Bootstrappers Anonymous

April 10, 2012 • San Francisco, CA

Why

•VC-funded

•Bootstrapped

•mentors for the funded only

Hosts

• Jonathan Yankovich

• Joe Mellin

Hosts

• Jonathan Yankovich

• Joe Mellin

Hypothesis

• People want to receive content related to their startup’s success.

• People want a group to hold them accountable to their startup’s success.

Tonight’s Format

•Concerns & Goals

•Minipanel

•Group Share

•Discussion

Concerns

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Goals1 week, 6 weeks, 6 months

Hypothesis #1

Minipanel

Minipanel

•What would you liketo know more about?

Minipanel

•Who knows about that?Three people

Minipanel10 minutes

Hypothesis #2

Accountability6 teams / group

Accountability

• What is your biggest problem today?

• What did you do in the past 7 days to solve it?

• What will you do in the next 7 days to solve it?

Discussion

Next Meetup

• Two Weeks From Tonight

Tuesday, April 24 6:30pm - 7:30pm (possibly 8:00pm)

Resources

• Lean Startup, Erik Ries (book)

• Noob Guide to Online Marketing (post)

• Startups For The Rest Of Us (podcast)

• Ent. Guide to Customer Dev. (book)

• Blogs

• steveblank.com (Steve Blank)

• startuplessonslearned.com (Erik Ries)