Ask HN: bootstrapping communities in silicon valley

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2377453

by redduck666 • 15 years ago

3 1 15 years ago

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so far i have found only http://bootstrappersbreakfast.com/ bootstrap themed community. what other bootstrapping communities in silicon valley should i check out?

triviatise• 15 years ago

Im based out of austin and we have a group called bootstrap-austin. http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

It is part of something called the bootstrap network which is in 10 cities but I cant tell if they are in the bay area.

http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/unlog.php

Within the group, I work with something called bootboards which are CEO roundtables modeled on pay services from companies like vistage, entrepreneurs organization (EO) and the alternate board (TAB). The CEO roundtables are groups of 6-8 CEOs that get together once a month to discuss issues in their companies. There are 3 types, ideation, valley of death and growth. The ideation groups seem like they would be applicable here. They tend to be larger as people tend to drop out (need to start with 10 or so members). The value of the group is 1) to get support for the highs and lows that no one else can understand 2) accountability for commitments 3) help to resolve issues

Some of the key rules are no doing business together and no competitors.

Here is a link to a powerpoint that we use to introduce the concept for the growth groups http://triviatise.posterous.com/47616993

I'll post if I can find contacts for a bay area branch. If not maybe you can start one. The bootboards are incredibly useful for ideation stage companies.

Ask HN: bootstrapping communities in silicon valley

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