Roundup of events for bootstrappers in February 2025. Online and in-person events are offered at $10.
Roundup of February 2025 Bootstrapper Events
We offer online events for bootstrappers including Bootstrappers Breakfast and Lean Culture. There are also in-person Bootstrapper Breakfast meetings in Las Vegas, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. These events are for “entrepreneurs who eat problems for breakfast.”®
We have eleven events this month to help you move your business forward. Join us as your interests dictate and schedule permits.
Are you an entrepreneur who’d like to share lessons learned? If you’ve a reached a milestone in your entrepreneurial journey and would like to share lessons learned, please contact Theresa Shafer (tshafer@skmurphy.com) to explore scheduling a short briefing at a Bootstrapper Breakfast or a talk at a Lean Culture event. You must have attended a Bootstrapper Breakfast or Lean Culture event to be considered.
Tues Feb 4 9:00 am PST Las Vegas Bootstrappers Breakfast (In Person) Mothership Coffee – New Location
https://www.meetup.com/bootstrappers-breakfast-las-vegas-startups/events/305800302/
Tues Feb 4 12:00 pm PST Drop-In Mastermind for Non-Fiction Writing https://www.meetup.com/skmurphymastermind/events/305635132/
Writing a business book or a blog? Join our non-fiction writers group of similarly minded small biz folks where we can keep each other motivated and accountable. Each attendee will have a chance to share a short piece (500-1,000 words) by reading it aloud or providing access to a google doc or emailing other attendees to get feedback. We do this every mastermind session.
Weds Feb 5 11:00 am PST / 1:00 pm CST / 2:00 EST Lean Culture: Entrepreneurial Lessons: How Chris Christensen Turned Podcasting into A Thriving Business
https://www.meetup.com/lean-culture/events/304169400/
Join us for an engaging talk with Chris Christensen where he’ll share valuable lessons learned from his entrepreneurial journey. Discover his podcasting tips for reaching a global audience, leveraging content creation, audience engagement, and digital marketing strategies to build a sustainable brand.
About Chris Christensen: Chris is the creator of AmateurTraveler.com. Amateur Traveler is a popular online travel podcast and blog that focuses primarily on travel destinations. The Amateur Traveler is 19+ years old. The Amateur Traveler podcast was downloaded over 2 million times in 2023.
Chris has won a Travel Creator Award, a Lowell Thomas Award, 5 NATJA awards, and a SMITTY Award from Travel+Leisure as the “best independent travel journalist.”
He has worked for years in technology startups in Silicon Valley. He was formerly the Director of Engineering for TripAdvisor’s New Initiatives group and was the EVP Engineering at LiveWorld where his team built and ran online communities and events for companies including eBay, HBO, TV Guide, Expedia, Marriott, A&E, History Channel, the NBA, NBC, ABC, Disney, Microsoft, WebTV and American Express.
Thurs Feb 6 8:00 am PST Mastermind Open House https://www.meetup.com/skmurphymastermind/events/304769951/
Fri Feb 7 9:00 am PST Silicon Valley Bootstrappers Breakfast (In Person) Downtown San Jose
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bootstrappers-breakfast-in-downtown-san-jose-tickets-215740344177
Fri Feb 14 9:00 am PST San Francisco Bootstrappers Breakfast Startups at CityGroup Center (In Person)
https://www.meetup.com/bootstrappers-breakfast-san-francisco/events/305294860/
Tues Feb 18 8:00 am PST Silicon Valley Bootstrappers Breakfast (Online)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/silicon-valley-bootstrappers-breakfast-online-2024-tickets-1200389871419
Thurs Feb 20 8:30 am CST Chicago Bootstrappers Breakfast (Online)
https://www.meetup.com/bootstrappers-breakfast-chicago/events/304560800/
Fri Feb 21 9:00 am PST Mtn View Bootstrappers Breakfast at Red Rock Coffee (In Person)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mountain-view-bootstrappers-breakfast-tickets-262928394907
Weds Feb 26 11:00 am PST / 1:00 pm CST / 2:00 EST Lean Culture: How to Drive Innovation and Meet Commitments
https://www.meetup.com/lean-culture/events/304169476/
Innovation requires experimentation that allows for the possibility of failure but the whole point of creating a program commitment process is to avoid failure.
How do you as an engineering manager or executive:
- Reconcile the need or experimentation to drive new capability development with the absolute requirement to meet your commitments to customers, partners, upper management and other departments.
- Leverage a product portfolio to run experiments to minimize risk for future programs?
- Sell and deploy new capabilities throughout engineering?
What questions can you as an engineering manager or executive ask to understand the scope of the risk?
Jeff Allison will present lessons learned from working with early adopters in a fast cycle or rapid prototyping approach that anticipates the need for a scalable reliable development process and lays the groundwork for it.
Fri Feb 28 9:00 am PST Silicon Valley Bootstrappers Breakfast (Online)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/silicon-valley-bootstrappers-breakfast-online-2024-tickets-1200391034899
Lightning Round Question for January 2025
Are there any online groups you think other entrepreneurs might find useful?
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