Jonas talks with Hall Martin – founder of The Austin Entrepreneur Network. In part 2 of their discussion, they discuss the First Look Forum.  The First Look Forum is a regular event put on by AEN and hosted by Tech Ranch that matches Entrepreneurs with potential mentors and investors.  Think of it as Speed Dating for startups.

Jonas talks with Hall Martin, founder of The Austin Entrepreneur Network.  They discuss Hall’s long time involvement in the Austin entrepreneur community.  He has been an active angel investor, director of CTAN – the Central Texas Angel Network, educator and regular blogger.

Alora Chistiakoff is the co-founder and principle of The Indigo Heron Group.  She provides stategy and project management consulting to entrepreneurial teams in Central Texas and  beyond.  She also conducts regular training sessions, including tonight’s SEO Plus Workshop. They discuss personal branding and how to advance both your self and your business through online marketing strategies.  Alora also blogs for Tech Ranch Austin here.

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I took a few minutes to write down the main steps I went through in my transition from corporate executive to venture founder. I presented the two slides here at the ProductCamp in Austin last spring and walked away with the best presentation award. Clearly, it’s not about the graphics

Many of the concepts on this list have found their way into the Venture Forth program that we teach at Tech Ranch.

Jonas Lamis sits down with Austin Gunter – ENFP – and Proprietor of the Tech Ranch Barn Builder Program.  They discuss the launch of BarnBuilders, speed dating for entrepreneurs and how a little idea will change the way 5000 people get their next job in Austin.