Bijoy Goswami is the Founder of the

Bootstrap Network The Bootstrap Network is an organization of entrepreneurs founded in Austin, Texas in 2003 by Bijoy Goswami. The members, who are all founders of companies, give each other advice on building companies, the name referring to starting a company wit ...

and the author of ''The Human Fabric''.

Social models for business

Bijoy Goswami is an entrepreneurial philosopher and promoter known for his ideas on bootstrap

entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values th ...

and social modeling in the context of the development of successful organizations. He is known for developing mental models to help businesses work and grow more efficiently. Bijoy’s models organize complex ideas into paradigms that people and organizations can understand, process and implement into successful projects and project teams. He has published books (''The Human Fabric''), music, plays and film (''Mystic Cab''), communities and web sites. Bijoy’s latest works involve multiple social/entrepreneurial models including MRE, youPlusU and Bootstrap.

Early years

Bijoy Goswami has grown up at the intersection of eastern and western philosophies: he was born in

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, India, moved to Taiwan at age 10, to Hong Kong at 14, and came to the U.S. in 1991 to attend

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, where he studied computer science, economics and history, and completed an honors program in science, technology and society. He also spent a term at

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Book

*''The Human Fabric: Unleashing the Power of Core Energy in Everyone'', Aviri Publishing (2004)

Sources

in Information Week

in Entrepreneur

in US News

in the Austin Business Journal

in Business Week

in Entrepreneur

in Kiplinger

References

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