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The IEEE Central Texas Consultants Network is an affinity group of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) Region 5 Central Texas Section.
Objective
The Consultants Network promotes the development of members' careers through professional and social networking, including publicizing members' skills and sharing potential professional opportunities, and supports the IEEE Central Texas Section.
Meetings
The Consultants Network meets monthly. Except when meeting jointly with other groups, the Consultants Network meets on the third Wednesday of each month starting at 6:00 p.m. at the China Star Restaurant, which requires a $5.00 minimum charge per person (that may be applied toward purchases) and is located in Austin at 6134 Highway 290 East, on the westbound access road just east of Interstate Highway 35.
Meetings usually begin with informal networking from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., followed by presentations from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. by experts in marketing, sales, advertising, financial or legal needs of small businesses and special needs of consultants.
Next Meeting
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009: networking at 6:00 p.m., business and program from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
(Please note the new meeting day for 2009: 4th Wednesday of the month.) |
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| Topic: | From Employee to Entrepreneur |
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| Abstract: | Do you have an idea for the next insanely great product or service? Are you having a hard time figuring out how you can step away from your current gig to launch your venture? Or perhaps, you have recently found yourself without a tech-sector job, and want to give entrepreneurship an honest try? Kevin Koym of Tech Ranch Austin will discuss how a successful engineer/consultant can become a successful entrepreneur. |
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| Speaker: | Kevin Koym |
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| Speaker Bio: | Kevin Koym is Founder and CEO of Enterprise Teaming LLC, an Austin business incubator. Kevin is also Chief Architect of Bootstrap Austin, a 600+ member entrepreneur community, and has founded two other entrepreneur networks in Austin in 2002 and in 1997, as well as building technology entrepreneur networks across the countries of Mexico and Chile. For more information, see http://www.techranchaustin.com. |
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| Location: | China Star Restaurant, 6134 Hwy 290 E, Austin TX |
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| Directions: | Westbound access road of 290E, just east of IH 35 |
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| Cost: | $5.00 minimum charge for the restaurant. Supper is at optional extra cost. |
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| Reservations: | Not required. All interested parties are invited to attend. |
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For more information, contact the Central Texas Consultants Network.
Do a friend a favor: bring a colleague to help us grow the Consultants Network attendance.
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