We have six Silicon Valley Bootstrapper Breakfasts in December 2010; they are taking place in Milpitas, San Francisco, Sunnyvale (twice) and Dublin.
Bootstrapper Breakfasts in December 2010
We have added two Holiday Bootstrapper Breakfasts in the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, continuing a tradition started two years ago of running two breakfasts that week at 9am. Any of these December breakfasts are a great opportunity to take some time to not only recap 2010 but also look forward for 2011. Your plans should factor in continued economic difficulties in 2011.
Here is the Silicon Valley schedule for the rest of the year:
- Fri-Dec-10-2010 Milpitas 7:30am register
- Fri-Dec-17-2010 San Francisco (Sandbox Suites 567 Sutter) 8am register
- Tue-Dec-21-2010 Sunnyvale 7:30am register
- Thu-Dec-23-2010 Dublin/Pleasanton 7:30am register
- Mon-Dec-27-2010 Mountain View (Holiday) 9am register
- Thu-Dec-30-2010 Sunnyvale (Holiday) 9am register
There are also breakfasts scheduled in Chicago at Cafe 300 in the Loop on Wed-Dec-29-2010 and in Minneapolis on Thu-Dec-16-2010.
What to Expect at a Bootstrappers Breakfast
- We sit in a circle, not in a classroom or lecture format. In contrast to most meetings where there is a speaker or a panel that sits facing the audience, Bootstrappers Breakfast® meetings are conducted in a roundtable discussion format where everyone is part of the roundtable. Anyone can ask for assistance, contribute insights, and take part.
- The “networking” at a Bootstrappers Breakfast normally occurs after the formal part of the meeting, after folks have had a chance to get acquainted and understand each other.
- We don’t focus on fundraising, on how to approach an investor, or what you will do once you have secured funding. However, we do compare notes on the practical challenges of growing a business organically.
- We welcome the entrepreneurially curious, first time entrepreneurs, and serial entrepreneurs. We just ask that they be thoughtful in their approach and interested in taking part in serious conversations.
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