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    1. Bootstrap Austin : A Self-Service Community for Bootstrap Entrepreneurs Bijoy Goswami November 7, 2009
    2. Elements of the Bootstrap Community
      • about something
      • protocols for interaction
      • members are connected
      • takes action
      • systems to support its activities
      • Note web links (underlined and icons) throughout slides
    3. Third Way of Entrepreneurship b Cookie Cutter Funding Driven What is Bootstrap? 1. about Bootstrap!
    4. Bootstrap Community QUEST(ion): What is Bootstrap?
      • Challenge the Bootstrap Entrepreneur’s Personal Entrepreneurship Model
      • Sharing stories + model locks in bootstrappers’ learning
      • Consistent language of the key stages, principles, actions of bootstrap entrepreneurship
      • Help participants advance through each phase of the venture:
        • Gain the ‘right’ knowledge
        • And make the ‘right’ connections
        • Leverage their own unique skills and resources,
        • in order to ‘Take the right action at the right time’:
      1. about Ideation VoD Bootstrap Community – Builds shared knowledge of venture building Participant – Builds awareness of next action in venture Growth Knowledge Connections Skills Resources Skills Resources Skills Resources Knowledge Connections Knowledge Connections
    5. Bootstrap University
      • 12 monthly learning sessions (optional)
      • Bootstrap Entrepreneur Speakers
      • Social Media
        • Twitter: daily tweet
        • facebook: discussion
        • BootRap Podcast
      1. about
    6. Levels of Community Participation Bootstrap Community 2. protocols
      • Appropriate Conduct and Rules of Engagement
      • 1. Participants
      • Attend meetings
      • May become active
      • 2. Active Participants
      • Speakers, bloggers, tweeters
      • May become contributors, Collaborators or inactive
      • 3. Contributors
      • Lead subgroups
      • May become Active Participants Collaborator
      • 4. Collaborators
      • Coordinate overall community
      • May become Active, participants or Contributors
    7. Laws of Networks
      • Sarnoff's Law = the value of a broadcast network is proportionate to the number of viewers / readers.
      • Metcalfe's Law = value of a network is proportionate to the square of the number of nodes, i.e., n2. (And, connecting two networks creates far more value than the sum of their values as independent networks.)
      • Reed's Law = value of a group -forming network is proportionate to the exponential of the number of groups, i.e., 2n
      3. connected
    8. Subgroups by Stage
      • You
      • QUEST(ion)
      • Ideation
      • Valley of Death
      • Growth
      3. connected
    9. Subgroups by Area
      • Interactive
      • Food
      • Art
      • Experience Sustainability
      • Publishing
      • Etc...
      3. connected
    10. How we Build Community
      • Subgroup Monthly Meetings
        • Informal
        • 30min: social (in-person introductions)
        • 1hr Speaker on monthly principle & map
        • 15min: participants integrate lessons
      • Online
        • Twitter
        • Facebook
        • BootRap
      3. connected
    11. BootBoards
      • 6-8 Bootstrap Founders
      • Same Stage
      • 3-5hr Monthly Meetings
      • 12month commitment
      4. action
    12. Free, Open Source
      • Wiki – repository
      • Podcast & Blog – events, talks, news
      • facebook – one-on-one connection, events
      • Yahoo groups – member many-to-many communication
      5. systems
    13. Contact
      • BijoyGoswami.com
      • Follow: @bijoy
      • facebook.com/bijoy
      • [email_address]
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