening leadership and exemplary leadership practices
** emotional intelligence skills improvement
** strengths development
** organization and client communication
** prioritizing demands for greater productivity
** balancing priorities of work and personal life

----

[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Boot_Board Back to Boot Board]

VOD1 Boot Board

2006-05-11T12:28:59Z

Cwg: /* Diversity AND Valley of Death BOOT BOARD */

== Diversity AND Valley of Death BOOT BOARD ==

=== Mission Statement ===

The Diversity/VoD bootboard's mission is short term. We want to grow quickly enough to split into two or more better focused groups. The primary interests expressed by the attendees of our first meeting was in having a diverse group and in helping one another get through the Valley of Death. Although Diversity is a good thing, it's hard to have a cohesive group if that's all we have in common.

; Interested Categories:
* Valley of Death bootstrappers
* Diversity bootstrappers
* additional bootstrappers interested in joining the Boot Board

; Next meeting:
* May 15, 2006 from 4-7 PM at
Austin Office Space
3415 Greystone Dr. #102

(Thanks to Chad Jewel for the meeting location)

; Paricipants at formation meeting in late April:
* Nancy Schill
* Chris Garrigues
* Jeff Bowman
* Andrea
* Ash
* Mike O'Krent

Please note that we are looking to grow this group and will likely split into a "Diversity" group and a "Valley of Death" group, both of which will have a better focus than the current group.

----

== Facilitators ==

=== Michelle Ewalt ===

; Company: http://www.teamintransition.com, Team in Transition

; Email: mewalt@teamintransition.com

; Phone: 512.762.8568
; Company Size: 1 person
; Stage: Growth
; Client locations: Austin, San Antonio, surrounding areas, Miami/out of state
; Interested Categories:
# Utilizing brainstorming team's personal power to leverage future results.
# Grow Boot Board, lead the way for other groups to develop, and synergistic change management.
# Transformational change

; Other Information:
*Team in Transition Base Model: Organizational leadership background: utilized Corporate experience and athletic coaching experience to launch Team in Transition.
*Holistic coaching and consulting practice: designed to help clients to manage resources while achieving long standing change.
*Client focus: leadership development and change management.
*Creator of local coaching programs for not for profit organizations: Team Survivor & Team in Training.
*NSIDE Magazine: Leadership change management writer
*Affiliations & Certifications referenced on web page and other marketing materials.
*Passionate leader with grassroots approach to helping people.
*Corporate experience: Arthur Andersen & CO, S.C., Capitol Hill/D.C., Motorola, Applied Materials, Drake Beam Morin

----

=== Stan Tyler ===

; Company: [http://www.champions-edge.com Champions Edge]

; Email: [mailto:stan@champions-edge.com stan@champions-edge.com]

; Phone: 512-289-0604

; Company Size: 2 founders

; Stage: (Valley of Death)

; Location: Lake Travis

; Interested Categories:
# Retention and referral development 
# Web business development and operations assistance 
# Contract relationship design and management - associates

; Other Information:
* Professional coaching in business, life and the mental side of golf
* Learning from our granddaughters
* Rowing
* Being a disturbing element to UT fans esp. during OU winning years

----

== Members ==

[Sorted alphabetically by last name]

=== Chris Garrigues ===

; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]

; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]

; Phone: 512-322-0180

; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors

; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but would be if I hired staff too soon)

; Location: Central Austin (14th and West)

; Interested Categories:
* B2B Marketing
* Customer Satisfaction & Retention
* Managing growth
* Relationship-based businesses

; Other Information:
* Founded Trinsic Solutions in late 2003; My 3rd bootstrapped business since 1995
* Most of my career has been in IT management both for large companies (Dell, Schlumbeger, MCC, etc) as well as in my own startups.
* Hoped initially to grow fast and almost died in my first year; laid off staff and am now managing the slower pace well.
* I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.

----

=== Ash Maurya ===

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people + contractors [both offshore and local]

; Stage: Late Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - Decentralization/P2P/Social Software
* Collaboration Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

----

=== Mike O'Krent ===

; Company: [http://www.lifestoriesalive.com/ LifeStories Alive]

; Email: [mailto:mokrent@lifestoriesalive.com]

; Phone: 512-431-8166

; Company Size: 1 full time! (other subcontractors - videographers, producer, editor)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Round Rock

; Interested Categories:
* Baby boomer target marketing
* Personal Historian
* Starting up

----

=== Tonja O'Neill ===

; Company: [http://www.soverex.com/ Soverex]

; Email: [mailto:tonja@soverex.com tonja@soverex.com]

; Phone: 512-257-2185

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Management Consulting / Lifestyle Business
* Software / High-Tech Industry
* Crisis Management

----
=== Nancy Schill ===

; Company: [http://www.executiveintelligentcoaching.com/ Executive Intelligent Coaching]

; Email: [mailto:nschill@executiveintelligentcoaching.com]

; Phone: 512-947-5447

; Company Size: 1 person

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* B2B marketing
* sales techniques
* sole proprietership business support
* valley of death strategies

; Other Information:
* Founder and Executive Coach
* B.A. in Psychology, M.A. in School Psychology - (Specialist level 3 yr. grad. degree)
* extensive experience in behavior change, assessments (qualified to administer all assessments, unlike other coaches), goal development and attainment, working with and understanding people of all types.
* working with professionals and executives on:
** professional growth strategy
** strengthening leadership and exemplary leadership practices
** emotional intelligence skills improvement
** strengths development
** organization and client communication
** prioritizing demands for greater productivity
** balancing priorities of work and personal life

----

[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Boot_Board Back to Boot Board]

Talk:VOD1 Boot Board

2006-05-11T12:22:53Z

Cwg: Moved Jeff back

Hi there; its Nancy. The Jeff who attended our last meeting is Jeff Bowman (I edited page). I think Jeff Hotz would be better matched with Growth group. Should his profile be moved there? Thanks
We're also missing Andrea.

== Moved Jeff back ==

I moved Jeff Holz back to the other page.

--[[User:Cwg|Chris]] 07:22, 11 May 2006 (CDT)

VOD1 Boot Board

2006-05-11T12:21:33Z

Cwg: /* Members */

== Diversity AND Valley of Death BOOT BOARD ==

; Stage: Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth

; Interested Categories:
* Valley of Death bootstrappers
* Diversity bootstrappers
* additional bootstrappers interested in joining the Boot Board

; Next meeting:
* May 15, 2006 from 4-7 PM at
Austin Office Space
3415 Greystone Dr. #102

(Thanks to Chad Jewel for the meeting location)

; Paricipants at formation meeting in late April:
* Nancy Schill
* Chris Garrigues
* Jeff Bowman
* Andrea
* Ash
* Mike O'Krent

Please note that we are looking to grow this group and will likely split into a "Diversity" group and a "Valley of Death" group, both of which will have a better focus than the current group.

----

== Facilitators ==

=== Michelle Ewalt ===

; Company: http://www.teamintransition.com, Team in Transition

; Email: mewalt@teamintransition.com

; Phone: 512.762.8568
; Company Size: 1 person
; Stage: Growth
; Client locations: Austin, San Antonio, surrounding areas, Miami/out of state
; Interested Categories:
# Utilizing brainstorming team's personal power to leverage future results.
# Grow Boot Board, lead the way for other groups to develop, and synergistic change management.
# Transformational change

; Other Information:
*Team in Transition Base Model: Organizational leadership background: utilized Corporate experience and athletic coaching experience to launch Team in Transition.
*Holistic coaching and consulting practice: designed to help clients to manage resources while achieving long standing change.
*Client focus: leadership development and change management.
*Creator of local coaching programs for not for profit organizations: Team Survivor & Team in Training.
*NSIDE Magazine: Leadership change management writer
*Affiliations & Certifications referenced on web page and other marketing materials.
*Passionate leader with grassroots approach to helping people.
*Corporate experience: Arthur Andersen & CO, S.C., Capitol Hill/D.C., Motorola, Applied Materials, Drake Beam Morin

----

=== Stan Tyler ===

; Company: [http://www.champions-edge.com Champions Edge]

; Email: [mailto:stan@champions-edge.com stan@champions-edge.com]

; Phone: 512-289-0604

; Company Size: 2 founders

; Stage: (Valley of Death)

; Location: Lake Travis

; Interested Categories:
# Retention and referral development 
# Web business development and operations assistance 
# Contract relationship design and management - associates

; Other Information:
* Professional coaching in business, life and the mental side of golf
* Learning from our granddaughters
* Rowing
* Being a disturbing element to UT fans esp. during OU winning years

----

== Members ==

[Sorted alphabetically by last name]

=== Chris Garrigues ===

; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]

; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]

; Phone: 512-322-0180

; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors

; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but would be if I hired staff too soon)

; Location: Central Austin (14th and West)

; Interested Categories:
* B2B Marketing
* Customer Satisfaction & Retention
* Managing growth
* Relationship-based businesses

; Other Information:
* Founded Trinsic Solutions in late 2003; My 3rd bootstrapped business since 1995
* Most of my career has been in IT management both for large companies (Dell, Schlumbeger, MCC, etc) as well as in my own startups.
* Hoped initially to grow fast and almost died in my first year; laid off staff and am now managing the slower pace well.
* I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.

----

=== Ash Maurya ===

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people + contractors [both offshore and local]

; Stage: Late Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - Decentralization/P2P/Social Software
* Collaboration Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

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=== Mike O'Krent ===

; Company: [http://www.lifestoriesalive.com/ LifeStories Alive]

; Email: [mailto:mokrent@lifestoriesalive.com]

; Phone: 512-431-8166

; Company Size: 1 full time! (other subcontractors - videographers, producer, editor)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Round Rock

; Interested Categories:
* Baby boomer target marketing
* Personal Historian
* Starting up

----

=== Tonja O'Neill ===

; Company: [http://www.soverex.com/ Soverex]

; Email: [mailto:tonja@soverex.com tonja@soverex.com]

; Phone: 512-257-2185

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Management Consulting / Lifestyle Business
* Software / High-Tech Industry
* Crisis Management

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=== Nancy Schill ===

; Company: [http://www.executiveintelligentcoaching.com/ Executive Intelligent Coaching]

; Email: [mailto:nschill@executiveintelligentcoaching.com]

; Phone: 512-947-5447

; Company Size: 1 person

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* B2B marketing
* sales techniques
* sole proprietership business support
* valley of death strategies

; Other Information:
* Founder and Executive Coach
* B.A. in Psychology, M.A. in School Psychology - (Specialist level 3 yr. grad. degree)
* extensive experience in behavior change, assessments (qualified to administer all assessments, unlike other coaches), goal development and attainment, working with and understanding people of all types.
* working with professionals and executives on:
** professional growth strategy
** strengthening leadership and exemplary leadership practices
** emotional intelligence skills improvement
** strengths development
** organization and client communication
** prioritizing demands for greater productivity
** balancing priorities of work and personal life

----

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Boot Board (Austin)

2006-05-11T12:21:03Z

Cwg: /* Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals */

[[Category:Bootstrappers]]
[[Category:Bootstrap Subgroups]]

'''Boot Board'''

*[http://tinyurl.com/pxerx/ Boot Board Presentation from 4/10/2006 meeting]
*[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/CEO_Roundtable_formulation_working_notes Stan's Working Notes on Other Boards]

'''Led by Bootstrappers'''
* [http://www.teamintransition.com Michelle Ewalt, Team in Transition]
* [http://www.champions-edge.com Stan Tyler, Champion's Edge]
* [http://www.synergyforinnovation.com David Swedlow, Metastorming]

== INSTRUCTIONS ==
;Overview: You have to log in to edit an entry. Then you'll claim your entry by selecting a link from the Table of Contents, editing that entry and typing your name. Finally, you'll re-edit the entry to fill in the details. While you are editing, you won't see these instructions, but you can "Save page" to keep your changes and come back to this (the Boot Board) page. Scroll up to the top if necessary to see these instructions again.

;Login: Click the "log in" link at the very top right of this browser page. If you don't already have an account, enter the five fields and click the "Create new account" button. After you've created the account or logged in, click the "Return to Boot Board" link.

;Claim your entry: Select an entry from the Table of Contents. Choose one that reads "YOUR_NAME_HERE". You'll be taken to that entry and "YOUR_NAME_HERE" will appear at the top of the page. Click the "edit" link to the far right of "YOUR_NAME_HERE" to get to the edit page. For now, just replace "YOUR_NAME_HERE" with your first and last name (leave the equal marks "==" in place). Click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. Now you've claimed this entry. Next, fill in the details.

;Fill in your details: At this point, the top of the page will have your first and last name as you entered them, and the "Edit" link is still to the far right. Click "Edit" again and now fill in the details. You should only need to replace the actual text that is in ALL_CAPS. Leave the semicolons (;) and asterisks at the beginning of each line (semicolons indicate headers, and asterisks indicate bullet items). If you need to add more bulleted items, just follow the pattern and enter an asterisk at the beginning of each line.

;Questions: If you have any questions, please email [mailto:david@metastorming.com|David Swedlow: david@metastorming.com].

=Existing Boot Boards=

[[International Boot Board]]

[[Diversity/VOD Boot Board]]

[[Growth Boot Board]]

='''[[Sample Personal Description]]'''=
[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Personal_Description Here] is a sample personal description for those who want to share their information based on the last Bootstrap Austin meeting. You can copy one of the samples, or just edit this page, and copy one of the entries below.

= Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals =

These individuals have not yet committed to a particular boot board. Once you have committed, please move your entry from here to the page for that boot board. When moving your entry, please change your heading from "section" to "subsection" by changing "===" to "==".

== Brian Massey ==
; Company: [http://www.hearthis.com/ HearThis.com]

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Business to Business Technology
* Marketing
* Web 2.0/Customer Communities

; Other Information:
* Currently part-time Bootstrapper.
* 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
* Advisor to several bootstrap businesses.
* Always looking to learn more.

----

== Chad Jewell ==

'''Company:''' Austin Office Space, Inc. [http://www.AustinOfficeSpace.com www.AustinOfficeSpace.com]

'''Company Size:''' Small (4 people)

'''Stage:''' Growth

'''Location:''' Northwest Austin

'''Interested Categories:'''
Service / Consulting oriented businesses,
Business in growth phase,
Lifestyle businesses,
Sales

'''Other Information'''
Started my company 6 years ago.
Just sold 1/2 to my lead associate.
Have 6 person confernce room that could hold up to 8?
Previous expenrence organizing my own businss Mastermind group
Was a member of The Alternative Board (TAB)

----

== David Swedlow ==

; Company: [http://www.synergyforinnovation.com/ SPCI]

; Email: [mailto:david@metastorming.com david@metastorming.com]

; Phone: 512-589-8834

; Company Size: 2 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Social Software (Web 2.0)
* Emergent Community
* Collaborative Technology
* Transformational Dynamics

; Other Information:
* New Bootstrapper
* Member of local chapter of American Creativity Association
* Spiral Dynamics Integral, Level 1 and Level 2 certification
* Future Studies

----

== Phyllis Blees==
; Company: Blees Creative Academies

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Ideation

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing a start-up
* For-Profit educational models
* Financing start-ups

; Other Information:
* Just sold first school (a for-profit, primary school)
* Am planning the next school in my business model--an adult center for creative and innovative studies
* Have begun an interim "day job" as General Counsel for FLOW, Inc., a startup in the nonprofit world, and taking on a few business and tax clients
* Member of the Board of American Creativity Association-Austin Chapter
* Bootstrap Library Co-Chair

----

== Michael Trafton ==

; Company: [http://www.bluefishgroup.com/ Blue Fish Development Group]

; Email: [mailto:mikey@bluefishgroup.com]

; Phone: 512-469-9300 x201

; Company Size: 25 People

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Downtown Austin (6th & Brazos)

; Interested Categories:
* Sales
* Marketing
* Business Operations
* Personnel Management

; Other Information:
* Bootstrapped since 1999
* Member of Young Entrepreneur's Organization
* I'm interested in a Boot Board made up of other growth companies

----

== Stephen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://www.cbandgames.com/ '''Creative Bandwidth, LP''']

; Email: [mailto:steve@ckventures.com steve@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 917 6020

; Company Size: 5 owners & contractors

; Stage: Valley of Death (just past the buzzards circling overhead, make a left)

; Location: Round Rock/Georgetown, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Consulting (Sales, Proposals, Contract Negotiation & Management)
* Seminars & Teambuilding Events
* Games & Simulations
* Ideaphoria & the Practical Application of Creativity

; Other Information:
* Board Member: International Association for Contract & Commercial Management [http://www.iaccm.com/]
* Co-Founder (with Karen Sopko): Cedar Key Ventures [http://www.ckventures.com/]
* Former US Federal Contracting Officer, Oil & Gas Technology Purchasing Manager, Dell Negotiator & Offshorer
* Personality Traits: Driver/Driver, but humbled by being married to a much smarter Analytical...
* Member: Theodore Roosevelt Society & Society for Industrial Archaeology
* Hobbies: history (period 1865-1939), kayaking, music (1980s & smooth jazz), travel, child wrangling

----

== Dave Pinckney ==

; Company: [http://www.egeriadesign.com/ Egeria Design]

; Email: [mailto:egeria@austin.rr.com Egeria Design mailbox]

; Phone: 512-833-8634

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: North Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing virtual staff
* Non-standard business models
* Structures of financial transactions

; Other Information:
* Info systems veteran
* Founded in 2001
* Docent: [http://www.blantonmuseum.org/ Blanton Museum of Art]
* Unofficial Photographer: [http://www.centraltexasballooning.com/ Central Texas Ballooning Association]

----

== Karen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://ckventures.com/ Cedar Key Ventures, LLC]

; Email: [mailto:karen@ckventures.com karen@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 694 5366

; Company Size: 2 founders, all work done with contractors/allies

; Stage: Valley of Death - but hey I'm getting a great tan

; Location: Round Rock, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Proposals (Responding to RFP/RFQ's, Requirements Capture)
* Business Development (Relationship and consultative selling)
* Services Marketing (new service offering development)
* IT Desktop Services Outsourcing, Service Desk Management
* Knowledge Management, online Best Practice communities

; Other Information:
* see www.idealreview.com for articles on how not to get outsourced
* Advise on enterprise IT service management, processes, and metrics
* Former life - Alcatel, EDS, SUNY, Dell, NASA, Sailmaker's Apprentice, Quasar Hunter
* Current Alliances with Equaterra, InSource Partners, IACCM, CMI
* Volunteer Work, Capitol BEST Robotics, JASON, Dale-Carnegie
* Hobbies astronomy, watercolors, cycling, and photography
* Member IEEE, AMA, Austin Freelancers, Home Based Working Mothers, Austin Women in Technology

----

== Cruce Saunders ==

; Company: [http://www.ariesnet.com/ Ariesnet Inc.]

; Email: csaunders AT ariesnet.com

; Phone: 888-932-3375 x 305

; Company Size: 12 + extended virtual team

; Stage: Growth, Bumpy

; Location: Austin and Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* Virtual Teaming
* Services business management
* Client service and client experience
* Sales and marketing, cash flow management, recruiting
* Web application development, IT Services, .NET

; Other Information:
* Founded 1997
* Largest employment 25 in 2000
* Started while at school at SMU

----

== Artie Berne ==

; Company: [http://www.Performance-Capital.net/ Performance Capital]

; Email: [mailto:aberne@austin.rr.com aberne@austin.rr.com]

; Phone: 512-261-0024

; Company Size: Me, Myself and I in Lakeway and 1 to 5 people in Houston

; Stage: (I'd say we are Peaking over the Valley into the Sunshine)

; Location: Beutiful Lakeway,TX

; Interested Categories:
SERVICES MY COMPANY PROVIDES AND MY INTERESTS:
* Small Company Financing_1
* Accounts Receivable Financing_2
* Help companies get through the Valley of Death_3
* Upfront Purchase Order or Contract Financing_4
* Buying of Companies_5
* Project Funding_6
* Equity Venture Capital_7
* Asset Lending_8
* Leasing of Equipment_9
* Debt Resolution - Crisis Management_9
* Real Estate Financing of Commercial Properties_10

; Other Information:
* In my past life I was hired to Start, Train, Manage, Motivate and Push Sales Organizations.
* I'm Very Goal oriented and list motivated to get alot of "stuff" done during the day.
* HOBBIES: Sales and Marketing Consulting for Real Estate Deals
* My other hobbies are full Contact Martial Arts - KAJUKENBO
* Also running,lifting and
* Real Estate investing and doing creative real estate transactions.

----

== Michael Wilson==

; Company: [http://www.smallworldlabs.com/ Small World Labs]

; Email: [mwilson AT smallworldlabs.com]

; Phone: 512-499-0018

; Company Size: 3

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central/South Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Marketing
* Sales
* Strategy

; Other Information:

----

== Corliss McGinty, SPHR ==

; Company: [http://www.HRMomma.com/ Soft Solutions Consulting]

; Email: [mailto:Corliss@HRMomma.com Corliss@HRMomma.com]

; Phone: 512-736-9884

; Company Size: 1

; Stage: VoD in Austin

; Location: Austin, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Human Resource Consulting for small businesses
* Talent-getting, developing and retaining
* Coaching for managers, executives

; Other Information:
* Certified Coach and Senior Professional in HR
* Certified in 360 feedback

----

== Brian Moeskau ==

; Company: [http://www.thinkfirst.biz/ ThinkFirst, LLC]

; Product: [http://www.myhomepoint.com/ MyHomePoint.com]: Family-oriented scheduling and organization, currently in Beta with several hundred users.

; Email: [mailto:brian@myhomepoint.com brian@myhomepoint.com]

; Phone: 512-451-7294

; Company Size: 2 (myself + cofounder)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin

; Interested Categories:
* All aspects of software development, architecture and delivery
* Web/user interface design and user experience
* Basketball

; Other Information:
* MyHomePoint has been in dev. part-time for over a year, but just started getting serious within the last 6 months or so. I went full-time in Feb. and am trying to pull it forward into the Growth stage by my bare hands. I'm thinking that I may need gloves...

----

== Kevin Koym ==

see my profile link at [[User:kkoym ]]

; Company: [http://www.enterpriseteaming.com/ Enterprise Teaming, llc]

; Email: [mailto:kevin.koym@enterpriseteaming.com]

; Phone: +1.512.698.9328

; Company Size: 2+contractors

; Stage: Valley of Death, Baby!

; Location: Presently users using our application and process in the US, Mexico, Chile, Panama, Costa Rica, Spain, Ukraine, Russia, India.

; Interested Categories:
* International Business
* Social Networking Theory
* Organizational Development

; Other Information:
* Entrepreneur since 1994; lived and worked in US, Mexico, Chile
* Lots of bootstrapping scars (and experience)
* Well connected through Austin
* Looking for someone that can help me take our diseparate message and boil it down to a single focus

----

== Jeff Hotz/TESTCo ==

; TESTCo: [http://www.testco.com/ TESTCo]

; Email: [mailto:jeff@testco.com jeff@testco.com]

; Phone: 512 970 7283

; Company Size: 5 Local & 40+ Offshore

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Lead Generation Messages & Channels
* Operating Efficiencies/Systemization
* eMyth

; Other Information:
* http://testco.com/main/OurTeam.html

----

== Rick Davis ==

; Company: [http://www.pelegrinegroup.com/ The Pelegrine Group, L.L.C.]

; Email: [mailto:rick.davis@pelegrinegroup.com]

; Phone: 512-419-7785

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

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VOD1 Boot Board

2006-05-10T20:36:36Z

Cwg: /* Diversity AND Valley of Death BOOT BOARD */

== Diversity AND Valley of Death BOOT BOARD ==

; Stage: Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth

; Interested Categories:
* Valley of Death bootstrappers
* Diversity bootstrappers
* additional bootstrappers interested in joining the Boot Board

; Next meeting:
* May 15, 2006 from 4-7 PM at
Austin Office Space
3415 Greystone Dr. #102

(Thanks to Chad Jewel for the meeting location)

; Paricipants at formation meeting in late April:
* Nancy Schill
* Chris Garrigues
* Jeff
* Andrea
* Ash
* Mike O'Krent

Please note that we are looking to grow this group and will likely split into a "Diversity" group and a "Valley of Death" group, both of which will have a better focus than the current group.

----

== Facilitators ==

=== Michelle Ewalt ===

; Company: http://www.teamintransition.com, Team in Transition

; Email: mewalt@teamintransition.com

; Phone: 512.762.8568
; Company Size: 1 person
; Stage: Growth
; Client locations: Austin, San Antonio, surrounding areas, Miami/out of state
; Interested Categories:
# Utilizing brainstorming team's personal power to leverage future results.
# Grow Boot Board, lead the way for other groups to develop, and synergistic change management.
# Transformational change

; Other Information:
*Team in Transition Base Model: Organizational leadership background: utilized Corporate experience and athletic coaching experience to launch Team in Transition.
*Holistic coaching and consulting practice: designed to help clients to manage resources while achieving long standing change.
*Client focus: leadership development and change management.
*Creator of local coaching programs for not for profit organizations: Team Survivor & Team in Training.
*NSIDE Magazine: Leadership change management writer
*Affiliations & Certifications referenced on web page and other marketing materials.
*Passionate leader with grassroots approach to helping people.
*Corporate experience: Arthur Andersen & CO, S.C., Capitol Hill/D.C., Motorola, Applied Materials, Drake Beam Morin

----

=== Stan Tyler ===

; Company: [http://www.champions-edge.com Champions Edge]

; Email: [mailto:stan@champions-edge.com stan@champions-edge.com]

; Phone: 512-289-0604

; Company Size: 2 founders

; Stage: (Valley of Death)

; Location: Lake Travis

; Interested Categories:
# Retention and referral development 
# Web business development and operations assistance 
# Contract relationship design and management - associates

; Other Information:
* Professional coaching in business, life and the mental side of golf
* Learning from our granddaughters
* Rowing
* Being a disturbing element to UT fans esp. during OU winning years

----

== Members ==

[Sorted alphabetically by last name]

=== Chris Garrigues ===

; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]

; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]

; Phone: 512-322-0180

; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors

; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but would be if I hired staff too soon)

; Location: Central Austin (14th and West)

; Interested Categories:
* B2B Marketing
* Customer Satisfaction & Retention
* Managing growth
* Relationship-based businesses

; Other Information:
* Founded Trinsic Solutions in late 2003; My 3rd bootstrapped business since 1995
* Most of my career has been in IT management both for large companies (Dell, Schlumbeger, MCC, etc) as well as in my own startups.
* Hoped initially to grow fast and almost died in my first year; laid off staff and am now managing the slower pace well.
* I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.

----

=== Jeff Hotz/TESTCo ===

; TESTCo: [http://www.testco.com/ TESTCo]

; Email: [mailto:jeff@testco.com jeff@testco.com]

; Phone: 512 970 7283

; Company Size: 5 Local & 40+ Offshore

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Lead Generation Messages & Channels
* Operating Efficiencies/Systemization
* eMyth

; Other Information:
* http://testco.com/main/OurTeam.html

----

=== Ash Maurya ===

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people + contractors [both offshore and local]

; Stage: Late Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - Decentralization/P2P/Social Software
* Collaboration Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

----

=== Mike O'Krent ===

; Company: [http://www.lifestoriesalive.com/ LifeStories Alive]

; Email: [mailto:mokrent@lifestoriesalive.com]

; Phone: 512-431-8166

; Company Size: 1 full time! (other subcontractors - videographers, producer, editor)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Round Rock

; Interested Categories:
* Baby boomer target marketing
* Personal Historian
* Starting up

----

=== Tonja O'Neill ===

; Company: [http://www.soverex.com/ Soverex]

; Email: [mailto:tonja@soverex.com tonja@soverex.com]

; Phone: 512-257-2185

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Management Consulting / Lifestyle Business
* Software / High-Tech Industry
* Crisis Management

----
=== Nancy Schill ===

; Company: [http://www.executiveintelligentcoaching.com/ Executive Intelligent Coaching]

; Email: [mailto:nschill@executiveintelligentcoaching.com]

; Phone: 512-947-5447

; Company Size: 1 person

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* B2B marketing
* sales techniques
* sole proprietership business support
* valley of death strategies

; Other Information:
* Founder and Executive Coach
* B.A. in Psychology, M.A. in School Psychology - (Specialist level 3 yr. grad. degree)
* extensive experience in behavior change, assessments (qualified to administer all assessments, unlike other coaches), goal development and attainment, working with and understanding people of all types.
* working with professionals and executives on:
** professional growth strategy
** strengthening leadership and exemplary leadership practices
** emotional intelligence skills improvement
** strengths development
** organization and client communication
** prioritizing demands for greater productivity
** balancing priorities of work and personal life

----

VOD1 Boot Board

2006-05-10T20:21:14Z

Cwg: /* Members */

== Diversity AND Valley of Death BOOT BOARD ==

; Stage: Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Valley of Death bootstrappers
* Diversity bootstrappers
* additional bootstrappers interested in joining the Boot Board

; Other Information:
* Our first Boot Board meeting is planned for Monday May 15th, from 4-7 pm.
* Paricipants include: Nancy Schill, Chris Garrigues, Jeff, Andrea, Ash, and Mike O'Krent. Facillitators include Stan and Michelle.
* Please note that we are looking to grow this group and likely split into a "Diversity" group and a "Valley of Death" group.

*LOCATION of meeting (thanks Chad Jewell!!) Austin Office Space- 3415 Greystone Dr. #102

----
== Facilitators ==

=== Michelle Ewalt ===

; Company: http://www.teamintransition.com, Team in Transition

; Email: mewalt@teamintransition.com

; Phone: 512.762.8568
; Company Size: 1 person
; Stage: Growth
; Client locations: Austin, San Antonio, surrounding areas, Miami/out of state
; Interested Categories:
# Utilizing brainstorming team's personal power to leverage future results.
# Grow Boot Board, lead the way for other groups to develop, and synergistic change management.
# Transformational change

; Other Information:
*Team in Transition Base Model: Organizational leadership background: utilized Corporate experience and athletic coaching experience to launch Team in Transition.
*Holistic coaching and consulting practice: designed to help clients to manage resources while achieving long standing change.
*Client focus: leadership development and change management.
*Creator of local coaching programs for not for profit organizations: Team Survivor & Team in Training.
*NSIDE Magazine: Leadership change management writer
*Affiliations & Certifications referenced on web page and other marketing materials.
*Passionate leader with grassroots approach to helping people.
*Corporate experience: Arthur Andersen & CO, S.C., Capitol Hill/D.C., Motorola, Applied Materials, Drake Beam Morin

----

=== Stan Tyler ===

; Company: [http://www.champions-edge.com Champions Edge]

; Email: [mailto:stan@champions-edge.com stan@champions-edge.com]

; Phone: 512-289-0604

; Company Size: 2 founders

; Stage: (Valley of Death)

; Location: Lake Travis

; Interested Categories:
# Retention and referral development 
# Web business development and operations assistance 
# Contract relationship design and management - associates

; Other Information:
* Professional coaching in business, life and the mental side of golf
* Learning from our granddaughters
* Rowing
* Being a disturbing element to UT fans esp. during OU winning years

----

== Members ==

[Sorted alphabetically by last name]

=== Chris Garrigues ===

; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]

; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]

; Phone: 512-322-0180

; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors

; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but would be if I hired staff too soon)

; Location: Central Austin (14th and West)

; Interested Categories:
* B2B Marketing
* Customer Satisfaction & Retention
* Managing growth
* Relationship-based businesses

; Other Information:
* Founded Trinsic Solutions in late 2003; My 3rd bootstrapped business since 1995
* Most of my career has been in IT management both for large companies (Dell, Schlumbeger, MCC, etc) as well as in my own startups.
* Hoped initially to grow fast and almost died in my first year; laid off staff and am now managing the slower pace well.
* I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.

----

=== Jeff Hotz/TESTCo ===

; TESTCo: [http://www.testco.com/ TESTCo]

; Email: [mailto:jeff@testco.com jeff@testco.com]

; Phone: 512 970 7283

; Company Size: 5 Local & 40+ Offshore

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Lead Generation Messages & Channels
* Operating Efficiencies/Systemization
* eMyth

; Other Information:
* http://testco.com/main/OurTeam.html

----

=== Ash Maurya ===

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people + contractors [both offshore and local]

; Stage: Late Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - Decentralization/P2P/Social Software
* Collaboration Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

----

=== Mike O'Krent ===

; Company: [http://www.lifestoriesalive.com/ LifeStories Alive]

; Email: [mailto:mokrent@lifestoriesalive.com]

; Phone: 512-431-8166

; Company Size: 1 full time! (other subcontractors - videographers, producer, editor)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Round Rock

; Interested Categories:
* Baby boomer target marketing
* Personal Historian
* Starting up

----

=== Tonja O'Neill ===

; Company: [http://www.soverex.com/ Soverex]

; Email: [mailto:tonja@soverex.com tonja@soverex.com]

; Phone: 512-257-2185

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Management Consulting / Lifestyle Business
* Software / High-Tech Industry
* Crisis Management

----
=== Nancy Schill ===

; Company: [http://www.executiveintelligentcoaching.com/ Executive Intelligent Coaching]

; Email: [mailto:nschill@executiveintelligentcoaching.com]

; Phone: 512-947-5447

; Company Size: 1 person

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* B2B marketing
* sales techniques
* sole proprietership business support
* valley of death strategies

; Other Information:
* Founder and Executive Coach
* B.A. in Psychology, M.A. in School Psychology - (Specialist level 3 yr. grad. degree)
* extensive experience in behavior change, assessments (qualified to administer all assessments, unlike other coaches), goal development and attainment, working with and understanding people of all types.
* working with professionals and executives on:
** professional growth strategy
** strengthening leadership and exemplary leadership practices
** emotional intelligence skills improvement
** strengths development
** organization and client communication
** prioritizing demands for greater productivity
** balancing priorities of work and personal life

----

Boot Board (Austin)

2006-05-10T20:17:19Z

Cwg: /* Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals */

[[Category:Bootstrappers]]
[[Category:Bootstrap Subgroups]]

'''Boot Board'''

[http://tinyurl.com/pxerx/ Boot Board Presentation from 4/10/2006 meeting]

Led by Bootstrappers:
* [http://www.teamintransition.com Michelle Ewalt, Team in Transition]
* [http://www.champions-edge.com Stan Tyler, Champion's Edge]
* [http://www.synergyforinnovation.com, David Swedlow, Metastorming]

== INSTRUCTIONS ==
;Overview: You have to log in to edit an entry. Then you'll claim your entry by selecting a link from the Table of Contents, editing that entry and typing your name. Finally, you'll re-edit the entry to fill in the details. While you are editing, you won't see these instructions, but you can "Save page" to keep your changes and come back to this (the Boot Board) page. Scroll up to the top if necessary to see these instructions again.

;Login: Click the "log in" link at the very top right of this browser page. If you don't already have an account, enter the five fields and click the "Create new account" button. After you've created the account or logged in, click the "Return to Boot Board" link.

;Claim your entry: Select an entry from the Table of Contents. Choose one that reads "YOUR_NAME_HERE". You'll be taken to that entry and "YOUR_NAME_HERE" will appear at the top of the page. Click the "edit" link to the far right of "YOUR_NAME_HERE" to get to the edit page. For now, just replace "YOUR_NAME_HERE" with your first and last name (leave the equal marks "==" in place). Click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. Now you've claimed this entry. Next, fill in the details.

;Fill in your details: At this point, the top of the page will have your first and last name as you entered them, and the "Edit" link is still to the far right. Click "Edit" again and now fill in the details. You should only need to replace the actual text that is in ALL_CAPS. Leave the semicolons (;) and asterisks at the beginning of each line (semicolons indicate headers, and asterisks indicate bullet items). If you need to add more bulleted items, just follow the pattern and enter an asterisk at the beginning of each line.

;Questions: If you have any questions, please email [mailto:david@metastorming.com|David Swedlow: david@metastorming.com].

=Existing Boot Boards=

===[[International Boot Board]]===

===[[Diversity/VOD Boot Board]]===

===[[Growth Boot Board]]===

='''[[Sample Personal Description]]'''=
[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Personal_Description Here] is a sample personal description for those who want to share their information based on the last Bootstrap Austin meeting. You can copy one of the samples, or just edit this page, and copy one of the entries below.

= Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals =

These individuals have not yet committed to a particular boot board. Once you have committed, please move your entry from here to the page for that boot board. When moving your entry, please change your heading from "section" to "subsection" by changing "===" to "==".

== Brian Massey ==
; Company: [http://www.hearthis.com/ HearThis.com]

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Business to Business Technology
* Marketing
* Web 2.0/Customer Communities

; Other Information:
* Currently part-time Bootstrapper.
* 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
* Advisor to several bootstrap businesses.
* Always looking to learn more.

----

== Chad Jewell ==

'''Company:''' Austin Office Space, Inc. [http://www.AustinOfficeSpace.com www.AustinOfficeSpace.com]

'''Company Size:''' Small (4 people)

'''Stage:''' Growth

'''Location:''' Northwest Austin

'''Interested Categories:'''
Service / Consulting oriented businesses,
Business in growth phase,
Lifestyle businesses,
Sales

'''Other Information'''
Started my company 6 years ago.
Just sold 1/2 to my lead associate.
Have 6 person confernce room that could hold up to 8?
Previous expenrence organizing my own businss Mastermind group
Was a member of The Alternative Board (TAB)

----

== David Swedlow ==

; Company: [http://www.synergyforinnovation.com/ SPCI]

; Email: [mailto:david@metastorming.com david@metastorming.com]

; Phone: 512-589-8834

; Company Size: 2 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Social Software (Web 2.0)
* Emergent Community
* Collaborative Technology
* Transformational Dynamics

; Other Information:
* New Bootstrapper
* Member of local chapter of American Creativity Association
* Spiral Dynamics Integral, Level 1 and Level 2 certification
* Future Studies

----

== Phyllis Blees==
; Company: Blees Creative Academies

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Ideation

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing a start-up
* For-Profit educational models
* Financing start-ups

; Other Information:
* Just sold first school (a for-profit, primary school)
* Am planning the next school in my business model--an adult center for creative and innovative studies
* Have begun an interim "day job" as General Counsel for FLOW, Inc., a startup in the nonprofit world, and taking on a few business and tax clients
* Member of the Board of American Creativity Association-Austin Chapter
* Bootstrap Library Co-Chair

----

== Michael Trafton ==

; Company: [http://www.bluefishgroup.com/ Blue Fish Development Group]

; Email: [mailto:mikey@bluefishgroup.com]

; Phone: 512-469-9300 x201

; Company Size: 25 People

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Downtown Austin (6th & Brazos)

; Interested Categories:
* Sales
* Marketing
* Business Operations
* Personnel Management

; Other Information:
* Bootstrapped since 1999
* Member of Young Entrepreneur's Organization
* I'm interested in a Boot Board made up of other growth companies

----

== Stephen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://www.cbandgames.com/ '''Creative Bandwidth, LP''']

; Email: [mailto:steve@ckventures.com steve@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 917 6020

; Company Size: 5 owners & contractors

; Stage: Valley of Death (just past the buzzards circling overhead, make a left)

; Location: Round Rock/Georgetown, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Consulting (Sales, Proposals, Contract Negotiation & Management)
* Seminars & Teambuilding Events
* Games & Simulations
* Ideaphoria & the Practical Application of Creativity

; Other Information:
* Board Member: International Association for Contract & Commercial Management [http://www.iaccm.com/]
* Co-Founder (with Karen Sopko): Cedar Key Ventures [http://www.ckventures.com/]
* Former US Federal Contracting Officer, Oil & Gas Technology Purchasing Manager, Dell Negotiator & Offshorer
* Personality Traits: Driver/Driver, but humbled by being married to a much smarter Analytical...
* Member: Theodore Roosevelt Society & Society for Industrial Archaeology
* Hobbies: history (period 1865-1939), kayaking, music (1980s & smooth jazz), travel, child wrangling

----

== Dave Pinckney ==

; Company: [http://www.egeriadesign.com/ Egeria Design]

; Email: [mailto:egeria@austin.rr.com Egeria Design mailbox]

; Phone: 512-833-8634

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: North Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing virtual staff
* Non-standard business models
* Structures of financial transactions

; Other Information:
* Info systems veteran
* Founded in 2001
* Docent: [http://www.blantonmuseum.org/ Blanton Museum of Art]
* Unofficial Photographer: [http://www.centraltexasballooning.com/ Central Texas Ballooning Association]

----

== Karen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://ckventures.com/ Cedar Key Ventures, LLC]

; Email: [mailto:karen@ckventures.com karen@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 694 5366

; Company Size: 2 founders, all work done with contractors/allies

; Stage: Valley of Death - but hey I'm getting a great tan

; Location: Round Rock, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Proposals (Responding to RFP/RFQ's, Requirements Capture)
* Business Development (Relationship and consultative selling)
* Services Marketing (new service offering development)
* IT Desktop Services Outsourcing, Service Desk Management
* Knowledge Management, online Best Practice communities

; Other Information:
* see www.idealreview.com for articles on how not to get outsourced
* Advise on enterprise IT service management, processes, and metrics
* Former life - Alcatel, EDS, SUNY, Dell, NASA, Sailmaker's Apprentice, Quasar Hunter
* Current Alliances with Equaterra, InSource Partners, IACCM, CMI
* Volunteer Work, Capitol BEST Robotics, JASON, Dale-Carnegie
* Hobbies astronomy, watercolors, cycling, and photography
* Member IEEE, AMA, Austin Freelancers, Home Based Working Mothers, Austin Women in Technology

----

== Cruce Saunders ==

; Company: [http://www.ariesnet.com/ Ariesnet Inc.]

; Email: csaunders AT ariesnet.com

; Phone: 888-932-3375 x 305

; Company Size: 12 + extended virtual team

; Stage: Growth, Bumpy

; Location: Austin and Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* Virtual Teaming
* Services business management
* Client service and client experience
* Sales and marketing, cash flow management, recruiting
* Web application development, IT Services, .NET

; Other Information:
* Founded 1997
* Largest employment 25 in 2000
* Started while at school at SMU

----

== Artie Berne ==

; Company: [http://www.Performance-Capital.net/ Performance Capital]

; Email: [mailto:aberne@austin.rr.com aberne@austin.rr.com]

; Phone: 512-261-0024

; Company Size: Me, Myself and I in Lakeway and 1 to 5 people in Houston

; Stage: (I'd say we are Peaking over the Valley into the Sunshine)

; Location: Beutiful Lakeway,TX

; Interested Categories:
SERVICES MY COMPANY PROVIDES AND MY INTERESTS:
* Small Company Financing_1
* Accounts Receivable Financing_2
* Help companies get through the Valley of Death_3
* Upfront Purchase Order or Contract Financing_4
* Buying of Companies_5
* Project Funding_6
* Equity Venture Capital_7
* Asset Lending_8
* Leasing of Equipment_9
* Debt Resolution - Crisis Management_9
* Real Estate Financing of Commercial Properties_10

; Other Information:
* In my past life I was hired to Start, Train, Manage, Motivate and Push Sales Organizations.
* I'm Very Goal oriented and list motivated to get alot of "stuff" done during the day.
* HOBBIES: Sales and Marketing Consulting for Real Estate Deals
* My other hobbies are full Contact Martial Arts - KAJUKENBO
* Also running,lifting and
* Real Estate investing and doing creative real estate transactions.

----

== Michael Wilson==

; Company: [http://www.smallworldlabs.com/ Small World Labs]

; Email: [mwilson AT smallworldlabs.com]

; Phone: 512-499-0018

; Company Size: 3

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central/South Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Marketing
* Sales
* Strategy

; Other Information:

----

== Corliss McGinty, SPHR ==

; Company: [http://www.HRMomma.com/ Soft Solutions Consulting]

; Email: [mailto:Corliss@HRMomma.com Corliss@HRMomma.com]

; Phone: 512-736-9884

; Company Size: 1

; Stage: VoD in Austin

; Location: Austin, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Human Resource Consulting for small businesses
* Talent-getting, developing and retaining
* Coaching for managers, executives

; Other Information:
* Certified Coach and Senior Professional in HR
* Certified in 360 feedback

----

== Brian Moeskau ==

; Company: [http://www.thinkfirst.biz/ ThinkFirst, LLC]

; Product: [http://www.myhomepoint.com/ MyHomePoint.com]: Family-oriented scheduling and organization, currently in Beta with several hundred users.

; Email: [mailto:brian@myhomepoint.com brian@myhomepoint.com]

; Phone: 512-451-7294

; Company Size: 2 (myself + cofounder)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin

; Interested Categories:
* All aspects of software development, architecture and delivery
* Web/user interface design and user experience
* Basketball

; Other Information:
* MyHomePoint has been in dev. part-time for over a year, but just started getting serious within the last 6 months or so. I went full-time in Feb. and am trying to pull it forward into the Growth stage by my bare hands. I'm thinking that I may need gloves...

----

== Kevin Koym ==

see my profile link at [[User:kkoym ]]

; Company: [http://www.enterpriseteaming.com/ Enterprise Teaming, llc]

; Email: [mailto:kevin.koym@enterpriseteaming.com]

; Phone: +1.512.698.9328

; Company Size: 2+contractors

; Stage: Valley of Death, Baby!

; Location: Presently users using our application and process in the US, Mexico, Chile, Panama, Costa Rica, Spain, Ukraine, Russia, India.

; Interested Categories:
* International Business
* Social Networking Theory
* Organizational Development

; Other Information:
* Entrepreneur since 1994; lived and worked in US, Mexico, Chile
* Lots of bootstrapping scars (and experience)
* Well connected through Austin
* Looking for someone that can help me take our diseparate message and boil it down to a single focus

----

== Rick Davis ==

; Company: [http://www.pelegrinegroup.com/ The Pelegrine Group, L.L.C.]

; Email: [mailto:rick.davis@pelegrinegroup.com]

; Phone: 512-419-7785

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

VOD1 Boot Board

2006-05-10T20:17:14Z

Cwg:

== Diversity AND Valley of Death BOOT BOARD ==

; Stage: Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Valley of Death bootstrappers
* Diversity bootstrappers
* additional bootstrappers interested in joining the Boot Board

; Other Information:
* Our first Boot Board meeting is planned for Monday May 15th, from 4-7 pm.
* Paricipants include: Nancy Schill, Chris Garrigues, Jeff, Andrea, Ash, and Mike O'Krent. Facillitators include Stan and Michelle.
* Please note that we are looking to grow this group and likely split into a "Diversity" group and a "Valley of Death" group.

*LOCATION of meeting (thanks Chad Jewell!!) Austin Office Space- 3415 Greystone Dr. #102

----
== Facilitators ==

=== Michelle Ewalt ===

; Company: http://www.teamintransition.com, Team in Transition

; Email: mewalt@teamintransition.com

; Phone: 512.762.8568
; Company Size: 1 person
; Stage: Growth
; Client locations: Austin, San Antonio, surrounding areas, Miami/out of state
; Interested Categories:
# Utilizing brainstorming team's personal power to leverage future results.
# Grow Boot Board, lead the way for other groups to develop, and synergistic change management.
# Transformational change

; Other Information:
*Team in Transition Base Model: Organizational leadership background: utilized Corporate experience and athletic coaching experience to launch Team in Transition.
*Holistic coaching and consulting practice: designed to help clients to manage resources while achieving long standing change.
*Client focus: leadership development and change management.
*Creator of local coaching programs for not for profit organizations: Team Survivor & Team in Training.
*NSIDE Magazine: Leadership change management writer
*Affiliations & Certifications referenced on web page and other marketing materials.
*Passionate leader with grassroots approach to helping people.
*Corporate experience: Arthur Andersen & CO, S.C., Capitol Hill/D.C., Motorola, Applied Materials, Drake Beam Morin

----

=== Stan Tyler ===

; Company: [http://www.champions-edge.com Champions Edge]

; Email: [mailto:stan@champions-edge.com stan@champions-edge.com]

; Phone: 512-289-0604

; Company Size: 2 founders

; Stage: (Valley of Death)

; Location: Lake Travis

; Interested Categories:
# Retention and referral development 
# Web business development and operations assistance 
# Contract relationship design and management - associates

; Other Information:
* Professional coaching in business, life and the mental side of golf
* Learning from our granddaughters
* Rowing
* Being a disturbing element to UT fans esp. during OU winning years

----

== Members ==

=== Chris Garrigues ===

; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]

; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]

; Phone: 512-322-0180

; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors

; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but would be if I hired staff too soon)

; Location: Central Austin (14th and West)

; Interested Categories:
* B2B Marketing
* Customer Satisfaction & Retention
* Managing growth
* Relationship-based businesses

; Other Information:
* Founded Trinsic Solutions in late 2003; My 3rd bootstrapped business since 1995
* Most of my career has been in IT management both for large companies (Dell, Schlumbeger, MCC, etc) as well as in my own startups.
* Hoped initially to grow fast and almost died in my first year; laid off staff and am now managing the slower pace well.
* I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.

----

=== Nancy Schill ===

; Company: [http://www.executiveintelligentcoaching.com/ Executive Intelligent Coaching]

; Email: [mailto:nschill@executiveintelligentcoaching.com]

; Phone: 512-947-5447

; Company Size: 1 person

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* B2B marketing
* sales techniques
* sole proprietership business support
* valley of death strategies

; Other Information:
* Founder and Executive Coach
* B.A. in Psychology, M.A. in School Psychology - (Specialist level 3 yr. grad. degree)
* extensive experience in behavior change, assessments (qualified to administer all assessments, unlike other coaches), goal development and attainment, working with and understanding people of all types.
* working with professionals and executives on:
** professional growth strategy
** strengthening leadership and exemplary leadership practices
** emotional intelligence skills improvement
** strengths development
** organization and client communication
** prioritizing demands for greater productivity
** balancing priorities of work and personal life

----

=== Jeff Hotz/TESTCo ===

; TESTCo: [http://www.testco.com/ TESTCo]

; Email: [mailto:jeff@testco.com jeff@testco.com]

; Phone: 512 970 7283

; Company Size: 5 Local & 40+ Offshore

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Lead Generation Messages & Channels
* Operating Efficiencies/Systemization
* eMyth

; Other Information:
* http://testco.com/main/OurTeam.html

----

=== Ash Maurya ===

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people + contractors [both offshore and local]

; Stage: Late Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - Decentralization/P2P/Social Software
* Collaboration Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

----

=== Mike O'Krent ===

; Company: [http://www.lifestoriesalive.com/ LifeStories Alive]

; Email: [mailto:mokrent@lifestoriesalive.com]

; Phone: 512-431-8166

; Company Size: 1 full time! (other subcontractors - videographers, producer, editor)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Round Rock

; Interested Categories:
* Baby boomer target marketing
* Personal Historian
* Starting up

----

=== Tonja O'Neill ===

; Company: [http://www.soverex.com/ Soverex]

; Email: [mailto:tonja@soverex.com tonja@soverex.com]

; Phone: 512-257-2185

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Management Consulting / Lifestyle Business
* Software / High-Tech Industry
* Crisis Management

----

Boot Board (Austin)

2006-05-10T20:07:15Z

Cwg: /* Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals */

[[Category:Bootstrappers]]
[[Category:Bootstrap Subgroups]]

'''Boot Board'''

[http://tinyurl.com/pxerx/ Boot Board Presentation from 4/10/2006 meeting]

Led by Bootstrappers:
* [http://www.teamintransition.com Michelle Ewalt, Team in Transition]
* [http://www.champions-edge.com Stan Tyler, Champion's Edge]
* [http://www.synergyforinnovation.com, David Swedlow, Metastorming]

== INSTRUCTIONS ==
;Overview: You have to log in to edit an entry. Then you'll claim your entry by selecting a link from the Table of Contents, editing that entry and typing your name. Finally, you'll re-edit the entry to fill in the details. While you are editing, you won't see these instructions, but you can "Save page" to keep your changes and come back to this (the Boot Board) page. Scroll up to the top if necessary to see these instructions again.

;Login: Click the "log in" link at the very top right of this browser page. If you don't already have an account, enter the five fields and click the "Create new account" button. After you've created the account or logged in, click the "Return to Boot Board" link.

;Claim your entry: Select an entry from the Table of Contents. Choose one that reads "YOUR_NAME_HERE". You'll be taken to that entry and "YOUR_NAME_HERE" will appear at the top of the page. Click the "edit" link to the far right of "YOUR_NAME_HERE" to get to the edit page. For now, just replace "YOUR_NAME_HERE" with your first and last name (leave the equal marks "==" in place). Click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. Now you've claimed this entry. Next, fill in the details.

;Fill in your details: At this point, the top of the page will have your first and last name as you entered them, and the "Edit" link is still to the far right. Click "Edit" again and now fill in the details. You should only need to replace the actual text that is in ALL_CAPS. Leave the semicolons (;) and asterisks at the beginning of each line (semicolons indicate headers, and asterisks indicate bullet items). If you need to add more bulleted items, just follow the pattern and enter an asterisk at the beginning of each line.

;Questions: If you have any questions, please email [mailto:david@metastorming.com|David Swedlow: david@metastorming.com].

=Existing Boot Boards=

===[[International Boot Board]]===

===[[Diversity/VOD Boot Board]]===

===[[Growth Boot Board]]===

='''[[Sample Personal Description]]'''=
[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Personal_Description Here] is a sample personal description for those who want to share their information based on the last Bootstrap Austin meeting. You can copy one of the samples, or just edit this page, and copy one of the entries below.

= Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals =

These individuals have not yet committed to a particular boot board. Once you have committed, please move your entry from here to the page for that boot board. When moving your entry, please change your heading from "section" to "subsection" by changing "===" to "==".

== Brian Massey ==
; Company: [http://www.hearthis.com/ HearThis.com]

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Business to Business Technology
* Marketing
* Web 2.0/Customer Communities

; Other Information:
* Currently part-time Bootstrapper.
* 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
* Advisor to several bootstrap businesses.
* Always looking to learn more.

----

== Chad Jewell ==

'''Company:''' Austin Office Space, Inc. [http://www.AustinOfficeSpace.com www.AustinOfficeSpace.com]

'''Company Size:''' Small (4 people)

'''Stage:''' Growth

'''Location:''' Northwest Austin

'''Interested Categories:'''
Service / Consulting oriented businesses,
Business in growth phase,
Lifestyle businesses,
Sales

'''Other Information'''
Started my company 6 years ago.
Just sold 1/2 to my lead associate.
Have 6 person confernce room that could hold up to 8?
Previous expenrence organizing my own businss Mastermind group
Was a member of The Alternative Board (TAB)

----

== David Swedlow ==

; Company: [http://www.synergyforinnovation.com/ SPCI]

; Email: [mailto:david@metastorming.com david@metastorming.com]

; Phone: 512-589-8834

; Company Size: 2 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Social Software (Web 2.0)
* Emergent Community
* Collaborative Technology
* Transformational Dynamics

; Other Information:
* New Bootstrapper
* Member of local chapter of American Creativity Association
* Spiral Dynamics Integral, Level 1 and Level 2 certification
* Future Studies

----

== Phyllis Blees==
; Company: Blees Creative Academies

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Ideation

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing a start-up
* For-Profit educational models
* Financing start-ups

; Other Information:
* Just sold first school (a for-profit, primary school)
* Am planning the next school in my business model--an adult center for creative and innovative studies
* Have begun an interim "day job" as General Counsel for FLOW, Inc., a startup in the nonprofit world, and taking on a few business and tax clients
* Member of the Board of American Creativity Association-Austin Chapter
* Bootstrap Library Co-Chair

----

== Michael Trafton ==

; Company: [http://www.bluefishgroup.com/ Blue Fish Development Group]

; Email: [mailto:mikey@bluefishgroup.com]

; Phone: 512-469-9300 x201

; Company Size: 25 People

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Downtown Austin (6th & Brazos)

; Interested Categories:
* Sales
* Marketing
* Business Operations
* Personnel Management

; Other Information:
* Bootstrapped since 1999
* Member of Young Entrepreneur's Organization
* I'm interested in a Boot Board made up of other growth companies

----

== Stephen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://www.cbandgames.com/ '''Creative Bandwidth, LP''']

; Email: [mailto:steve@ckventures.com steve@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 917 6020

; Company Size: 5 owners & contractors

; Stage: Valley of Death (just past the buzzards circling overhead, make a left)

; Location: Round Rock/Georgetown, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Consulting (Sales, Proposals, Contract Negotiation & Management)
* Seminars & Teambuilding Events
* Games & Simulations
* Ideaphoria & the Practical Application of Creativity

; Other Information:
* Board Member: International Association for Contract & Commercial Management [http://www.iaccm.com/]
* Co-Founder (with Karen Sopko): Cedar Key Ventures [http://www.ckventures.com/]
* Former US Federal Contracting Officer, Oil & Gas Technology Purchasing Manager, Dell Negotiator & Offshorer
* Personality Traits: Driver/Driver, but humbled by being married to a much smarter Analytical...
* Member: Theodore Roosevelt Society & Society for Industrial Archaeology
* Hobbies: history (period 1865-1939), kayaking, music (1980s & smooth jazz), travel, child wrangling

----

== Dave Pinckney ==

; Company: [http://www.egeriadesign.com/ Egeria Design]

; Email: [mailto:egeria@austin.rr.com Egeria Design mailbox]

; Phone: 512-833-8634

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: North Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing virtual staff
* Non-standard business models
* Structures of financial transactions

; Other Information:
* Info systems veteran
* Founded in 2001
* Docent: [http://www.blantonmuseum.org/ Blanton Museum of Art]
* Unofficial Photographer: [http://www.centraltexasballooning.com/ Central Texas Ballooning Association]

----

== Karen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://ckventures.com/ Cedar Key Ventures, LLC]

; Email: [mailto:karen@ckventures.com karen@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 694 5366

; Company Size: 2 founders, all work done with contractors/allies

; Stage: Valley of Death - but hey I'm getting a great tan

; Location: Round Rock, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Proposals (Responding to RFP/RFQ's, Requirements Capture)
* Business Development (Relationship and consultative selling)
* Services Marketing (new service offering development)
* IT Desktop Services Outsourcing, Service Desk Management
* Knowledge Management, online Best Practice communities

; Other Information:
* see www.idealreview.com for articles on how not to get outsourced
* Advise on enterprise IT service management, processes, and metrics
* Former life - Alcatel, EDS, SUNY, Dell, NASA, Sailmaker's Apprentice, Quasar Hunter
* Current Alliances with Equaterra, InSource Partners, IACCM, CMI
* Volunteer Work, Capitol BEST Robotics, JASON, Dale-Carnegie
* Hobbies astronomy, watercolors, cycling, and photography
* Member IEEE, AMA, Austin Freelancers, Home Based Working Mothers, Austin Women in Technology

----

== Michelle Ewalt ==

; Company: http://www.teamintransition.com, Team in Transition

; Email: mewalt@teamintransition.com

; Phone: 512.762.8568
; Company Size: 1 person
; Stage: Growth
; Client locations: Austin, San Antonio, surrounding areas, Miami/out of state
; Interested Categories:
# Utilizing brainstorming team's personal power to leverage future results.
# Grow Boot Board, lead the way for other groups to develop, and synergistic change management.
# Transformational change

; Other Information:
*Team in Transition Base Model: Organizational leadership background: utilized Corporate experience and athletic coaching experience to launch Team in Transition.
*Holistic coaching and consulting practice: designed to help clients to manage resources while achieving long standing change.
*Client focus: leadership development and change management.
*Creator of local coaching programs for not for profit organizations: Team Survivor & Team in Training.
*NSIDE Magazine: Leadership change management writer
*Affiliations & Certifications referenced on web page and other marketing materials.
*Passionate leader with grassroots approach to helping people.
*Corporate experience: Arthur Andersen & CO, S.C., Capitol Hill/D.C., Motorola, Applied Materials, Drake Beam Morin

----

== Cruce Saunders ==

; Company: [http://www.ariesnet.com/ Ariesnet Inc.]

; Email: csaunders AT ariesnet.com

; Phone: 888-932-3375 x 305

; Company Size: 12 + extended virtual team

; Stage: Growth, Bumpy

; Location: Austin and Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* Virtual Teaming
* Services business management
* Client service and client experience
* Sales and marketing, cash flow management, recruiting
* Web application development, IT Services, .NET

; Other Information:
* Founded 1997
* Largest employment 25 in 2000
* Started while at school at SMU

----

== Artie Berne ==

; Company: [http://www.Performance-Capital.net/ Performance Capital]

; Email: [mailto:aberne@austin.rr.com aberne@austin.rr.com]

; Phone: 512-261-0024

; Company Size: Me, Myself and I in Lakeway and 1 to 5 people in Houston

; Stage: (I'd say we are Peaking over the Valley into the Sunshine)

; Location: Beutiful Lakeway,TX

; Interested Categories:
SERVICES MY COMPANY PROVIDES AND MY INTERESTS:
* Small Company Financing_1
* Accounts Receivable Financing_2
* Help companies get through the Valley of Death_3
* Upfront Purchase Order or Contract Financing_4
* Buying of Companies_5
* Project Funding_6
* Equity Venture Capital_7
* Asset Lending_8
* Leasing of Equipment_9
* Debt Resolution - Crisis Management_9
* Real Estate Financing of Commercial Properties_10

; Other Information:
* In my past life I was hired to Start, Train, Manage, Motivate and Push Sales Organizations.
* I'm Very Goal oriented and list motivated to get alot of "stuff" done during the day.
* HOBBIES: Sales and Marketing Consulting for Real Estate Deals
* My other hobbies are full Contact Martial Arts - KAJUKENBO
* Also running,lifting and
* Real Estate investing and doing creative real estate transactions.

----

== Stan Tyler ==

; Company: [http://www.champions-edge.com Champions Edge]

; Email: [mailto:stan@champions-edge.com stan@champions-edge.com]

; Phone: 512-289-0604

; Company Size: 2 founders

; Stage: (Valley of Death)

; Location: Lake Travis

; Interested Categories:
# Retention and referral development 
# Web business development and operations assistance 
# Contract relationship design and management - associates

; Other Information:
* Professional coaching in business, life and the mental side of golf
* Learning from our granddaughters
* Rowing
* Being a disturbing element to UT fans esp. during OU winning years

----

== Michael Wilson==

; Company: [http://www.smallworldlabs.com/ Small World Labs]

; Email: [mwilson AT smallworldlabs.com]

; Phone: 512-499-0018

; Company Size: 3

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central/South Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Marketing
* Sales
* Strategy

; Other Information:

----

== Tonja O'Neill ==

; Company: [http://www.soverex.com/ Soverex]

; Email: [mailto:tonja@soverex.com tonja@soverex.com]

; Phone: 512-257-2185

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Management Consulting / Lifestyle Business
* Software / High-Tech Industry
* Crisis Management

----

== Corliss McGinty, SPHR ==

; Company: [http://www.HRMomma.com/ Soft Solutions Consulting]

; Email: [mailto:Corliss@HRMomma.com Corliss@HRMomma.com]

; Phone: 512-736-9884

; Company Size: 1

; Stage: VoD in Austin

; Location: Austin, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Human Resource Consulting for small businesses
* Talent-getting, developing and retaining
* Coaching for managers, executives

; Other Information:
* Certified Coach and Senior Professional in HR
* Certified in 360 feedback

----

== Brian Moeskau ==

; Company: [http://www.thinkfirst.biz/ ThinkFirst, LLC]

; Product: [http://www.myhomepoint.com/ MyHomePoint.com]: Family-oriented scheduling and organization, currently in Beta with several hundred users.

; Email: [mailto:brian@myhomepoint.com brian@myhomepoint.com]

; Phone: 512-451-7294

; Company Size: 2 (myself + cofounder)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin

; Interested Categories:
* All aspects of software development, architecture and delivery
* Web/user interface design and user experience
* Basketball

; Other Information:
* MyHomePoint has been in dev. part-time for over a year, but just started getting serious within the last 6 months or so. I went full-time in Feb. and am trying to pull it forward into the Growth stage by my bare hands. I'm thinking that I may need gloves...

----

== Kevin Koym ==

see my profile link at [[User:kkoym ]]

; Company: [http://www.enterpriseteaming.com/ Enterprise Teaming, llc]

; Email: [mailto:kevin.koym@enterpriseteaming.com]

; Phone: +1.512.698.9328

; Company Size: 2+contractors

; Stage: Valley of Death, Baby!

; Location: Presently users using our application and process in the US, Mexico, Chile, Panama, Costa Rica, Spain, Ukraine, Russia, India.

; Interested Categories:
* International Business
* Social Networking Theory
* Organizational Development

; Other Information:
* Entrepreneur since 1994; lived and worked in US, Mexico, Chile
* Lots of bootstrapping scars (and experience)
* Well connected through Austin
* Looking for someone that can help me take our diseparate message and boil it down to a single focus

----

== Rick Davis ==

; Company: [http://www.pelegrinegroup.com/ The Pelegrine Group, L.L.C.]

; Email: [mailto:rick.davis@pelegrinegroup.com]

; Phone: 512-419-7785

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

VOD1 Boot Board

2006-05-10T20:01:56Z

Cwg: /* Diversity AND Valley of Death BOOT BOARD */

== [[Diversity AND Valley of Death BOOT BOARD]] ==

; Stage: Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Valley of Death bootstrappers
* Diversity bootstrappers
* additional bootstrappers interested in joining the Boot Board

; Other Information:
* Our first Boot Board meeting is planned for Monday May 15th, from 4-7 pm.
* Paricipants include: Nancy Schill, Chris Garrigues, Jeff, Andrea, Ash, and Mike O'Krent. Facillitators include Stan and Michelle.
* Please note that we are looking to grow this group and likely split into a "Diversity" group and a "Valley of Death" group.

*LOCATION of meeting (thanks Chad Jewell!!) Austin Office Space- 3415 Greystone Dr. #102

----
== Members ==

=== Chris Garrigues ===

; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]

; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]

; Phone: 512-322-0180

; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors

; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but would be if I hired staff too soon)

; Location: Central Austin (14th and West)

; Interested Categories:
* B2B Marketing
* Customer Satisfaction & Retention
* Managing growth
* Relationship-based businesses

; Other Information:
* Founded Trinsic Solutions in late 2003; My 3rd bootstrapped business since 1995
* Most of my career has been in IT management both for large companies (Dell, Schlumbeger, MCC, etc) as well as in my own startups.
* Hoped initially to grow fast and almost died in my first year; laid off staff and am now managing the slower pace well.
* I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.

----

=== Nancy Schill ===

; Company: [http://www.executiveintelligentcoaching.com/ Executive Intelligent Coaching]

; Email: [mailto:nschill@executiveintelligentcoaching.com]

; Phone: 512-947-5447

; Company Size: 1 person

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* B2B marketing
* sales techniques
* sole proprietership business support
* valley of death strategies

; Other Information:
* Founder and Executive Coach
* B.A. in Psychology, M.A. in School Psychology - (Specialist level 3 yr. grad. degree)
* extensive experience in behavior change, assessments (qualified to administer all assessments, unlike other coaches), goal development and attainment, working with and understanding people of all types.
* working with professionals and executives on:
** professional growth strategy
** strengthening leadership and exemplary leadership practices
** emotional intelligence skills improvement
** strengths development
** organization and client communication
** prioritizing demands for greater productivity
** balancing priorities of work and personal life

----

=== Jeff Hotz/TESTCo ===

; TESTCo: [http://www.testco.com/ TESTCo]

; Email: [mailto:jeff@testco.com jeff@testco.com]

; Phone: 512 970 7283

; Company Size: 5 Local & 40+ Offshore

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Lead Generation Messages & Channels
* Operating Efficiencies/Systemization
* eMyth

; Other Information:
* http://testco.com/main/OurTeam.html

----

=== Ash Maurya ===

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people + contractors [both offshore and local]

; Stage: Late Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - Decentralization/P2P/Social Software
* Collaboration Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

----

=== Mike O'Krent ===

; Company: [http://www.lifestoriesalive.com/ LifeStories Alive]

; Email: [mailto:mokrent@lifestoriesalive.com]

; Phone: 512-431-8166

; Company Size: 1 full time! (other subcontractors - videographers, producer, editor)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Round Rock

; Interested Categories:
* Baby boomer target marketing
* Personal Historian
* Starting up

----

Boot Board (Austin)

2006-05-10T15:11:37Z

Cwg: /* Diversity AND Valley of Death BOOT BOARD */

[[Category:Bootstrappers]]
[[Category:Bootstrap Subgroups]]

'''Boot Board'''

[http://tinyurl.com/pxerx/ Boot Board Presentation from 4/10/2006 meeting]

Led by Bootstrappers:
* Michelle Ewalt, Team in Transition
* Stan Tyler
* David Swedlow

== INSTRUCTIONS ==
;Overview: You have to log in to edit an entry. Then you'll claim your entry by selecting a link from the Table of Contents, editing that entry and typing your name. Finally, you'll re-edit the entry to fill in the details. While you are editing, you won't see these instructions, but you can "Save page" to keep your changes and come back to this (the Boot Board) page. Scroll up to the top if necessary to see these instructions again.

;Login: Click the "log in" link at the very top right of this browser page. If you don't already have an account, enter the five fields and click the "Create new account" button. After you've created the account or logged in, click the "Return to Boot Board" link.

;Claim your entry: Select an entry from the Table of Contents. Choose one that reads "YOUR_NAME_HERE". You'll be taken to that entry and "YOUR_NAME_HERE" will appear at the top of the page. Click the "edit" link to the far right of "YOUR_NAME_HERE" to get to the edit page. For now, just replace "YOUR_NAME_HERE" with your first and last name (leave the equal marks "==" in place). Click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. Now you've claimed this entry. Next, fill in the details.

;Fill in your details: At this point, the top of the page will have your first and last name as you entered them, and the "Edit" link is still to the far right. Click "Edit" again and now fill in the details. You should only need to replace the actual text that is in ALL_CAPS. Leave the semicolons (;) and asterisks at the beginning of each line (semicolons indicate headers, and asterisks indicate bullet items). If you need to add more bulleted items, just follow the pattern and enter an asterisk at the beginning of each line.

;Questions: If you have any questions, please email [mailto:david@metastorming.com|David Swedlow: david@metastorming.com].

=[[Existing Boot Boards]]=

== [[International Boot Board]]==

* Kevin Koym
* Rick Davis
* Jeremy Solomans

==[[Sample Personal Description]]==
[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Personal_Description Here] is a sample personal description for those who want to share their information based on the last Bootstrap Austin meeting. You can copy one of the samples, or just edit this page, and copy one of the entries below.

= Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals =

== Ash Maurya ==

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people + contractors [both offshore and local]

; Stage: Late Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - Decentralization/P2P/Social Software
* Collaboration Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

----

== Brian Massey ==
; Company: [http://www.hearthis.com/ HearThis.com]

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Business to Business Technology
* Marketing
* Web 2.0/Customer Communities

; Other Information:
* Currently part-time Bootstrapper.
* 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
* Advisor to several bootstrap businesses.
* Always looking to learn more.

----

== Chad Jewell ==

'''Company:''' Austin Office Space, Inc. [http://www.AustinOfficeSpace.com www.AustinOfficeSpace.com]

'''Company Size:''' Small (4 people)

'''Stage:''' Growth

'''Location:''' Northwest Austin

'''Interested Categories:'''
Service / Consulting oriented businesses,
Business in growth phase,
Lifestyle businesses,
Sales

'''Other Information'''
Started my company 6 years ago.
Just sold 1/2 to my lead associate.
Have 6 person confernce room that could hold up to 8?
Previous expenrence organizing my own businss Mastermind group
Was a member of The Alternative Board (TAB)

----

== David Swedlow ==

; Company: [http://www.synergyforinnovation.com/ SPCI]

; Email: [mailto:david@metastorming.com david@metastorming.com]

; Phone: 512-589-8834

; Company Size: 2 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Social Software (Web 2.0)
* Emergent Community
* Collaborative Technology
* Transformational Dynamics

; Other Information:
* New Bootstrapper
* Member of local chapter of American Creativity Association
* Spiral Dynamics Integral, Level 1 and Level 2 certification
* Future Studies

----

== Phyllis Blees==
; Company: Blees Creative Academies

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Ideation

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing a start-up
* For-Profit educational models
* Financing start-ups

; Other Information:
* Just sold first school (a for-profit, primary school)
* Am planning the next school in my business model--an adult center for creative and innovative studies
* Have begun an interim "day job" as General Counsel for FLOW, Inc., a startup in the nonprofit world, and taking on a few business and tax clients
* Member of the Board of American Creativity Association-Austin Chapter
* Bootstrap Library Co-Chair

----

== Michael Trafton ==

; Company: [http://www.bluefishgroup.com/ Blue Fish Development Group]

; Email: [mailto:mikey@bluefishgroup.com]

; Phone: 512-469-9300 x201

; Company Size: 25 People

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Downtown Austin (6th & Brazos)

; Interested Categories:
* Sales
* Marketing
* Business Operations
* Personnel Management

; Other Information:
* Bootstrapped since 1999
* Member of Young Entrepreneur's Organization
* I'm interested in a Boot Board made up of other growth companies

----

== Chris Garrigues ==

; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]

; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]

; Phone: 512-322-0180

; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors

; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but would be if I hired staff too soon)

; Location: Central Austin (14th and West)

; Interested Categories:
* B2B Marketing
* Customer Satisfaction & Retention
* Managing growth
* Relationship-based businesses

; Other Information:
* Founded Trinsic Solutions in late 2003; My 3rd bootstrapped business since 1995
* Most of my career has been in IT management both for large companies (Dell, Schlumbeger, MCC, etc) as well as in my own startups.
* Hoped initially to grow fast and almost died in my first year; laid off staff and am now managing the slower pace well.
* I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.

----

== Stephen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://www.cbandgames.com/ '''Creative Bandwidth, LP''']

; Email: [mailto:steve@ckventures.com steve@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 917 6020

; Company Size: 5 owners & contractors

; Stage: Valley of Death (just past the buzzards circling overhead, make a left)

; Location: Round Rock/Georgetown, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Consulting (Sales, Proposals, Contract Negotiation & Management)
* Seminars & Teambuilding Events
* Games & Simulations
* Ideaphoria & the Practical Application of Creativity

; Other Information:
* Board Member: International Association for Contract & Commercial Management [http://www.iaccm.com/]
* Co-Founder (with Karen Sopko): Cedar Key Ventures [http://www.ckventures.com/]
* Former US Federal Contracting Officer, Oil & Gas Technology Purchasing Manager, Dell Negotiator & Offshorer
* Personality Traits: Driver/Driver, but humbled by being married to a much smarter Analytical...
* Member: Theodore Roosevelt Society & Society for Industrial Archaeology
* Hobbies: history (period 1865-1939), kayaking, music (1980s & smooth jazz), travel, child wrangling

----

== Dave Pinckney ==

; Company: [http://www.egeriadesign.com/ Egeria Design]

; Email: [mailto:egeria@austin.rr.com Egeria Design mailbox]

; Phone: 512-833-8634

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: North Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing virtual staff
* Non-standard business models
* Structures of financial transactions

; Other Information:
* Info systems veteran
* Founded in 2001
* Docent: [http://www.blantonmuseum.org/ Blanton Museum of Art]
* Unofficial Photographer: [http://www.centraltexasballooning.com/ Central Texas Ballooning Association]

----

== Mike O'Krent ==

; Company: [http://www.lifestoriesalive.com/ LifeStories Alive]

; Email: [mailto:mokrent@lifestoriesalive.com]

; Phone: 512-431-8166

; Company Size: 1 full time! (other subcontractors - videographers, producer, editor)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Round Rock

; Interested Categories:
* Baby boomer target marketing
* Personal Historian
* Starting up

----

== Karen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://ckventures.com/ Cedar Key Ventures, LLC]

; Email: [mailto:karen@ckventures.com karen@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 694 5366

; Company Size: 2 founders, all work done with contractors/allies

; Stage: Valley of Death - but hey I'm getting a great tan

; Location: Round Rock, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Proposals (Responding to RFP/RFQ's, Requirements Capture)
* Business Development (Relationship and consultative selling)
* Services Marketing (new service offering development)
* IT Desktop Services Outsourcing, Service Desk Management
* Knowledge Management, online Best Practice communities

; Other Information:
* see www.idealreview.com for articles on how not to get outsourced
* Advise on enterprise IT service management, processes, and metrics
* Former life - Alcatel, EDS, SUNY, Dell, NASA, Sailmaker's Apprentice, Quasar Hunter
* Current Alliances with Equaterra, InSource Partners, IACCM, CMI
* Volunteer Work, Capitol BEST Robotics, JASON, Dale-Carnegie
* Hobbies astronomy, watercolors, cycling, and photography
* Member IEEE, AMA, Austin Freelancers, Home Based Working Mothers, Austin Women in Technology

----

== Michelle Ewalt ==

; Company: http://www.teamintransition.com, Team in Transition

; Email: mewalt@teamintransition.com

; Phone: 512.762.8568
; Company Size: 1 person
; Stage: Growth
; Client locations: Austin, San Antonio, surrounding areas, Miami/out of state
; Interested Categories:
# Utilizing brainstorming team's personal power to leverage future results.
# Grow Boot Board, lead the way for other groups to develop, and synergistic change management.
# Transformational change

; Other Information:
*Team in Transition Base Model: Organizational leadership background: utilized Corporate experience and athletic coaching experience to launch Team in Transition.
*Holistic coaching and consulting practice: designed to help clients to manage resources while achieving long standing change.
*Client focus: leadership development and change management.
*Creator of local coaching programs for not for profit organizations: Team Survivor & Team in Training.
*NSIDE Magazine: Leadership change management writer
*Affiliations & Certifications referenced on web page and other marketing materials.
*Passionate leader with grassroots approach to helping people.
*Corporate experience: Arthur Andersen & CO, S.C., Capitol Hill/D.C., Motorola, Applied Materials, Drake Beam Morin

----

== Cruce Saunders ==

; Company: [http://www.ariesnet.com/ Ariesnet Inc.]

; Email: csaunders AT ariesnet.com

; Phone: 888-932-3375 x 305

; Company Size: 12 + extended virtual team

; Stage: Growth, Bumpy

; Location: Austin and Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* Virtual Teaming
* Services business management
* Client service and client experience
* Sales and marketing, cash flow management, recruiting
* Web application development, IT Services, .NET

; Other Information:
* Founded 1997
* Largest employment 25 in 2000
* Started while at school at SMU

----

== Artie Berne ==

; Company: [http://www.Performance-Capital.net/ Performance Capital]

; Email: [mailto:aberne@austin.rr.com aberne@austin.rr.com]

; Phone: 512-261-0024

; Company Size: Me, Myself and I in Lakeway and 1 to 5 people in Houston

; Stage: (I'd say we are Peaking over the Valley into the Sunshine)

; Location: Beutiful Lakeway,TX

; Interested Categories:
SERVICES MY COMPANY PROVIDES AND MY INTERESTS:
* Small Company Financing_1
* Accounts Receivable Financing_2
* Help companies get through the Valley of Death_3
* Upfront Purchase Order or Contract Financing_4
* Buying of Companies_5
* Project Funding_6
* Equity Venture Capital_7
* Asset Lending_8
* Leasing of Equipment_9
* Debt Resolution - Crisis Management_9
* Real Estate Financing of Commercial Properties_10

; Other Information:
* In my past life I was hired to Start, Train, Manage, Motivate and Push Sales Organizations.
* I'm Very Goal oriented and list motivated to get alot of "stuff" done during the day.
* HOBBIES: Sales and Marketing Consulting for Real Estate Deals
* My other hobbies are full Contact Martial Arts - KAJUKENBO
* Also running,lifting and
* Real Estate investing and doing creative real estate transactions.

----

== Stan Tyler ==

; Company: [http://www.champions-edge.com Champions Edge]

; Email: [mailto:stan@champions-edge.com stan@champions-edge.com]

; Phone: 512-289-0604

; Company Size: 2 founders

; Stage: (Valley of Death)

; Location: Lake Travis

; Interested Categories:
# Retention and referral development 
# Web business development and operations assistance 
# Contract relationship design and management - associates

; Other Information:
* Professional coaching in business, life and the mental side of golf
* Learning from our granddaughters
* Rowing
* Being a disturbing element to UT fans esp. during OU winning years

----

==Nancy Schill==

; Company: [http://www.executiveintelligentcoaching.com/ Executive Intelligent Coaching]

; Email: [mailto:nschill@executiveintelligentcoaching.com]

; Phone: 512-947-5447

; Company Size: 1 person

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* B2B marketing
* sales techniques
* sole proprietership business support
* valley of death strategies

; Other Information:
* Founder and Executive Coach
* B.A. in Psychology, M.A. in School Psychology - (Specialist level 3 yr. grad. degree)
* extensive experience in behavior change, assessments (qualified to administer all assessments, unlike other coaches), goal development and attainment, working with and understanding people of all types.
* working with professionals and executives on:
** professional growth strategy
** strengthening leadership and exemplary leadership practices
** emotional intelligence skills improvement
** strengths development
** organization and client communication
** prioritizing demands for greater productivity
** balancing priorities of work and personal life

----

== Michael Wilson==

; Company: [http://www.smallworldlabs.com/ Small World Labs]

; Email: [mwilson AT smallworldlabs.com]

; Phone: 512-499-0018

; Company Size: 3

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central/South Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Marketing
* Sales
* Strategy

; Other Information:

----

== Diversity AND Valley of Death BOOT BOARD ==

; Stage: Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Valley of Death bootstrappers
* Diversity bootstrappers
* additional bootstrappers interested in joining the Boot Board

; Other Information:
* Our first Boot Board meeting is planned for Monday May 15th, from 4-7 pm.
* Paricipants include: Nancy Schill, Chris Garrigues, Jeff, Andrea, Ash, and Mike O'Krent. Facillitators include Stan and Michelle.
* Please note that we are looking to grow this group and likely split into a "Diversity" group and a "Valley of Death" group.

*LOCATION of meeting (thanks Chad Jewell!!) Austin Office Space- 3415 Greystone Dr. #102

----

== Tonja O'Neill ==

; Company: [http://www.soverex.com/ Soverex]

; Email: [mailto:tonja@soverex.com tonja@soverex.com]

; Phone: 512-257-2185

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Management Consulting / Lifestyle Business
* Software / High-Tech Industry
* Crisis Management

----

== Jeff Hotz/TESTCo ==

; TESTCo: [http://www.testco.com/ TESTCo]

; Email: [mailto:jeff@testco.com jeff@testco.com]

; Phone: 512 970 7283

; Company Size: 5 Local & 40+ Offshore

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Lead Generation Messages & Channels
* Operating Efficiencies/Systemization
* eMyth

; Other Information:
* http://testco.com/main/OurTeam.html

----

== Corliss McGinty, SPHR ==

; Company: [http://www.HRMomma.com/ Soft Solutions Consulting]

; Email: [mailto:Corliss@HRMomma.com Corliss@HRMomma.com]

; Phone: 512-736-9884

; Company Size: 1

; Stage: VoD in Austin

; Location: Austin, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Human Resource Consulting for small businesses
* Talent-getting, developing and retaining
* Coaching for managers, executives

; Other Information:
* Certified Coach and Senior Professional in HR
* Certified in 360 feedback

----

== Brian Moeskau ==

; Company: [http://www.thinkfirst.biz/ ThinkFirst, LLC]

; Product: [http://www.myhomepoint.com/ MyHomePoint.com]: Family-oriented scheduling and organization, currently in Beta with several hundred users.

; Email: [mailto:brian@myhomepoint.com brian@myhomepoint.com]

; Phone: 512-451-7294

; Company Size: 2 (myself + cofounder)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin

; Interested Categories:
* All aspects of software development, architecture and delivery
* Web/user interface design and user experience
* Basketball

; Other Information:
* MyHomePoint has been in dev. part-time for over a year, but just started getting serious within the last 6 months or so. I went full-time in Feb. and am trying to pull it forward into the Growth stage by my bare hands. I'm thinking that I may need gloves...

----

== Kevin Koym ==

see my profile link at [[User:kkoym ]]

; Company: [http://www.enterpriseteaming.com/ Enterprise Teaming, llc]

; Email: [mailto:kevin.koym@enterpriseteaming.com]

; Phone: +1.512.698.9328

; Company Size: 2+contractors

; Stage: Valley of Death, Baby!

; Location: Presently users using our application and process in the US, Mexico, Chile, Panama, Costa Rica, Spain, Ukraine, Russia, India.

; Interested Categories:
* International Business
* Social Networking Theory
* Organizational Development

; Other Information:
* Entrepreneur since 1994; lived and worked in US, Mexico, Chile
* Lots of bootstrapping scars (and experience)
* Well connected through Austin
* Looking for someone that can help me take our diseparate message and boil it down to a single focus

----

== Rick Davis ==

; Company: [http://www.pelegrinegroup.com/ The Pelegrine Group, L.L.C.]

; Email: [mailto:rick.davis@pelegrinegroup.com]

; Phone: 512-419-7785

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

Accounting & Bookkeeping

2006-04-27T13:10:57Z

Cwg:

[[Category:Resources]]
[[Category:Office Services]]
===[http://www.roberson.com Ingrid Edwards, James A. Roberson Company P.C., Accounting & Bookkeeping]===
4901 Spicewood Springs Rd, Ste 100, Austin, TX 78759 
voice: 512-795-8000 ... fax: 512-795-9183 
email: [mailto:ingrid@roberson.com ingrid@roberson.com] 
Ingrid has done taxes for three of my companies, and the results and cost are excellent. 
--[[User:Athought|Steven]] 09:55, 15 March 2006 (CST)

===Heather Wilson, Bookkeeping and General services===
Heather Wilson, bookkeeping, office management and organization 
695-2774 
Recommended by Brian Massey and Steven List 
--[[User:Athought|Steven]] 07:51, 28 March 2006 (CST)

===[http://www.burgetave.com Maura Nevel Thomas / Burget Avenue Management Services]===
[http://www.burgetave.com www.burgetave.com] 
--[[User:Athought|Steven]] 08:00, 28 March 2006 (CST)

===David Somers, Accountant===
512-779-1106 
[mailto:david@austintexas.com david@austintexas.com]

===Mike Kelley or Otto Wheeler, Accounting===
Wheeler & Company 
301 Congress Avenue, Suite 550 
Austin, TX 78701 
(512) 472-2350 x108

===Kyle Parks===
Maxwell, Locke and Ridder

===Cathy Kennedy===
(512) 343-0560 x2# 
[mailto:cathy_kennedy@sbcglobal.net cathy_kennedy@sbcglobal.net]

===[http://www.wjh-cpa.com Wood, Johnson, and Heath]===
I've been using the firm of Wood, Johnson, & Heath for many
years now. I originally hired them to fix the mess that my
bi-polar then business partner and my less-than-compentent
then CPA had made (including things like paying salaries to
partners in what we thought was a LLP, but was actually a
general partnership).

They have a large team of CPAs and bookkeepers and every
return gets reviewed by a second CPA before it goes to the IRS.

They're not the cheapest firm, but they provide a lot more
than just filing taxes.

Also, Mary Wood's husband, Bic Wood, has become a pretty good
friend and business adviser and there's no additional charge for that!

-- Chris Garrigues

Bootstrap Businesses

2006-04-25T23:40:17Z

Cwg:

==Business Services==

===[http://www.trinsics.com Trinsic Solutions]===
Pro-active Managed IT services for small businesses.

==Retail and Internet Retail==

===[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/User:Athought Back of the Room]===
THE online bookstore specializing in self-published and small press books. Steven List.

{{Template:Putincategory}}
[[Category:Bootstrappers]]
[[Category:Resources]]

Bootstrap Businesses

2006-04-25T23:38:14Z

Cwg:

==Retail and Internet Retail==

===[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/User:Athought Back of the Room]===
THE online bookstore specializing in self-published and small press books. Steven List.

==Business Services==

===[http://www.trinsics.com Trinsic Solutions]===
Pro-active Managed IT services for small businesses.

{{Template:Putincategory}}
[[Category:Bootstrappers]]
[[Category:Resources]]

Bootstrap Businesses

2006-04-25T23:37:02Z

Cwg:

==Retail and Internet Retail==

===[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/User:Athought Back of the Room]===
THE online bookstore specializing in self-published and small press books. Steven List.

===[http://www.trinsics.com Trinsic Solutions]===
Pro-active Managed IT services for small businesses.

{{Template:Putincategory}}
[[Category:Bootstrappers]]
[[Category:Resources]]

User:Cwg

2006-04-25T22:52:05Z

Cwg:

== Chris Garrigues ==

Founder of [http://www.trinsics.com Trinsic Solutions].

Maven core with a strong secondary relater.

Bootstrap ambassador to the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Metropolitan Breakfast club.

Talk:Boot Board (Austin)

2006-04-25T19:02:16Z

Cwg: MRE and the bootboards

I've been finding it interesting that I seem to be the only person involved with the Boot Boards who thinks that Bijoy's MRE framework may be a useful way to think about the composition of the boards.

I'd love to know where everybody else fits in MRE and where they see their businesses fitting in MRE.

I, for example, have a Maven core with a strong secondary Relater component. I think for my business to succeed it needs to be a Relater company with a Maven infracturure. As such, I'd love a board which is heavy on Relaters so they can help me hold back my Maven tendencies as I guide my business in a Relater direction.

My previous business partner was a Maven/Evangelist and I strongly feel that his Evangelist tendencies pulled us in a wrong direction.

Any comments?

-- Chris Garrigues

Talk:Boot Board (Austin)

2006-04-25T19:01:20Z

Cwg: MRE and the bootboards

Boot Board (Austin)

2006-04-22T14:17:20Z

Cwg: /* Chris Garrigues */

[[Category:Bootstrappers]]
[[Category:Bootstrap Subgroups]]
Boot Board: not CEO Roundtables!

[http://tinyurl.com/pxerx/ Boot Board Presentation from 4/10/2006 meeting]

Led by Bootstrappers:
* Michelle Ewalt, Team in Transition
* Stan Tyler
* David Swedlow

== INSTRUCTIONS ==
;Overview: You have to log in to edit an entry. Then you'll claim your entry by selecting a link from the Table of Contents, editing that entry and typing your name. Finally, you'll re-edit the entry to fill in the details. While you are editing, you won't see these instructions, but you can "Save page" to keep your changes and come back to this (the Boot Board) page. Scroll up to the top if necessary to see these instructions again.

;Login: Click the "log in" link at the very top right of this browser page. If you don't already have an account, enter the five fields and click the "Create new account" button. After you've created the account or logged in, click the "Return to Boot Board" link.

;Claim your entry: Select an entry from the Table of Contents. Choose one that reads "YOUR_NAME_HERE". You'll be taken to that entry and "YOUR_NAME_HERE" will appear at the top of the page. Click the "edit" link to the far right of "YOUR_NAME_HERE" to get to the edit page. For now, just replace "YOUR_NAME_HERE" with your first and last name (leave the equal marks "==" in place). Click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. Now you've claimed this entry. Next, fill in the details.

;Fill in your details: At this point, the top of the page will have your first and last name as you entered them, and the "Edit" link is still to the far right. Click "Edit" again and now fill in the details. You should only need to replace the actual text that is in ALL_CAPS. Leave the semicolons (;) and asterisks at the beginning of each line (semicolons indicate headers, and asterisks indicate bullet items). If you need to add more bulleted items, just follow the pattern and enter an asterisk at the beginning of each line.

;Questions: If you have any questions, please email David Swedlow: david@metastorming.com.

==[[Sample Personal Description]]==
[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Personal_Description Here] is a sample personal description for those who want to share their information based on the last Bootstrap Austin meeting. You can copy one of the samples, or just edit this page, and copy one of the entries below.

= Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals =

== Ash Maurya ==

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - P2P/Social Software
* Collaborative Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

----

== Brian Massey ==
; Company: [http://www.hearthis.com/ HearThis.com]

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Business to Business Technology
* Marketing
* Web 2.0/Customer Communities

; Other Information:
* Currently part-time Bootstrapper.
* 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
* Advisor to several bootstrap businesses.
* Always looking to learn more.

----

== Chad Jewell ==

'''Company:''' Austin Office Space, Inc. [http://www.AustinOfficeSpace.com www.AustinOfficeSpace.com]

'''Company Size:''' Small (4 people)

'''Stage:''' Growth

'''Location:''' Northwest Austin

'''Interested Categories:'''
Service / Consulting oriented businesses,
Business in growth phase,
Lifestyle businesses,
Sales

'''Other Information'''
Started my company 6 years ago.
Just sold 1/2 to my lead associate.
Have 6 person confernce room that could hold up to 8?
Previous expenrence organizing my own businss Mastermind group
Was a member of The Alternative Board (TAB)

----

== David Swedlow ==

; Company: [http://www.synergyforinnovation.com/ SPCI]

; Email: [mailto:david@metastorming.com david@metastorming.com]

; Phone: 512-589-8834

; Company Size: 2 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Social Software (Web 2.0)
* Emergent Community
* Collaborative Technology
* Transformational Dynamics

; Other Information:
* New Bootstrapper
* Member of local chapter of American Creativity Association
* Spiral Dynamics Integral, Level 1 and Level 2 certification
* Future Studies

----

== Phyllis Blees==
; Company: Blees Creative Academies

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Ideation

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing a start-up
* For-Profit educational models
* Financing start-ups

; Other Information:
* Just sold first school (a for-profit, primary school)
* Am planning the next school in my business model--an adult center for creative and innovative studies
* Have begun an interim "day job" as General Counsel for FLOW, Inc., a startup in the nonprofit world, and taking on a few business and tax clients
* Member of the Board of American Creativity Association-Austin Chapter
* Bootstrap Library Co-Chair

----

== Michael Trafton ==

; Company: [http://www.bluefishgroup.com/ Blue Fish Development Group]

; Email: [mailto:mikey@bluefishgroup.com]

; Phone: 512-469-9300 x201

; Company Size: 25 People

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Downtown Austin (6th & Brazos)

; Interested Categories:
* Sales
* Marketing
* Business Operations
* Personnel Management

; Other Information:
* Bootstrapped since 1999
* Member of Young Entrepreneur's Organization

----

== Chris Garrigues ==

; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]

; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]

; Phone: 512-322-0180

; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors

; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but would be if I hired staff too soon)

; Location: Central Austin (14th and West)

; Interested Categories:
* B2B Marketing
* Customer Satisfaction & Retention
* Managing growth
* Relationship-based businesses

; Other Information:
* Founded Trinsic Solutions in late 2003; My 3rd bootstrapped business since 1995
* Most of my career has been in IT management both for large companies (Dell, Schlumbeger, MCC, etc) as well as in my own startups.
* Hoped initially to grow fast and almost died in my first year; laid off staff and am now managing the slower pace well.
* I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.

----

== Stephen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://www.cbandgames.com/ '''Creative Bandwidth, LP''']

; Email: [mailto:steve@ckventures.com steve@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 917 6020

; Company Size: 5 owners & contractors

; Stage: Valley of Death (just past the buzzards circling overhead, make a left)

; Location: Round Rock/Georgetown, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Consulting (Sales, Proposals, Contract Negotiation & Management)
* Seminars & Teambuilding Events
* Games & Simulations
* Ideaphoria & the Practical Application of Creativity

; Other Information:
* Board Member: International Association for Contract & Commercial Management [http://www.iaccm.com/]
* Co-Founder (with Karen Sopko): Cedar Key Ventures [http://www.ckventures.com/]
* Former US Federal Contracting Officer, Oil & Gas Technology Purchasing Manager, Dell Negotiator & Offshorer
* Personality Traits: Driver/Driver, but humbled by being married to a much smarter Analytical...
* Member: Theodore Roosevelt Society & Society for Industrial Archaeology
* Hobbies: history (period 1865-1939), kayaking, music (1980s & smooth jazz), travel, child wrangling

----

== Dave Pinckney ==

; Company: [http://www.egeriadesign.com/ Egeria Design]

; Email: [mailto:egeria@austin.rr.com Egeria Design mailbox]

; Phone: 512-833-8634

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: North Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing virtual staff
* Non-standard business models
* Structures of financial transactions

; Other Information:
* Info systems veteran
* Founded in 2001
* Docent: [http://www.blantonmuseum.org/ Blanton Museum of Art]
* Unofficial Photographer: [http://www.centraltexasballooning.com/ Central Texas Ballooning Association]

----

== Mike O'Krent ==

; Company: [http://www.lifestoriesalive.com/ LifeStories Alive]

; Email: [mailto:mokrent@lifestoriesalive.com]

; Phone: 512-431-8166

; Company Size: 1 full time! (other subcontractors - videographers, producer, editor)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Round Rock

; Interested Categories:
* Baby boomer target marketing
* Personal Historian
* Starting up

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== Karen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://ckventures.com/ Cedar Key Ventures, LLC]

; Email: [mailto:karen@ckventures.com karen@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 694 5366

; Company Size: 2 founders, all work done with contractors/allies

; Stage: Valley of Death - but hey I'm getting a great tan

; Location: Round Rock, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Proposals (Responding to RFP/RFQ's, Requirements Capture)
* Business Development (Relationship and consultative selling)
* Services Marketing (new service offering development)
* IT Desktop Services Outsourcing, Service Desk Management
* Knowledge Management, online Best Practice communities

; Other Information:
* see www.idealreview.com for articles on how not to get outsourced
* Advise on enterprise IT service management, processes, and metrics
* Former life - Alcatel, EDS, SUNY, Dell, NASA, Sailmaker's Apprentice, Quasar Hunter
* Current Alliances with Equaterra, InSource Partners, IACCM, CMI
* Volunteer Work, Capitol BEST Robotics, JASON, Dale-Carnegie
* Hobbies astronomy, watercolors, cycling, and photography
* Member IEEE, AMA, Austin Freelancers, Home Based Working Mothers, Austin Women in Technology

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==
Michelle Ewalt
; Company: http://www.teamintransition.com, Team in Transition

; Email: mewalt@teamintransition.com

; Phone: 512.762.8568
; Company Size: 1 person
; Stage: Growth
Location: Client locations: Austin, Surroundings areas, out of state
; Interested Categories:
1 Utilizing brainstorming team's personal power to leverage future results.
2 Grow Boot Board, lead the way for other groups to develop, and synergistic change management.
* ETC.

; Other Information:
*Pulse point on Team in Transition: Organizational leadership background: utilized Corporate experience and athletic coaching experience to launch Team in Transition.
*Holistic coaching and consulting practice: designed to manage resources for clients while achieving long standing change.
*Creator of local coaching programs for not for profit organizations.
*Leadership change management writer for NSIDE Magazine.
*Affiliations & Certifications referenced on web page and other marketing materials.
*Passionate leader with grassroots approach to helping people.

* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

Boot Board (Austin)

2006-04-22T14:11:05Z

Cwg: /* Chris Garrigues */

[[Category:Bootstrappers]]
[[Category:Bootstrap Subgroups]]
Boot Board: not CEO Roundtables!

[http://tinyurl.com/pxerx/ Boot Board Presentation from 4/10/2006 meeting]

Led by Bootstrappers:
* Michelle Ewalt, Team in Transition
* Stan Tyler
* David Swedlow

== INSTRUCTIONS ==
;Overview: You have to log in to edit an entry. Then you'll claim your entry by selecting a link from the Table of Contents, editing that entry and typing your name. Finally, you'll re-edit the entry to fill in the details. While you are editing, you won't see these instructions, but you can "Save page" to keep your changes and come back to this (the Boot Board) page. Scroll up to the top if necessary to see these instructions again.

;Login: Click the "log in" link at the very top right of this browser page. If you don't already have an account, enter the five fields and click the "Create new account" button. After you've created the account or logged in, click the "Return to Boot Board" link.

;Claim your entry: Select an entry from the Table of Contents. Choose one that reads "YOUR_NAME_HERE". You'll be taken to that entry and "YOUR_NAME_HERE" will appear at the top of the page. Click the "edit" link to the far right of "YOUR_NAME_HERE" to get to the edit page. For now, just replace "YOUR_NAME_HERE" with your first and last name (leave the equal marks "==" in place). Click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. Now you've claimed this entry. Next, fill in the details.

;Fill in your details: At this point, the top of the page will have your first and last name as you entered them, and the "Edit" link is still to the far right. Click "Edit" again and now fill in the details. You should only need to replace the actual text that is in ALL_CAPS. Leave the semicolons (;) and asterisks at the beginning of each line (semicolons indicate headers, and asterisks indicate bullet items). If you need to add more bulleted items, just follow the pattern and enter an asterisk at the beginning of each line.

;Questions: If you have any questions, please email David Swedlow: david@metastorming.com.

==[[Sample Personal Description]]==
[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Personal_Description Here] is a sample personal description for those who want to share their information based on the last Bootstrap Austin meeting. You can copy one of the samples, or just edit this page, and copy one of the entries below.

= Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals =

== Ash Maurya ==

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - P2P/Social Software
* Collaborative Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

----

== Brian Massey ==
; Company: [http://www.hearthis.com/ HearThis.com]

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Business to Business Technology
* Marketing
* Web 2.0/Customer Communities

; Other Information:
* Currently part-time Bootstrapper.
* 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
* Advisor to several bootstrap businesses.
* Always looking to learn more.

----

== Chad Jewell ==

'''Company:''' Austin Office Space, Inc. [http://www.AustinOfficeSpace.com www.AustinOfficeSpace.com]

'''Company Size:''' Small (4 people)

'''Stage:''' Growth

'''Location:''' Northwest Austin

'''Interested Categories:'''
Service / Consulting oriented businesses,
Business in growth phase,
Lifestyle businesses,
Sales

'''Other Information'''
Started my company 6 years ago.
Just sold 1/2 to my lead associate.
Have 6 person confernce room that could hold up to 8?
Previous expenrence organizing my own businss Mastermind group
Was a member of The Alternative Board (TAB)

----

== David Swedlow ==

; Company: [http://www.synergyforinnovation.com/ SPCI]

; Email: [mailto:david@metastorming.com david@metastorming.com]

; Phone: 512-589-8834

; Company Size: 2 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Social Software (Web 2.0)
* Emergent Community
* Collaborative Technology
* Transformational Dynamics

; Other Information:
* New Bootstrapper
* Member of local chapter of American Creativity Association
* Spiral Dynamics Integral, Level 1 and Level 2 certification
* Future Studies

----

== Phyllis Blees==
; Company: Blees Creative Academies

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Ideation

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing a start-up
* For-Profit educational models
* Financing start-ups

; Other Information:
* Just sold first school (a for-profit, primary school)
* Am planning the next school in my business model--an adult center for creative and innovative studies
* Have begun an interim "day job" as General Counsel for FLOW, Inc., a startup in the nonprofit world, and taking on a few business and tax clients
* Member of the Board of American Creativity Association-Austin Chapter
* Bootstrap Library Co-Chair

----

== Michael Trafton ==

; Company: [http://www.bluefishgroup.com/ Blue Fish Development Group]

; Email: [mailto:mikey@bluefishgroup.com]

; Phone: 512-469-9300 x201

; Company Size: 25 People

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Downtown Austin (6th & Brazos)

; Interested Categories:
* Sales
* Marketing
* Business Operations
* Personnel Management

; Other Information:
* Bootstrapped since 1999
* Member of Young Entrepreneur's Organization

----

== Chris Garrigues ==

; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]

; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]

; Phone: 512-322-0180

; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors

; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but would be if I hired staff too soon)

; Location: Central Austin (14th and West)

; Interested Categories:
* B2B Marketing
* Customer Satisfaction & Retention
* Managing growth
* Relationship-based businesses

; Other Information:
* Founded Trinsic Solutions in late 2003; My 3rd business since 1995
* Most of my career has been in IT management both for large companies (Dell, Schlumbeger, MCC, etc) as well as in my own startups.
* Hoped initially to grow fast and almost died in my first year; laid off staff and am now managing the slower pace well.
* I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.

----

== Stephen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://www.cbandgames.com/ '''Creative Bandwidth, LP''']

; Email: [mailto:steve@ckventures.com steve@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 917 6020

; Company Size: 5 owners & contractors

; Stage: Valley of Death (just past the buzzards circling overhead, make a left)

; Location: Round Rock/Georgetown, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Consulting (Sales, Proposals, Contract Negotiation & Management)
* Seminars & Teambuilding Events
* Games & Simulations
* Ideaphoria & the Practical Application of Creativity

; Other Information:
* Board Member: International Association for Contract & Commercial Management [http://www.iaccm.com/]
* Co-Founder (with Karen Sopko): Cedar Key Ventures [http://www.ckventures.com/]
* Former US Federal Contracting Officer, Oil & Gas Technology Purchasing Manager, Dell Negotiator & Offshorer
* Personality Traits: Driver/Driver, but humbled by being married to a much smarter Analytical...
* Member: Theodore Roosevelt Society & Society for Industrial Archaeology
* Hobbies: history (period 1865-1939), kayaking, music (1980s & smooth jazz), travel, child wrangling

----

== Dave Pinckney ==

; Company: [http://www.egeriadesign.com/ Egeria Design]

; Email: [mailto:egeria@austin.rr.com Egeria Design mailbox]

; Phone: 512-833-8634

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: North Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing virtual staff
* Non-standard business models
* Structures of financial transactions

; Other Information:
* Info systems veteran
* Founded in 2001
* Docent: [http://www.blantonmuseum.org/ Blanton Museum of Art]
* Unofficial Photographer: [http://www.centraltexasballooning.com/ Central Texas Ballooning Association]

----

== Mike O'Krent ==

; Company: [http://www.lifestoriesalive.com/ LifeStories Alive]

; Email: [mailto:mokrent@lifestoriesalive.com]

; Phone: 512-431-8166

; Company Size: 1 full time! (other subcontractors - videographers, producer, editor)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Round Rock

; Interested Categories:
* Baby boomer target marketing
* Personal Historian
* Starting up

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== Karen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://ckventures.com/ Cedar Key Ventures, LLC]

; Email: [mailto:karen@ckventures.com karen@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 694 5366

; Company Size: 2 founders, all work done with contractors/allies

; Stage: Valley of Death - but hey I'm getting a great tan

; Location: Round Rock, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Proposals (Responding to RFP/RFQ's, Requirements Capture)
* Business Development (Relationship and consultative selling)
* Services Marketing (new service offering development)
* IT Desktop Services Outsourcing, Service Desk Management
* Knowledge Management, online Best Practice communities

; Other Information:
* see www.idealreview.com for articles on how not to get outsourced
* Advise on enterprise IT service management, processes, and metrics
* Former life - Alcatel, EDS, SUNY, Dell, NASA, Sailmaker's Apprentice, Quasar Hunter
* Current Alliances with Equaterra, InSource Partners, IACCM, CMI
* Volunteer Work, Capitol BEST Robotics, JASON, Dale-Carnegie
* Hobbies astronomy, watercolors, cycling, and photography
* Member IEEE, AMA, Austin Freelancers, Home Based Working Mothers, Austin Women in Technology

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==
Michelle Ewalt
; Company: http://www.teamintransition.com, Team in Transition

; Email: mewalt@teamintransition.com

; Phone: 512.762.8568
; Company Size: 1 person
; Stage: Growth
Location: Client locations: Austin, Surroundings areas, out of state
; Interested Categories:
1 Utilizing brainstorming team's personal power to leverage future results.
2 Grow Boot Board, lead the way for other groups to develop, and synergistic change management.
* ETC.

; Other Information:
*Pulse point on Team in Transition: Organizational leadership background: utilized Corporate experience and athletic coaching experience to launch Team in Transition.
*Holistic coaching and consulting practice: designed to manage resources for clients while achieving long standing change.
*Creator of local coaching programs for not for profit organizations.
*Leadership change management writer for NSIDE Magazine.
*Affiliations & Certifications referenced on web page and other marketing materials.
*Passionate leader with grassroots approach to helping people.

* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

Boot Board (Austin)

2006-04-22T14:09:12Z

Cwg: /* Chris Garrigues */

[[Category:Bootstrappers]]
[[Category:Bootstrap Subgroups]]
Boot Board: not CEO Roundtables!

[http://tinyurl.com/pxerx/ Boot Board Presentation from 4/10/2006 meeting]

Led by Bootstrappers:
* Michelle Ewalt, Team in Transition
* Stan Tyler
* David Swedlow

== INSTRUCTIONS ==
;Overview: You have to log in to edit an entry. Then you'll claim your entry by selecting a link from the Table of Contents, editing that entry and typing your name. Finally, you'll re-edit the entry to fill in the details. While you are editing, you won't see these instructions, but you can "Save page" to keep your changes and come back to this (the Boot Board) page. Scroll up to the top if necessary to see these instructions again.

;Login: Click the "log in" link at the very top right of this browser page. If you don't already have an account, enter the five fields and click the "Create new account" button. After you've created the account or logged in, click the "Return to Boot Board" link.

;Claim your entry: Select an entry from the Table of Contents. Choose one that reads "YOUR_NAME_HERE". You'll be taken to that entry and "YOUR_NAME_HERE" will appear at the top of the page. Click the "edit" link to the far right of "YOUR_NAME_HERE" to get to the edit page. For now, just replace "YOUR_NAME_HERE" with your first and last name (leave the equal marks "==" in place). Click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. Now you've claimed this entry. Next, fill in the details.

;Fill in your details: At this point, the top of the page will have your first and last name as you entered them, and the "Edit" link is still to the far right. Click "Edit" again and now fill in the details. You should only need to replace the actual text that is in ALL_CAPS. Leave the semicolons (;) and asterisks at the beginning of each line (semicolons indicate headers, and asterisks indicate bullet items). If you need to add more bulleted items, just follow the pattern and enter an asterisk at the beginning of each line.

;Questions: If you have any questions, please email David Swedlow: david@metastorming.com.

==[[Sample Personal Description]]==
[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Personal_Description Here] is a sample personal description for those who want to share their information based on the last Bootstrap Austin meeting. You can copy one of the samples, or just edit this page, and copy one of the entries below.

= Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals =

== Ash Maurya ==

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - P2P/Social Software
* Collaborative Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

----

== Brian Massey ==
; Company: [http://www.hearthis.com/ HearThis.com]

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Business to Business Technology
* Marketing
* Web 2.0/Customer Communities

; Other Information:
* Currently part-time Bootstrapper.
* 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
* Advisor to several bootstrap businesses.
* Always looking to learn more.

----

== Chad Jewell ==

'''Company:''' Austin Office Space, Inc. [http://www.AustinOfficeSpace.com www.AustinOfficeSpace.com]

'''Company Size:''' Small (4 people)

'''Stage:''' Growth

'''Location:''' Northwest Austin

'''Interested Categories:'''
Service / Consulting oriented businesses,
Business in growth phase,
Lifestyle businesses,
Sales

'''Other Information'''
Started my company 6 years ago.
Just sold 1/2 to my lead associate.
Have 6 person confernce room that could hold up to 8?
Previous expenrence organizing my own businss Mastermind group
Was a member of The Alternative Board (TAB)

----

== David Swedlow ==

; Company: [http://www.synergyforinnovation.com/ SPCI]

; Email: [mailto:david@metastorming.com david@metastorming.com]

; Phone: 512-589-8834

; Company Size: 2 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Social Software (Web 2.0)
* Emergent Community
* Collaborative Technology
* Transformational Dynamics

; Other Information:
* New Bootstrapper
* Member of local chapter of American Creativity Association
* Spiral Dynamics Integral, Level 1 and Level 2 certification
* Future Studies

----

== Phyllis Blees==
; Company: Blees Creative Academies

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Ideation

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing a start-up
* For-Profit educational models
* Financing start-ups

; Other Information:
* Just sold first school (a for-profit, primary school)
* Am planning the next school in my business model--an adult center for creative and innovative studies
* Have begun an interim "day job" as General Counsel for FLOW, Inc., a startup in the nonprofit world, and taking on a few business and tax clients
* Member of the Board of American Creativity Association-Austin Chapter
* Bootstrap Library Co-Chair

----

== Michael Trafton ==

; Company: [http://www.bluefishgroup.com/ Blue Fish Development Group]

; Email: [mailto:mikey@bluefishgroup.com]

; Phone: 512-469-9300 x201

; Company Size: 25 People

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Downtown Austin (6th & Brazos)

; Interested Categories:
* Sales
* Marketing
* Business Operations
* Personnel Management

; Other Information:
* Bootstrapped since 1999
* Member of Young Entrepreneur's Organization

----

== Chris Garrigues ==

; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]

; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]

; Phone: 512-322-0180

; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors

; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but would be if I hired staff too soon)

; Location: Central Austin (14th and West)

; Interested Categories:
* B2B Marketing
* Customer Satisfaction & Retention
* Managing growth
* Relationship-based businesses

; Other Information:
* Founded Trinsic Solutions in late 2003; My 3rd business since 1995
* Most of my career has been in IT management both for large companies (Dell, Schlumbeger, MCC, etc) and in my own startups.
* Hoped initially to grow fast and almost died in my first year; laid off staff and am now managing the slower pace well.
* I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.

----

== Stephen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://www.cbandgames.com/ '''Creative Bandwidth, LP''']

; Email: [mailto:steve@ckventures.com steve@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 917 6020

; Company Size: 5 owners & contractors

; Stage: Valley of Death (just past the buzzards circling overhead, make a left)

; Location: Round Rock/Georgetown, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Consulting (Sales, Proposals, Contract Negotiation & Management)
* Seminars & Teambuilding Events
* Games & Simulations
* Ideaphoria & the Practical Application of Creativity

; Other Information:
* Board Member: International Association for Contract & Commercial Management [http://www.iaccm.com/]
* Co-Founder (with Karen Sopko): Cedar Key Ventures [http://www.ckventures.com/]
* Former US Federal Contracting Officer, Oil & Gas Technology Purchasing Manager, Dell Negotiator & Offshorer
* Personality Traits: Driver/Driver, but humbled by being married to a much smarter Analytical...
* Member: Theodore Roosevelt Society & Society for Industrial Archaeology
* Hobbies: history (period 1865-1939), kayaking, music (1980s & smooth jazz), travel, child wrangling

----

== Dave Pinckney ==

; Company: [http://www.egeriadesign.com/ Egeria Design]

; Email: [mailto:egeria@austin.rr.com Egeria Design mailbox]

; Phone: 512-833-8634

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: North Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing virtual staff
* Non-standard business models
* Structures of financial transactions

; Other Information:
* Info systems veteran
* Founded in 2001
* Docent: [http://www.blantonmuseum.org/ Blanton Museum of Art]
* Unofficial Photographer: [http://www.centraltexasballooning.com/ Central Texas Ballooning Association]

----

== Mike O'Krent ==

; Company: [http://www.lifestoriesalive.com/ LifeStories Alive]

; Email: [mailto:mokrent@lifestoriesalive.com]

; Phone: 512-431-8166

; Company Size: 1 full time! (other subcontractors - videographers, producer, editor)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Round Rock

; Interested Categories:
* Baby boomer target marketing
* Personal Historian
* Starting up

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== Karen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://ckventures.com/ Cedar Key Ventures, LLC]

; Email: [mailto:karen@ckventures.com karen@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 694 5366

; Company Size: 2 founders, all work done with contractors/allies

; Stage: Valley of Death - but hey I'm getting a great tan

; Location: Round Rock, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Proposals (Responding to RFP/RFQ's, Requirements Capture)
* Business Development (Relationship and consultative selling)
* Services Marketing (new service offering development)
* IT Desktop Services Outsourcing, Service Desk Management
* Knowledge Management, online Best Practice communities

; Other Information:
* see www.idealreview.com for articles on how not to get outsourced
* Advise on enterprise IT service management, processes, and metrics
* Former life - Alcatel, EDS, SUNY, Dell, NASA, Sailmaker's Apprentice, Quasar Hunter
* Current Alliances with Equaterra, InSource Partners, IACCM, CMI
* Volunteer Work, Capitol BEST Robotics, JASON, Dale-Carnegie
* Hobbies astronomy, watercolors, cycling, and photography
* Member IEEE, AMA, Austin Freelancers, Home Based Working Mothers, Austin Women in Technology

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==
Michelle Ewalt
; Company: http://www.teamintransition.com, Team in Transition

; Email: mewalt@teamintransition.com

; Phone: 512.762.8568
; Company Size: 1 person
; Stage: Growth
Location: Client locations: Austin, Surroundings areas, out of state
; Interested Categories:
1 Utilizing brainstorming team's personal power to leverage future results.
2 Grow Boot Board, lead the way for other groups to develop, and synergistic change management.
* ETC.

; Other Information:
*Pulse point on Team in Transition: Organizational leadership background: utilized Corporate experience and athletic coaching experience to launch Team in Transition.
*Holistic coaching and consulting practice: designed to manage resources for clients while achieving long standing change.
*Creator of local coaching programs for not for profit organizations.
*Leadership change management writer for NSIDE Magazine.
*Affiliations & Certifications referenced on web page and other marketing materials.
*Passionate leader with grassroots approach to helping people.

* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

Boot Board (Austin)

2006-04-22T14:07:52Z

Cwg: /* Chris Garrigues */

[[Category:Bootstrappers]]
[[Category:Bootstrap Subgroups]]
Boot Board: not CEO Roundtables!

[http://tinyurl.com/pxerx/ Boot Board Presentation from 4/10/2006 meeting]

Led by Bootstrappers:
* Michelle Ewalt, Team in Transition
* Stan Tyler
* David Swedlow

== INSTRUCTIONS ==
;Overview: You have to log in to edit an entry. Then you'll claim your entry by selecting a link from the Table of Contents, editing that entry and typing your name. Finally, you'll re-edit the entry to fill in the details. While you are editing, you won't see these instructions, but you can "Save page" to keep your changes and come back to this (the Boot Board) page. Scroll up to the top if necessary to see these instructions again.

;Login: Click the "log in" link at the very top right of this browser page. If you don't already have an account, enter the five fields and click the "Create new account" button. After you've created the account or logged in, click the "Return to Boot Board" link.

;Claim your entry: Select an entry from the Table of Contents. Choose one that reads "YOUR_NAME_HERE". You'll be taken to that entry and "YOUR_NAME_HERE" will appear at the top of the page. Click the "edit" link to the far right of "YOUR_NAME_HERE" to get to the edit page. For now, just replace "YOUR_NAME_HERE" with your first and last name (leave the equal marks "==" in place). Click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. Now you've claimed this entry. Next, fill in the details.

;Fill in your details: At this point, the top of the page will have your first and last name as you entered them, and the "Edit" link is still to the far right. Click "Edit" again and now fill in the details. You should only need to replace the actual text that is in ALL_CAPS. Leave the semicolons (;) and asterisks at the beginning of each line (semicolons indicate headers, and asterisks indicate bullet items). If you need to add more bulleted items, just follow the pattern and enter an asterisk at the beginning of each line.

;Questions: If you have any questions, please email David Swedlow: david@metastorming.com.

==[[Sample Personal Description]]==
[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Personal_Description Here] is a sample personal description for those who want to share their information based on the last Bootstrap Austin meeting. You can copy one of the samples, or just edit this page, and copy one of the entries below.

= Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals =

== Ash Maurya ==

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - P2P/Social Software
* Collaborative Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

----

== Brian Massey ==
; Company: [http://www.hearthis.com/ HearThis.com]

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Business to Business Technology
* Marketing
* Web 2.0/Customer Communities

; Other Information:
* Currently part-time Bootstrapper.
* 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
* Advisor to several bootstrap businesses.
* Always looking to learn more.

----

== Chad Jewell ==

'''Company:''' Austin Office Space, Inc. [http://www.AustinOfficeSpace.com www.AustinOfficeSpace.com]

'''Company Size:''' Small (4 people)

'''Stage:''' Growth

'''Location:''' Northwest Austin

'''Interested Categories:'''
Service / Consulting oriented businesses,
Business in growth phase,
Lifestyle businesses,
Sales

'''Other Information'''
Started my company 6 years ago.
Just sold 1/2 to my lead associate.
Have 6 person confernce room that could hold up to 8?
Previous expenrence organizing my own businss Mastermind group
Was a member of The Alternative Board (TAB)

----

== David Swedlow ==

; Company: [http://www.synergyforinnovation.com/ SPCI]

; Email: [mailto:david@metastorming.com david@metastorming.com]

; Phone: 512-589-8834

; Company Size: 2 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Social Software (Web 2.0)
* Emergent Community
* Collaborative Technology
* Transformational Dynamics

; Other Information:
* New Bootstrapper
* Member of local chapter of American Creativity Association
* Spiral Dynamics Integral, Level 1 and Level 2 certification
* Future Studies

----

== Phyllis Blees==
; Company: Blees Creative Academies

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Ideation

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing a start-up
* For-Profit educational models
* Financing start-ups

; Other Information:
* Just sold first school (a for-profit, primary school)
* Am planning the next school in my business model--an adult center for creative and innovative studies
* Have begun an interim "day job" as General Counsel for FLOW, Inc., a startup in the nonprofit world, and taking on a few business and tax clients
* Member of the Board of American Creativity Association-Austin Chapter
* Bootstrap Library Co-Chair

----

== Michael Trafton ==

; Company: [http://www.bluefishgroup.com/ Blue Fish Development Group]

; Email: [mailto:mikey@bluefishgroup.com]

; Phone: 512-469-9300 x201

; Company Size: 25 People

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Downtown Austin (6th & Brazos)

; Interested Categories:
* Sales
* Marketing
* Business Operations
* Personnel Management

; Other Information:
* Bootstrapped since 1999
* Member of Young Entrepreneur's Organization

----

== Chris Garrigues ==

; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]

; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]

; Phone: 512-322-0180

; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors

; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but will be if I hire staff too soon)

; Location: Central Austin (14th and West)

; Interested Categories:
* B2B Marketing
* Customer Satisfaction & Retention
* Managing growth
* Relationship-based businesses

; Other Information:
* Founded Trinsic Solutions in late 2003; My 3rd business since 1995
* Most of my career has been in IT management both for large companies (Dell, Schlumbeger, MCC, etc) and in my own startups.
* Hoped initially to grow fast and almost died in my first year; laid off staff and am now managing the slower pace well.
* I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.

----

== Stephen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://www.cbandgames.com/ '''Creative Bandwidth, LP''']

; Email: [mailto:steve@ckventures.com steve@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 917 6020

; Company Size: 5 owners & contractors

; Stage: Valley of Death (just past the buzzards circling overhead, make a left)

; Location: Round Rock/Georgetown, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Consulting (Sales, Proposals, Contract Negotiation & Management)
* Seminars & Teambuilding Events
* Games & Simulations
* Ideaphoria & the Practical Application of Creativity

; Other Information:
* Board Member: International Association for Contract & Commercial Management [http://www.iaccm.com/]
* Co-Founder (with Karen Sopko): Cedar Key Ventures [http://www.ckventures.com/]
* Former US Federal Contracting Officer, Oil & Gas Technology Purchasing Manager, Dell Negotiator & Offshorer
* Personality Traits: Driver/Driver, but humbled by being married to a much smarter Analytical...
* Member: Theodore Roosevelt Society & Society for Industrial Archaeology
* Hobbies: history (period 1865-1939), kayaking, music (1980s & smooth jazz), travel, child wrangling

----

== Dave Pinckney ==

; Company: [http://www.egeriadesign.com/ Egeria Design]

; Email: [mailto:egeria@austin.rr.com Egeria Design mailbox]

; Phone: 512-833-8634

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: North Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing virtual staff
* Non-standard business models
* Structures of financial transactions

; Other Information:
* Info systems veteran
* Founded in 2001
* Docent: [http://www.blantonmuseum.org/ Blanton Museum of Art]
* Unofficial Photographer: [http://www.centraltexasballooning.com/ Central Texas Ballooning Association]

----

== Mike O'Krent ==

; Company: [http://www.lifestoriesalive.com/ LifeStories Alive]

; Email: [mailto:mokrent@lifestoriesalive.com]

; Phone: 512-431-8166

; Company Size: 1 full time! (other subcontractors - videographers, producer, editor)

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Round Rock

; Interested Categories:
* Baby boomer target marketing
* Personal Historian
* Starting up

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== Karen Sopko ==

; Company: [http://ckventures.com/ Cedar Key Ventures, LLC]

; Email: [mailto:karen@ckventures.com karen@ckventures.com]

; Phone: 512 694 5366

; Company Size: 2 founders, all work done with contractors/allies

; Stage: Valley of Death - but hey I'm getting a great tan

; Location: Round Rock, TX

; Interested Categories:
* Proposals (Responding to RFP/RFQ's, Requirements Capture)
* Business Development (Relationship and consultative selling)
* Services Marketing (new service offering development)
* IT Desktop Services Outsourcing, Service Desk Management
* Knowledge Management, online Best Practice communities

; Other Information:
* see www.idealreview.com for articles on how not to get outsourced
* Advise on enterprise IT service management, processes, and metrics
* Former life - Alcatel, EDS, SUNY, Dell, NASA, Sailmaker's Apprentice, Quasar Hunter
* Current Alliances with Equaterra, InSource Partners, IACCM, CMI
* Volunteer Work, Capitol BEST Robotics, JASON, Dale-Carnegie
* Hobbies astronomy, watercolors, cycling, and photography
* Member IEEE, AMA, Austin Freelancers, Home Based Working Mothers, Austin Women in Technology

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==
Michelle Ewalt
; Company: http://www.teamintransition.com, Team in Transition

; Email: mewalt@teamintransition.com

; Phone: 512.762.8568
; Company Size: 1 person
; Stage: Growth
Location: Client locations: Austin, Surroundings areas, out of state
; Interested Categories:
1 Utilizing brainstorming team's personal power to leverage future results.
2 Grow Boot Board, lead the way for other groups to develop, and synergistic change management.
* ETC.

; Other Information:
*Pulse point on Team in Transition: Organizational leadership background: utilized Corporate experience and athletic coaching experience to launch Team in Transition.
*Holistic coaching and consulting practice: designed to manage resources for clients while achieving long standing change.
*Creator of local coaching programs for not for profit organizations.
*Leadership change management writer for NSIDE Magazine.
*Affiliations & Certifications referenced on web page and other marketing materials.
*Passionate leader with grassroots approach to helping people.

* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

Boot Board (Austin)

2006-04-21T18:47:13Z

Cwg: /* Chris Garrigues */

[[Category:Bootstrappers]]
[[Category:Bootstrap Subgroups]]
Boot Board: not CEO Roundtables!

[http://f6.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/IMxHROuv02xzJzc_TplgNsrdGp50YPl60CH5UgEx5akXZIuFjXf0B90DjREH1cySd3-S95pdzvQUCtKNCqRR3KCHm4ECIrya/Boot%20Board/BootBoardIntro.pdf/ Boot Board Presentation from 4/10/2006 meeting]

Led by Bootstrappers:
* Michelle Ewalt, Team in Transition
* Stan Tyler
* David Swedlow

== INSTRUCTIONS ==
;Overview: You have to log in to edit an entry. Then you'll claim your entry by selecting a link from the Table of Contents, editing that entry and typing your name. Finally, you'll re-edit the entry to fill in the details. While you are editing, you won't see these instructions, but you can "Save page" to keep your changes and come back to this (the Boot Board) page. Scroll up to the top if necessary to see these instructions again.

;Login: Click the "log in" link at the very top right of this browser page. If you don't already have an account, enter the five fields and click the "Create new account" button. After you've created the account or logged in, click the "Return to Boot Board" link.

;Claim your entry: Select an entry from the Table of Contents. Choose one that reads "YOUR_NAME_HERE". You'll be taken to that entry and "YOUR_NAME_HERE" will appear at the top of the page. Click the "edit" link to the far right of "YOUR_NAME_HERE" to get to the edit page. For now, just replace "YOUR_NAME_HERE" with your first and last name (leave the equal marks "==" in place). Click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. Now you've claimed this entry. Next, fill in the details.

;Fill in your details: At this point, the top of the page will have your first and last name as you entered them, and the "Edit" link is still to the far right. Click "Edit" again and now fill in the details. You should only need to replace the actual text that is in ALL_CAPS. Leave the semicolons (;) and asterisks at the beginning of each line (semicolons indicate headers, and asterisks indicate bullet items). If you need to add more bulleted items, just follow the pattern and enter an asterisk at the beginning of each line.

;Questions: If you have any questions, please email David Swedlow: david@metastorming.com.

==[[Sample Personal Description]]==
[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Personal_Description Here] is a sample personal description for those who want to share their information based on the last Bootstrap Austin meeting. You can copy one of the samples, or just edit this page, and copy one of the entries below.

= Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals =

== Ash Maurya ==

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - P2P/Social Software
* Collaborative Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

----

== Brian Massey ==
; Company: [http://www.hearthis.com/ HearThis.com]

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Business to Business Technology
* Marketing
* Web 2.0/Customer Communities

; Other Information:
* Currently part-time Bootstrapper.
* 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
* Advisor to several bootstrap businesses.
* Always looking to learn more.

----

== Chad Jewell ==

'''Company:''' Austin Office Space, Inc. [http://www.AustinOfficeSpace.com www.AustinOfficeSpace.com]

'''Company Size:''' Small (4 people)

'''Stage:''' Growth

'''Location:''' Northwest Austin

'''Interested Categories:'''
Service / Consulting oriented businesses,
Business in growth phase,
Lifestyle businesses,
Sales

'''Other Information'''
Started my company 6 years ago.
Just sold 1/2 to my lead associate.
Have 6 person confernce room that could hold up to 8?
Previous expenrence organizing my own businss Mastermind group
Was a member of The Alternative Board (TAB)

----

== David Swedlow ==

; Company: [http://www.synergyforinnovation.com/ SPCI]

; Email: [mailto:david@metastorming.com david@metastorming.com]

; Phone: 512-589-8834

; Company Size: 2 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Social Software (Web 2.0)
* Emergent Community
* Collaborative Technology
* Transformational Dynamics

; Other Information:
* New Bootstrapper
* Member of local chapter of American Creativity Association
* Spiral Dynamics Integral, Level 1 and Level 2 certification
* Future Studies

----

== Phyllis Blees==
; Company: Blees Creative Academies

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Ideation

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing a start-up
* For-Profit educational models
* Financing start-ups

; Other Information:
* Just sold first school (a for-profit, primary school)
* Am planning the next school in my business model--an adult center for creative and innovative studies
* Have begun an interim "day job" as General Counsel for FLOW, Inc., a startup in the nonprofit world, and taking on a few business and tax clients
* Member of the Board of American Creativity Association-Austin Chapter
* Bootstrap Library Co-Chair

----

== Michael Trafton ==

; Company: [http://www.bluefishgroup.com/ Blue Fish Development Group]

; Email: [mailto:mikey@bluefishgroup.com]

; Phone: 512-469-9300 x201

; Company Size: 25 People

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Downtown Austin (6th & Brazos)

; Interested Categories:
* Sales
* Marketing
* Business Operations
* Personnel Management

; Other Information:
* Bootstrapped since 1999
* Member of Young Entrepreneur's Organization

----

== Chris Garrigues ==

; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]

; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]

; Phone: 512-322-0180

; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors

; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but will be if I hire staff too soon)

; Location: Central Austin (14th and West)

; Interested Categories:
* B2B Marketing
* Customer Satisfaction & Retention
* Managing growth
* Relationship-based businesses

; Other Information:
* Founded Trinsic Solutions in late 2003; My 3rd business since 1995
* Previously worked for Schlumberger, Dell, MCC...
* Hoped initially to grow fast and almost died in my first year; laid off staff and am now managing the slower pace well.
* I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

Boot Board (Austin)

2006-04-21T18:44:42Z

Cwg: /* Chris Garrigues */

[[Category:Bootstrappers]]
[[Category:Bootstrap Subgroups]]
Boot Board: not CEO Roundtables!

[http://f6.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/IMxHROuv02xzJzc_TplgNsrdGp50YPl60CH5UgEx5akXZIuFjXf0B90DjREH1cySd3-S95pdzvQUCtKNCqRR3KCHm4ECIrya/Boot%20Board/BootBoardIntro.pdf/ Boot Board Presentation from 4/10/2006 meeting]

Led by Bootstrappers:
* Michelle Ewalt, Team in Transition
* Stan Tyler
* David Swedlow

== INSTRUCTIONS ==
;Overview: You have to log in to edit an entry. Then you'll claim your entry by selecting a link from the Table of Contents, editing that entry and typing your name. Finally, you'll re-edit the entry to fill in the details. While you are editing, you won't see these instructions, but you can "Save page" to keep your changes and come back to this (the Boot Board) page. Scroll up to the top if necessary to see these instructions again.

;Login: Click the "log in" link at the very top right of this browser page. If you don't already have an account, enter the five fields and click the "Create new account" button. After you've created the account or logged in, click the "Return to Boot Board" link.

;Claim your entry: Select an entry from the Table of Contents. Choose one that reads "YOUR_NAME_HERE". You'll be taken to that entry and "YOUR_NAME_HERE" will appear at the top of the page. Click the "edit" link to the far right of "YOUR_NAME_HERE" to get to the edit page. For now, just replace "YOUR_NAME_HERE" with your first and last name (leave the equal marks "==" in place). Click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. Now you've claimed this entry. Next, fill in the details.

;Fill in your details: At this point, the top of the page will have your first and last name as you entered them, and the "Edit" link is still to the far right. Click "Edit" again and now fill in the details. You should only need to replace the actual text that is in ALL_CAPS. Leave the semicolons (;) and asterisks at the beginning of each line (semicolons indicate headers, and asterisks indicate bullet items). If you need to add more bulleted items, just follow the pattern and enter an asterisk at the beginning of each line.

;Questions: If you have any questions, please email David Swedlow: david@metastorming.com.

==[[Sample Personal Description]]==
[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Personal_Description Here] is a sample personal description for those who want to share their information based on the last Bootstrap Austin meeting. You can copy one of the samples, or just edit this page, and copy one of the entries below.

= Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals =

== Ash Maurya ==

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - P2P/Social Software
* Collaborative Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

----

== Brian Massey ==
; Company: [http://www.hearthis.com/ HearThis.com]

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Business to Business Technology
* Marketing
* Web 2.0/Customer Communities

; Other Information:
* Currently part-time Bootstrapper.
* 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
* Advisor to several bootstrap businesses.
* Always looking to learn more.

----

== Chad Jewell ==

'''Company:''' Austin Office Space, Inc. [http://www.AustinOfficeSpace.com www.AustinOfficeSpace.com]

'''Company Size:''' Small (4 people)

'''Stage:''' Growth

'''Location:''' Northwest Austin

'''Interested Categories:'''
Service / Consulting oriented businesses,
Business in growth phase,
Lifestyle businesses,
Sales

'''Other Information'''
Started my company 6 years ago.
Just sold 1/2 to my lead associate.
Have 6 person confernce room that could hold up to 8?
Previous expenrence organizing my own businss Mastermind group
Was a member of The Alternative Board (TAB)

----

== David Swedlow ==

; Company: [http://www.synergyforinnovation.com/ SPCI]

; Email: [mailto:david@metastorming.com david@metastorming.com]

; Phone: 512-589-8834

; Company Size: 2 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Social Software (Web 2.0)
* Emergent Community
* Collaborative Technology
* Transformational Dynamics

; Other Information:
* New Bootstrapper
* Member of local chapter of American Creativity Association
* Spiral Dynamics Integral, Level 1 and Level 2 certification
* Future Studies

----

== Phyllis Blees==
; Company: Blees Creative Academies

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Ideation

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing a start-up
* For-Profit educational models
* Financing start-ups

; Other Information:
* Just sold first school (a for-profit, primary school)
* Am planning the next school in my business model--an adult center for creative and innovative studies
* Have begun an interim "day job" as General Counsel for FLOW, Inc., a startup in the nonprofit world, and taking on a few business and tax clients
* Member of the Board of American Creativity Association-Austin Chapter
* Bootstrap Library Co-Chair

----

== Michael Trafton ==

; Company: [http://www.bluefishgroup.com/ Blue Fish Development Group]

; Email: [mailto:mikey@bluefishgroup.com]

; Phone: 512-469-9300 x201

; Company Size: 25 People

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Downtown Austin (6th & Brazos)

; Interested Categories:
* Sales
* Marketing
* Business Operations
* Personnel Management

; Other Information:
* Bootstrapped since 1999
* Member of Young Entrepreneur's Organization

----

== Chris Garrigues ==

; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]

; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]

; Phone: 512-322-0180

; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors

; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but will be if I hire staff too soon)

; Location: Central Austin (14th and West)

; Interested Categories:
* B2B Marketing
* Customer Satisfaction & Retention
* Managing growth
* Relationship-based businesses

; Other Information:
* My 3rd business since 1995
* Previously worked for Schlumberger, Dell, MCC...
* I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

Boot Board (Austin)

2006-04-21T18:42:56Z

Cwg: /* Chris Garrigues */

[[Category:Bootstrappers]]
[[Category:Bootstrap Subgroups]]
Boot Board: not CEO Roundtables!

[http://f6.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/IMxHROuv02xzJzc_TplgNsrdGp50YPl60CH5UgEx5akXZIuFjXf0B90DjREH1cySd3-S95pdzvQUCtKNCqRR3KCHm4ECIrya/Boot%20Board/BootBoardIntro.pdf/ Boot Board Presentation from 4/10/2006 meeting]

Led by Bootstrappers:
* Michelle Ewalt, Team in Transition
* Stan Tyler
* David Swedlow

== INSTRUCTIONS ==
;Overview: You have to log in to edit an entry. Then you'll claim your entry by selecting a link from the Table of Contents, editing that entry and typing your name. Finally, you'll re-edit the entry to fill in the details. While you are editing, you won't see these instructions, but you can "Save page" to keep your changes and come back to this (the Boot Board) page. Scroll up to the top if necessary to see these instructions again.

;Login: Click the "log in" link at the very top right of this browser page. If you don't already have an account, enter the five fields and click the "Create new account" button. After you've created the account or logged in, click the "Return to Boot Board" link.

;Claim your entry: Select an entry from the Table of Contents. Choose one that reads "YOUR_NAME_HERE". You'll be taken to that entry and "YOUR_NAME_HERE" will appear at the top of the page. Click the "edit" link to the far right of "YOUR_NAME_HERE" to get to the edit page. For now, just replace "YOUR_NAME_HERE" with your first and last name (leave the equal marks "==" in place). Click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. Now you've claimed this entry. Next, fill in the details.

;Fill in your details: At this point, the top of the page will have your first and last name as you entered them, and the "Edit" link is still to the far right. Click "Edit" again and now fill in the details. You should only need to replace the actual text that is in ALL_CAPS. Leave the semicolons (;) and asterisks at the beginning of each line (semicolons indicate headers, and asterisks indicate bullet items). If you need to add more bulleted items, just follow the pattern and enter an asterisk at the beginning of each line.

;Questions: If you have any questions, please email David Swedlow: david@metastorming.com.

==[[Sample Personal Description]]==
[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Personal_Description Here] is a sample personal description for those who want to share their information based on the last Bootstrap Austin meeting. You can copy one of the samples, or just edit this page, and copy one of the entries below.

= Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals =

== Ash Maurya ==

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - P2P/Social Software
* Collaborative Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

----

== Brian Massey ==
; Company: [http://www.hearthis.com/ HearThis.com]

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Business to Business Technology
* Marketing
* Web 2.0/Customer Communities

; Other Information:
* Currently part-time Bootstrapper.
* 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
* Advisor to several bootstrap businesses.
* Always looking to learn more.

----

== Chad Jewell ==

'''Company:''' Austin Office Space, Inc. [http://www.AustinOfficeSpace.com www.AustinOfficeSpace.com]

'''Company Size:''' Small (4 people)

'''Stage:''' Growth

'''Location:''' Northwest Austin

'''Interested Categories:'''
Service / Consulting oriented businesses,
Business in growth phase,
Lifestyle businesses,
Sales

'''Other Information'''
Started my company 6 years ago.
Just sold 1/2 to my lead associate.
Have 6 person confernce room that could hold up to 8?
Previous expenrence organizing my own businss Mastermind group
Was a member of The Alternative Board (TAB)

----

== David Swedlow ==

; Company: [http://www.synergyforinnovation.com/ SPCI]

; Email: [mailto:david@metastorming.com david@metastorming.com]

; Phone: 512-589-8834

; Company Size: 2 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Social Software (Web 2.0)
* Emergent Community
* Collaborative Technology
* Transformational Dynamics

; Other Information:
* New Bootstrapper
* Member of local chapter of American Creativity Association
* Spiral Dynamics Integral, Level 1 and Level 2 certification
* Future Studies

----

== Phyllis Blees==
; Company: Blees Creative Academies

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Ideation

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing a start-up
* For-Profit educational models
* Financing start-ups

; Other Information:
* Just sold first school (a for-profit, primary school)
* Am planning the next school in my business model--an adult center for creative and innovative studies
* Have begun an interim "day job" as General Counsel for FLOW, Inc., a startup in the nonprofit world, and taking on a few business and tax clients
* Member of the Board of American Creativity Association-Austin Chapter
* Bootstrap Library Co-Chair

----

== Michael Trafton ==

; Company: [http://www.bluefishgroup.com/ Blue Fish Development Group]

; Email: [mailto:mikey@bluefishgroup.com]

; Phone: 512-469-9300 x201

; Company Size: 25 People

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Downtown Austin (6th & Brazos)

; Interested Categories:
* Sales
* Marketing
* Business Operations
* Personnel Management

; Other Information:
* Bootstrapped since 1999
* Member of Young Entrepreneur's Organization

----

== Chris Garrigues ==

; Company: [http://www.Trinsics.com/ Trinsic Solutions]

; Email: [mailto:cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com cwg-bootstrap@trinsics.com]

; Phone: 512-322-0180

; Company Size: Myself and a few contractors

; Stage: Late Valley of Death (I'm actually not losing money, but will be if I hire staff too soon)

; Location: Central Austin

; Interested Categories:
* B2B Marketing
* Customer Satisfaction & Retention
* Managing growth
* Relationship-based businesses

; Other Information:
* My 3rd business since 1995
* Previously worked for Schlumberger, Dell, MCC...
* I am a Maven with strong Relater tendencies and believe that my company should be a relater business with an underlying maven core.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

Boot Board (Austin)

2006-04-21T18:32:37Z

Cwg: /* Chris Garrigues */

[[Category:Bootstrappers]]
[[Category:Bootstrap Subgroups]]
Boot Board: not CEO Roundtables!

[http://f6.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/IMxHROuv02xzJzc_TplgNsrdGp50YPl60CH5UgEx5akXZIuFjXf0B90DjREH1cySd3-S95pdzvQUCtKNCqRR3KCHm4ECIrya/Boot%20Board/BootBoardIntro.pdf/ Boot Board Presentation from 4/10/2006 meeting]

Led by Bootstrappers:
* Michelle Ewalt, Team in Transition
* Stan Tyler
* David Swedlow

== INSTRUCTIONS ==
;Overview: You have to log in to edit an entry. Then you'll claim your entry by selecting a link from the Table of Contents, editing that entry and typing your name. Finally, you'll re-edit the entry to fill in the details. While you are editing, you won't see these instructions, but you can "Save page" to keep your changes and come back to this (the Boot Board) page. Scroll up to the top if necessary to see these instructions again.

;Login: Click the "log in" link at the very top right of this browser page. If you don't already have an account, enter the five fields and click the "Create new account" button. After you've created the account or logged in, click the "Return to Boot Board" link.

;Claim your entry: Select an entry from the Table of Contents. Choose one that reads "YOUR_NAME_HERE". You'll be taken to that entry and "YOUR_NAME_HERE" will appear at the top of the page. Click the "edit" link to the far right of "YOUR_NAME_HERE" to get to the edit page. For now, just replace "YOUR_NAME_HERE" with your first and last name (leave the equal marks "==" in place). Click the "Save page" button at the bottom of the screen. Now you've claimed this entry. Next, fill in the details.

;Fill in your details: At this point, the top of the page will have your first and last name as you entered them, and the "Edit" link is still to the far right. Click "Edit" again and now fill in the details. You should only need to replace the actual text that is in ALL_CAPS. Leave the semicolons (;) and asterisks at the beginning of each line (semicolons indicate headers, and asterisks indicate bullet items). If you need to add more bulleted items, just follow the pattern and enter an asterisk at the beginning of each line.

;Questions: If you have any questions, please email David Swedlow: david@metastorming.com.

==[[Sample Personal Description]]==
[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Sample_Personal_Description Here] is a sample personal description for those who want to share their information based on the last Bootstrap Austin meeting. You can copy one of the samples, or just edit this page, and copy one of the entries below.

= Personal Descriptions of Interested Individuals =

== Ash Maurya ==

; Company: [http://www.wiredreach.com/ WiredReach]

; Email: [mailto:ash@wiredreach.com ash@wiredreach.com]

; Phone: 214.914.8658

; Company Size: 5 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Central Austin - Recently relocated from Dallas

; Interested Categories:
* User Centric Web - P2P/Social Software
* Collaborative Technology
* Starting Up

; Other Information:
* New to Austin
* Company founded and bootstrapped since 2002
* weblog: http://www.wiredjournal.com

----

== Brian Massey ==
; Company: [http://www.hearthis.com/ HearThis.com]

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Business to Business Technology
* Marketing
* Web 2.0/Customer Communities

; Other Information:
* Currently part-time Bootstrapper.
* 7-year veteran of Bootstrapped business.
* Advisor to several bootstrap businesses.
* Always looking to learn more.

----

== Chad Jewell ==

'''Company:''' Austin Office Space, Inc. [http://www.AustinOfficeSpace.com www.AustinOfficeSpace.com]

'''Company Size:''' Small (4 people)

'''Stage:''' Growth

'''Location:''' Northwest Austin

'''Interested Categories:'''
Service / Consulting oriented businesses,
Business in growth phase,
Lifestyle businesses,
Sales

'''Other Information'''
Started my company 6 years ago.
Just sold 1/2 to my lead associate.
Have 6 person confernce room that could hold up to 8?
Previous expenrence organizing my own businss Mastermind group
Was a member of The Alternative Board (TAB)

----

== David Swedlow ==

; Company: [http://www.synergyforinnovation.com/ SPCI]

; Email: [mailto:david@metastorming.com david@metastorming.com]

; Phone: 512-589-8834

; Company Size: 2 people

; Stage: Valley of Death

; Location: Northwest Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Social Software (Web 2.0)
* Emergent Community
* Collaborative Technology
* Transformational Dynamics

; Other Information:
* New Bootstrapper
* Member of local chapter of American Creativity Association
* Spiral Dynamics Integral, Level 1 and Level 2 certification
* Future Studies

----

== Phyllis Blees==
; Company: Blees Creative Academies

; Company Size: Small

; Stage: Ideation

; Location: Austin

; Interested Categories:
* Managing a start-up
* For-Profit educational models
* Financing start-ups

; Other Information:
* Just sold first school (a for-profit, primary school)
* Am planning the next school in my business model--an adult center for creative and innovative studies
* Have begun an interim "day job" as General Counsel for FLOW, Inc., a startup in the nonprofit world, and taking on a few business and tax clients
* Member of the Board of American Creativity Association-Austin Chapter
* Bootstrap Library Co-Chair

----

== Michael Trafton ==

; Company: [http://www.bluefishgroup.com/ Blue Fish Development Group]

; Email: [mailto:mikey@bluefishgroup.com]

; Phone: 512-469-9300 x201

; Company Size: 25 People

; Stage: Growth

; Location: Downtown Austin (6th & Brazos)

; Interested Categories:
* Sales
* Marketing
* Business Operations
* Personnel Management

; Other Information:
* Bootstrapped since 1999
* Member of Young Entrepreneur's Organization

----

== Chris Garrigues ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----

== YOUR_NAME_HERE ==

; Company: [http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/ YOUR_COMPANY]

; Email: [mailto:YOUR_EMAIL YOUR_EMAIL]

; Phone: YOUR_PHONENUMBER

; Company Size: YOUR_SIZE

; Stage: YOUR_STAGE (Ideation, Valley of Death, or Growth)

; Location: YOUR_LOCATION

; Interested Categories:
* YOUR_INTEREST_1
* YOUR_INTEREST_2
* ETC.

; Other Information:
* YOUR_OTHER_INFO
* ETC.

----