BOOTSTRAPPER BREAKFAST - Key Persons


Brendon Farrell

Brendon Farrell works with innovative companies to help them reduce operating cost and increase revenues. Brendon is an entrepreneur, starting a company in high school and has served in management roles in commercial real estate, a tech company, Classified Ventures and TriNet. Currently at TriNet, Brendon serves approximately 300 clients providing human capital consulting, funding trail metrics, banking relationships, and international build out/operations. Brendon comes from a family of innovators and drinks innovation and new ideas with every meal of the day. Feel free to reach out to Brendon for guidance or to share a "drink of innovation".

Candis J Lipe

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator
  • Founder of Adminologist.Com
Candis J Lipe joins team as HQ Coordinator We are excited to have Candis J Lipe join our team as HQ coordinator. Candis is founder of Adminologist.com where she provides individuals, entrepreneurs and small … Candis J Lipe joins team as HQ Coordinator Read More »

Justin Bacon

Justin Bacon is new to the world bootstrapping. He had the good fortune to be introduced to the work of Steve Blank and Eric Ries in 2009. Since then he has pursued his interest in working within the software tech startup community in his home town of Minneapolis, MN by volunteering to help bring Bootstrappers Breakfast to the Twin Cities. He is excited about participating and helping to facilitate an active community of early stage software entrepreneurs through the Bootstrappers Breakfast meetings while being eager to learn along the way.

Pete Tormey

Pete Tormey is a registered patent attorney who specializes in providing patents for Software, Electronics, Life Science Instrumentation and Business Methods. Pete has co-founded two …

Ramesh Sambasivan

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder and Board Member at ITradeFair.Com, Inc
Ramesh Sambasivan is the co-founder and board member at iTradeFair.com, Inc. a software-as-a-service enhancing enterprise exhibition experiences since 1999. He considers himself a life-long student …

Sarah Gray

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder of MercuryApp.Com
Sarah Gray LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahggray Twitter: @fablednet Sarah Gray is the co-founder of MercuryApp.com She is a technical co-founder and entrepreneur with a background in theater …

Sean Murphy

Job Titles:
  • CEO of SKMurphy, Inc
  • Founder of Bootstrappers Breakfast
  • Founder of Bootstrappers Breakfast, Has Taken an Entrepreneurial Approach to Life since He Could Drive. He Has Served As an Advisor to Dozens
Sean Murphy, founder of Bootstrappers Breakfast, has taken an entrepreneurial approach to life since he could drive. He has served as an advisor to dozens of startups, helping them explore new options and bring their businesses to new levels. His firm, SKMurphy, focuses on early customers and early revenue for software startups, helping engineers to understand business development. His clients have offerings in electronic design automation, artificial intelligence, web-enabled collaboration, proteomics, text analytics, legal services automation, and medical services workflow.

Steven Moody

Job Titles:
  • Entrepreneur, Steven Works in Online Marketing by Day I365, and Develops Niche Web Businesses at Night, StevenMoody.Com . at I365, a
Steven Moody, a modern entrepreneur, Steven works in online marketing by day i365, and develops niche web businesses at night, StevenMoody.com . At i365, A Seagate Company, Steven is responsible for Google AdWords initiatives. When he isn't paying the bills, Steven launches web businesses, and is currently developing two in the travel and music industries. If you have a patent for a medical device providing optimal caffeine intake, he can be reached at narcoleptic@stevenmoody.com Steven is currently working on a MBA from San Jose State.

Tim Kennedy

Job Titles:
  • Business and Legal Counsel
Tim Kennedy provides business and legal counsel to entrepreneurs and startups. His firm, Law Office of Timothy I. Kennedy provides entity formation, intellectual property strategy, drafting and reviewing contractual agreements. Tim is an experienced business professional who decided to go to law school. He spent years working as a Financial Analyst and Business Analyst for Juniper Networks, NetScreen Technologies and Franklin Templeton Group. This experience has cultivated flexibility in his approach to business problems, a flexibility which can help you in your efforts to establish and grow your business.

Tim Montague

Job Titles:
  • Business Consultant
Tim Montague LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tgmontague Twitter: https://twitter.com/CUSBDC Tim Montague is a business consultant and technology entrepreneurship specialist with the SBDC in Champaign-Urbana, home of the flagship …