Austin Entrepreneur Scene

ATX Entrepreneur Scene Bijoy Goswami @bijoy founder @bootstrapaustin @ATXequation #ATXentScene September 13, 2010

We’re Getting Noticed!

Austin: City of Scenes
Music (live music capital)
Tech/Interactive (Silicon Hills)
Film
Leadership
Spirituality
Theater
Fitness
Cancer
Sustainability
Nonprofit
Etc.

ATXequation Austin: discover/express/be yourself city www.ATXequation.com Scene = Community + Experience

Scene Stewardship
Map
Convene
Evangelize
Constitutionalize

Three Paths of Entrepreneurship b Craft (everywhere) Funding Driven (Silicon Valley) Austin Supports All Paths! Bootstrap (Austin!)

Entrepreneur Scene Map History

Austin’s Entrepreneurship Style
An extension of the founder(s)’ personal journey
Social Capital from Community & Scene
First Bootstrap, then Scale?
Tale of 2 entrepreneurs: Phil S. and John M.
Tito B, Tim & Karrie L, Paul C, Jim T, Michael D., Amy S, David A, Gary H, et al

2 Kinds of Capital S $
Bootstrap Austin
RunTex: water on the trail
SXSW: 1500 volunteers

Bootstrap Map Right Action Right Time A fugue! rebootstrap ideation prod/serv/exp/ cause/community (demo) Use everything customer valley of death Constraint creates innovation ($ell) growth organization (build) Scale the model founder you (discover) Know thyself QUEST(ion) (awaken) Yes! inner journey U y

Entrepreneur Map by Stage ideation prod/serv (demo) 3Day Startup Startup Wknd AIEA Product Camp Capital Factory TiE OTC Peoplefund BIG Austin AC4D customer valley of death ($ell) Coworking TechRanch Bootstrap ATI Lean SBDP Wizard Academy EO Accelerate Campus2Careers RICE Alliance growth organization (build) ATC CTAN Chamber VCs EO TAB AMA founder you (discover) ATX Scenes UT, St. Eds… QUEST(ion) (awaken) RISE Austin ACTON Lemonade Day Emp to Ent Aus Conserv inner journey

Scene Update - 2010
Monthly meetings of scene leaders, co-presented
ABJentrepreneur .com launched
Scene Awareness, Consistent Messaging
“ Constitutionalizing” the Scene - not political or commercial

Use the Scene!
Participate: connect with the scene
Contribute: share your talents
Collaborate: map, convene, evangelize

Links
This talk: slideshare.net/bijoyg
Scene Map: bootstrapaustin.org/wiki
#ATXentScene on twitter: twitter.com/bootstrapaustin/atxentscene

Austin Entrepreneur Scene

by Bijoy Goswami on Aug 30, 2010

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