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Kevin Koym: How Will Social Networks Affect Entrepreneurship?
Kevin Koym is the founder of Enterprise Teaming and authors the Enterprise Tribe blog. He explains how the four conceptual shifts, outlined in his upcoming book, offer unprecedented opportunities for bootstrap entrepreneurs to build their businesses using “Enterprise Tribes.” Bootstrap Austin is an example of an Enterprise Tribe.
See complete podcast and subscription details here...Barry Thornton on Ideation
Talk to customers, get feedback, and shape your product into something customers will pay for. These were some of the words of motivation that Barry Thornton offered in talking to the Bootstrap Austin Ideation group on July 21, 2008. Thornton, founder of Clear Cube and current owner of startup Austin Medical Research, offered a number of insights into the bootstrap process, one that he has repeated frequently since launching a concert promotion business in college.
Thornton’s philosophy involves starting from wherever you are. He said the startup idea doesn’t have to be perfect. All you need is an idea and a passion to get started. By talking to customers, you will mold the idea into a workable form. Then by injecting passion into the idea, others will follow.
“I don’t ever think of anything myself,” he said. “Ego gets in the way a whole lot. I find the best people to come up with ideas for me are customers, people who will give me money for the idea.”
Read the rest of the article on the Bootstrap Austin Blog.
A Predictably Irrational Conversation with Dan Ariely
Since spending three years in recovery from severe burns,Dan Ariely has fashioned himself as an observer of human nature, and
especially of how humans are influenced by irrationality when making supposedly “logical” decisions.
Brian Massey interviews Dan to gain his insight into human behavior and help us solve some of the problems we solve every day
as marketers, businessmen and, in general, persuaders trying to influence our prospects decisions.
Dan is the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Behavioral Economics at MIT, where he holds a joint appointment between MIG’s Media Laboratory and the
Sloan School of Management. He is also a researcher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and a visiting professor at Duke University,
where he is calling us from. Ariely wrote his book while he was a fellow at the Insitute for Advance Study at Princeton.
In addition to his book, you can read his blog at www.predictablyirrational.com.
Bootstrap FilmFest
Bootstrap held its first Bootstrap FilmFest on June 26, 2008. Five films by Bootstrap Film members were featured: Little Dove, Open House, Snake Pit, Art Erotica and Mystic Cab. Bootstrap member, BSide powered the film fest website.
This BootRap Podcast includes an introduction by Bootstrap Film Subgroup lead, Brandy Rainey Amstel and a dialogue with the filmmakers: Nils Juul-Hansen (Mystic Cab - director), Jason Howell (Art Erotica), James Mays (Mystic Cab - actor) and Bijoy Goswami (Mystic Cab - writer/actor).
The bootstrap filmmakers share their stories of bootstrapping their films, leveraging social capital with an effective value 10x more than the cash budget, how constraint creates innovation, demo/sell/build, the difference between a “bootstrapper who makes films” vs a “filmmaker who bootstraps,” bootstrap vs indie filmmaking, stages of bootstrap, and distribution.