Bootstrap Austin

50 yr old founders 3x more likely to succeed than 20 yr olds: ⁦@barabasi⁩ ⁦@UnsiloedPodcast⁩ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uns…

Constraint created innovation, Nintendo via @AcquiredFM podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/acq…

Insightful interview w @toddcoerver. Insights: maintain the core while scaling during the transition from founder-led to CEO + founder; company is a tribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

The power of constraints: How Dr. Seuss used only 50 words to write his best-selling book of all time theladders.com/career-advice/…

The Evolution of Austin Tech: A Conversation Between Two Pioneer Entrepreneurs siliconhillsnews.com/2024/10/29/the…

How we built our bootstrapped startup different and sold it for $40M. (Hint: We ignored some myths) - FORTUNE apple.news/Axe88hgp2Rzqpg…

Demo/Sell/Build, Constraint Creates Innovation and many other bootstrap principles

Steve Jobs throws some well-deserved shade at the DOS UI during a NeXTSTEP demo (cued up): youtu.be/rf5o5liZxnA?si…

Join us, @DellTech & @LaunchPadUT on 6/29 for the Austin Startup Ecosystem Summit celebrating Austin’s vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem! RSVP Here 4:30-7:30pm @ Crum Auditorium

Insightful interview with @sfrancisatx on the ATC Podcast hosted by @thomsinger. Scott bootstrapped @bp3global and provides many nuggets of wisdom for founders, including interrogating & developing your startup mental models and gathering them through the companies you work in.

Words of wisdom. The #ATXentScene is coming back to life!

The Bootstrap Film Fest was held on June 26, 2008. Here's the conversation with the filmmakers on the BootRap Podcast: bit.ly/bootfilmfest

Fantastic documentary on Douglas Engelbart, the 20th century father of bootstrapping and modern computing. youtu.be/_7ZtISeGyCY

Founders aren't all-knowing gods and it is bad for everyone, including them, to create a false mythology of their infallibility. Entrepreneurship is a process, conducted by TEAMS. nytimes.com/2022/08/10/bus…

The Great Neal Kocurek was the first ever speaker at Bootstrap Austin, way back in 2003. Thank you, Neal, for sharing your wisdom ❤️ bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/Neal_Kocu…

Maven, Relater or Evangelist? Discover your core energy and that of your cofounder/startup team: aviri.teachable.com/p/maven-relate…

and by "new" we mean "old." Slackpreneurs have been around forever; they just haven't gotten around to telling you about themselves. They abide. 😉

We have a new entrepreneurial type - the slackpreneur - a subset of journey entrepreneurs and on the opposite end of the funded entrepreneurs: urbandictionary.com/define.php?ter…

When funded-entrepreneurship goes terribly wrong and becomes pure grift. Watch this 2015 Stanford interview with the Theranos founder with @theDropoutHulu Series. youtube.com/watch?v=9WsCfq…

Why, yes, yes we do! #constraintcreatesinnovation