Bootstrappers Breakfast Welcomes Venkatesh Rao in Sunnyvale July 19, 2011

Bootstrappers Breakfast(R) is pleased to welcome Venkatesh Rao in Sunnyvale. Mr. Rao will join us for a brief discussion on his thesis from his book: Tempo: Implications of Narrative Driven Decision Making for Startups.

"Narrative-Driven Decision Making for Startups"
Startups already make limited use of narrative concepts such as "Product Market Fit" (a classic example of a tempo shift in a story) to make sense of their evolving, chaotic, roller-coaster experiences. Narrative thinking can arm us with a far richer vocabulary of concepts to help make sense of the entrepreneurial journey and manage it more thoughtfully. I will introduce some of the more intuitive and basic concepts, such as archetypes, doctrines and tempo epochs, and challenge breakfast attendees to assess their experiences, current state and future prospects using those concepts.

Venkatesh (Venkat) writes a blog (Ribbonfarm) http://ribbonfarm.com looking at topics such as philosophy, art, sociology, and business innovation and technology from unusual perspectives. He also consults, does research and has recently published his book Tempo. http://tempobook.com The book has been praised by many including, John Hagel, co-author of The Power of Full who notes "Tempo is highly original and engaging...In a world where timing is increasingly central to success...an essential read."

For first time attendees. The breakfast starts at 7:30am and ends at 9am. There is a nominal fee plus the cost of your meal + 20% tip; we get the "back room" to ourselves. The other attendees will all be in early stage high-tech startups, it will be a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. www.bootstrappersbreakfast.com

Bring some questions, join the discussion and meet other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems for Breakfast(R)

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