Keep Calm and Bootstrap On. Bootstrappers Breakfasts in June 2020 will be held online, please join us as your schedule permits. We have a number of special topics this month that may also be of interest.
Keep Calm and Bootstrap On: June 2020 Online Events for Bootstrappers
“There are plenty of reasons to be pessimistic about our immediate future. […] But things can and may well change. And in the meantime, if not optimistic, we can be hopeful, hope being a state of mind independent of the state of the world. If faith puts us on the road, hope is what keeps us there. It enables us to keep a steady eye on remote ends. It makes us persistent when we can’t be optimistic, faithful when results elude us. For like nothing else in the world, hope arouses a passion for the possible, a determination that our children not be asked to shoulder burdens that we let fall. Hopeful people are always critical of the present but only because they hold such a bright view of the future.
“William Sloane Coffin “A Passion for the Possible” (1993)
We continue to meet online in these pandemic times. Here is a list of all of the on-line Bootstrappers Breakfasts currently scheduled in June 2020. Many of these may start quite early from a Silicon Valley perspective but you are welcome to attend if you are (still) up. All of the events listed are no charge.
Events This Week
Thu-May-28 5:30am PDT / 8:30am EDT East Coast Bootstrappers Breakfast
- Featured Attendee: Rob Fitzpatrick of “The Mom Test” book. Rob joins us from Barcelona where he’ll share his thoughts on assets that founders bring to their companies and how we can develop them further over the course of our entrepreneurial careers. This is an encore for Rob, he was a featured attendee at the May-1-2020 Silicon Valley BB.
- Register (No Charge) https://www.meetup.com/New-York-Bootstrappers-Breakfast-Meetup/events/270645412/
Fri-May-29 9am PDT / Noon EDT Silicon Valley Bootstrappers Breakfast Online
- Our regular roundtable discussion facilitated by Sean Murphy
- Register (No Charge) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mountain-view-bootstrappers-breakfast-tickets-48939411096
Events in June 2020
Fri-June-5 8:30am PDT / 11:30am EDT Silicon Valley BB: “How to Increase Sales”
- Special Topic: How to Increase Sales (3×5 Workshop with Patricia Watkins). Are you looking for ways to increase sales with your existing customers? Patricia Watkins will be our featured attendee, briefing bootstrappers on a powerful way to expand sales with your current customers.
- Detailed Description: https://www.meetup.com/Bootstrappers-Breakfast-SV/events/kjtzkrybcjbhb/
- Register (No Charge): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/palo-alto-bootstrappers-breakfast-tickets-48939062052
Fri-Jun-12 8:30am PDT San Francisco BB Online
- Our regular roundtable discussion facilitated by Jordan Geiman and Priyanka Lalwani
- Register (No Charge) https://www.meetup.com/Bootstrappers-Breakfast-San-Francisco/events/vptpkrybcjbqb/
Tue-June-16 8am PDT / 11am EDT Silicon Valley BB Online “Basics of Podcasting For Bootstrappers”
- Special Topic: Basics of Podcasting for Bootstrappers. Griffin Caprio, CEO of Dante32 and founder of the Chicago chapter of the Bootstrappers Breakfast, is our featured attendee. He will answer questions on the basics of podcasting for bootstrappers. If you are looking to build credibility and trust with prospects, podcasting is one approach you should consider as a bootstrapper.
- Detailed Description: https://www.meetup.com/Bootstrappers-Breakfast-SV/events/mjnbsqybcjbvb/
- Register (No Charge): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunnyvale-bootstrappers-breakfast-tickets-48939209493
- ! Update: See Notes from Griffin Caprio June 16 2020 Briefing on Podcasting
Thu-June-18 6:30am PDT / 8:30am CDT / 9:30am EDT Chicago BB Online
- Our regular roundtable discussion facilitated by Travis Johnson
- Register (No Charge): https://www.meetup.com/Bootstrappers-Breakfast-Chicago/events/rznmrrybcjbxb/
Fri-June-19 8:30am EDT / 5:30am PDT East Coast Bootstrappers Breakfast
- Our regular roundtable discussion facilitated by Mike Krupit
- Register (No Charge): https://www.meetup.com/New-York-Bootstrappers-Breakfast-Meetup/events/271033452/
Fri-June-26 9am PDT / Noon EDT Silicon Valley BB Online “Machine Learning & COVID-19 — Time is of the Essence”
- Special Topic: Machine Learning & COVID-19 — Time is of the Essence. Danilo Tomanovic will cover events including the 2003 SARS Epidemic & aspects of Machine Learning that can be applied to anticipate pandemic risk going forward. This presentation will offer a practical review of key dates & events during this COVID-19 pandemic and offer a fresh perspective on how we may collectively prevent this from happening again on this scale.
- Detailed Description: https://www.meetup.com/Bootstrappers-Breakfast-SV/events/xqhnpqybcjbjc/
- Register (No Charge): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mountain-view-bootstrappers-breakfast-tickets-48939411096
A Note on Online Etiquette at Bootstrappers Breakfasts
- Once you register you will be emailed a Zoom login and granted access to a Google Doc for shared note taking during the breakfast. A copy of the notes will be mailed to all attendees.
- Every attendee will be asked to introduce themselves and talk about what they are working on. It’s polite to keep this to 30 seconds or so. If you have issue you would like to discuss, say “I have an issue I would like to discuss” at the end of your introduction and frame it succinctly. Everyone will have a chance to introduce themselves and the facilitator will make sure the group addresses the issues that were put on the table.
- We ask that you turn your camera on for the event if it’s feasible as it allows people to feel more comfortable sharing challenges and offering perspectives to others. It’s also appropriate to mute yourself if you are not speaking, that way when you unmute the facilitator can invite you to contribute.
- As always CJ Lipe of www.adminologist.com takes part to help keep us organized and on track at the Silicon Valley breakfasts.
Related Blog Posts
- Recap from October 2019 Breakfast in Mountain View on Getting Work Done
- Interview with Kitae Kwon, serial entrepreneur: Startups are like riding a tiger
- Rob Fitzpatrick on Taking a Long Term Approach to Bootstrapping
- Use the Cult of Done Manifesto to Avoid Procrastination and Perfectionism
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