Time: 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: Italian Conference Center
Phone: 608-442-7557×22; 414-221-3018 (Penny Scheuerman)
Email: sallym@wisconsintechnologycouncil.com; penny.scheuerman@we-energies.com
Web Address: www.wisconsintechnologycouncil.com
Contact: Sally Muller and Penny Scheuerman
Host: WIN Milwaukee and WE Energies
Sponsor: WE Energies
Cost: $25 WIN Members; $35 Non WIN Members (includes copy of book)
Greg, CEO of RightNowTechnologies, will tell how he started his company in 1997, bootstrapped it, and grew it into a $60 million a year enterprise with over 1200 clients including British Airways, Medicare, and Proctor & Gamble. He will also share stories of entrepreneurs profiled in his book that have grown sizable businesses with little or no money.
According to Gianforte, Bootstrappers are less likely to make big, fatal financial mistakes. They don’t waste money; they make it. They initiate the critical sales learning process sooner, not later. Bootstrapping accelerates time-to-market and time-to-profitability and bootstrappers are forced into unconventional thinking. His very personal take is bootstrapping is good, clean fun.
In June of 2003, Ernst & Young awarded Greg the Pacific Northwest 2003 Entrepreneur of the Year for the software category. Gianforte has been profiled inInc,Entrepreneur, andForbes.com. Gianforte regularly counsels other entrepreneurs, and he is an experienced public speaker who gives frequent presentations on bootstrapping and entrepreneurship.For more information on Greg and “Bootstrapping Your Business”, go to www.bootstrapit.com
