Bootstrapper 发布 2026 年 11 月活动汇总

Roundup of events for bootstrappers in November 2026. Online and in-person events are offered at $10.

We offer online events for bootstrappers including Bootstrappers Breakfast and Lean Culture. There are also in-person Bootstrapper Breakfast meetings in Las Vegas, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. These events are for “entrepreneurs who eat problems for breakfast.”®

Are you an entrepreneur who’d like to share lessons learned?  If you’ve a reached a milestone in your entrepreneurial journey and would like to share lessons learned, please contact Theresa Shafer (tshafer@skmurphy.com) to explore scheduling a short briefing at a Bootstrapper Breakfast or a talk at a Lean Culture event. You must have attended a Bootstrapper Breakfast or Lean Culture event to be considered.

Weds Nov 4 9:30 am PST Mastermind Open House https://www.meetup.com/skmurphymastermind/events/316997490/

Who sees your blind spots first? Clients, customers or trusted peers? Learn how a group of trusted peers can give you an extra competitive advantage in your business. This is an open house meeting to get your questions answered about what’s involved in an SKMurphy Mastermind and meet others who are considering joining. See also “Masterminds Help Founders with Empathy, Feedback, and Follow-Through”

Thurs Nov 5 8:30 am CST Chicago Bootstrappers Breakfast (Online)

https://www.meetup.com/bootstrappers-breakfast-chicago/events/317006841

Fri Nov 6 9:00 am PST Silicon Valley Bootstrappers Breakfast (In Person) Redwood City

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bootstrappers-breakfast-in-redwood-city-for-silicon-valley-founders-tickets-1963668317799

Tues Nov 10 9:00 am  PST Vegas Bootstrappers Breakfast Roundtable (In Person) The Coffee Press

https://www.meetup.com/bootstrappers-breakfast-las-vegas-startups/events/316696652

Fri Nov 13 9:00 am PST San Francisco Bootstrappers Breakfast Startups at CityGroup Center (In Person)

https://www.meetup.com/bootstrappers-breakfast-san-francisco/events/316915217/

Tues Nov 17 8:00 am PST Silicon Valley Bootstrappers Breakfast (Online)

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/silicon-valley-bootstrappers-breakfast-online-tickets-488376135167

Weds Nov 18 11:00 am PDT / 1:00 pm CDT / 2:00 EDT Lean Culture: You Have Plenty of Time to Do Everything

https://www.meetup.com/lean-culture/events/317167983/

Most productivity systems are designed to help you manage your time, but for many self-directed workers, especially those juggling several projects at once, time may not be the resource that is the most scarce. Behavioral economists have found that attention, (ie. your ability to focus and think well) is a finite resource in and of itself. As your attention drains throughout the day, your work gets more difficult as your output gets worse.

Join 15+ year parallel entrepreneur Adam Starrh as he walks through what he’s learned about intentionally managing his attention alongside his time. Examine the hidden costs of decision-making, how managing context can make you more attention-efficient, and how to deal with the largest attention tax of all: uncertainty. If you’ve ever felt like you had plenty of capacity for something when you started, but couldn’t find room for it once it got difficult, you may actually be running out of something other than time…

Fri Nov 20 9:00 am PST Mtn View Bootstrappers Breakfast at Red Rock Coffee (In Person)

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mountain-view-bootstrappers-breakfast-tickets-262928394907

Fri Nov 27 9:00 am PST Silicon Valley Bootstrappers Breakfast (Online)

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/silicon-valley-bootstrappers-breakfast-online-tickets-48837613516

Bill Grosso gave a great briefing on Startups After AI at last month’s Lean Culture. His perspective is that AI is best understood not as a revolutionary new form of intelligence, but as the latest in a long line of productivity-enhancing technologies. Like compilers or garbage collection before it, AI dramatically increases what skilled engineers can accomplish. The real disruption comes from how this changes the economics of startups.

Differentiating from ChatGPT/Claude is a key challenge many AI startups face as the frontier labs continue to raise the bar. How do you differentiate from Claude is a question any AI startup must be prepared to answer.

Carlota Perez argues in “What is AI’s place in History” that AI is actually a continuation of the ICT build-out started by microprocessor in the 1970s. This would be good news if true.

John Batelle does a gloss on Perez’ analysis in “AI is a turning point, not a revolution” and provides context from her book “Technology Revolutions and Financial Capital.”

Lightning Round Question for November 2026

What are three mistakes you keep making that you will reduce or eliminate in Q4?

These could be bad habits, mistaken assumptions you keep making, or traps you keep falling into. As entrepreneurs, we continue to plan new initiatives, projects, habits, etc.. but we also need to organize the abandonment of things that are holding us back or no longer effective.

“Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits.”

Benjamin Franklin

Trademarks: “Bootstrapper Breakfast” and “Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast” are registered trademarks of SKMurphy, Inc.

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