A social experiment. The Austin Equation at work.

A Bootstrapping Journey

It all started in 1994

Technology Consultancy

Digital Media

Digital Media

3d animation and digital video

Global Tradeshows

Streaming Digital Audio SaaS

Get Heard.org

Global Web Consultancy

FG SQUARED Moves to 6th Street

The Good Ol Days

Web 2.0 – Here comes everybody

Online Collaboration

Remote Workforce

WFH

Future of Innovation

IA09 Showcases Austin’s Talent and Legacy

WTF

The Birth of GoLab

Reboot Did Not Happen Overnight

17 years of History Weighing Us Down

Purpose Driven Leadership(Stewardship)

Connecting my passion (entrepreneurship and stewardship)

withWhat I’m really good at

(connecting people, heavy lifting, rebootstrapping)

Bootstrappers are an underserved community!

Rebootstrap Requires a Cultural Change

“If you are going to change a culture, you have to change the conversation”

-Peter Block, Karl Krumm, Earl Maxwell

-Note the five conversations of community- Gifts, Possibility, Ownership, Doubts and

Dissent, Accountability

Asset vs. Expense

Problem Solving vs Community Building

What is Community at GoLab

WTF?

Harvesting Social Capital

Strong Coffee

Shared Infrastructure

Lunch and Learn

Barter / Exchange

Business Development

Inclusive Co-Marketing

Have Fun

Comingle with other scenes inside FG SQUARED

Cultural Diversity

CoffeeExchange IdeasProductivityBaby boomers and Gen XFamilyExpectations based on

real experiencesClient Service

Fun LovingGen Y and MillenialSingleExpectations based

on youthful idealsInnovation

Ecosystem of Innovators

Social Media FeedsElearningSocial buyingMobile, QR, .NET, C#Creative digital media and print designFacebook, Wordpress, and Jive platform customizationOnline ticketingOnline community managementNetwork securityInvestment capitalClean economic development

Coworking HandbookMembership List – resident, flex, drop-in, newcomerBuilding SecurityConference RoomMailHVACMaking CoffeeDishwasherFacilities MaintenancePrivate Conversation AreasSocializing in Common AreasWhiteboardsColor printingRecycling

Employees vs Coworking Members

I used to pay people to sit in that desk, now they are paying me to sit there.

The future of work is harnessing the many corporations of one or a few for the collective good.

Studio Cosmos

A harmonious studio universe. They are ever-changing and always with a grander plan in the works. At times in seeming disorder, but always flowing in the direction of order and progress.

--- Jolyn Janis

Discussion

Experience + Community = Scene