Patrick Thompson Is All About Helping Startups Succeed

Pat Thompson spends most of his time helping early-stage companies create their communication strategies. He started his career doing PR/Marketing for emerging technology companies in San Francisco and went on the be the editor of the North American Region for a tech publication called CoinGeek.com before diving head-first into the world of early-stage start-up investing and support at two start-up incubators. Afterward, he launched the Bootstrap First incubator, helping idea-stage founders and pre-revenue businesses in the Philadelphia area go from initial concept to early adopter launch in 100 days. Pat still helps a few early-stage founders on their journey to early adopter launching and growth but is currently spending most of his time doing communications about consumer-facing artificial intelligence for a media agency in London as he prepares to take his next step in his career (entering law school in fall 2025 so that he can better-help businesses navigate their legal obstacles). If Pat isn't spending his time learning about new technologies and business frameworks, then he is probably roasting coffee, collecting watches, snowboarding somewhere on the east coast, or watching college basketball. Key Moments [05:14] "First Job at Verma Media" [09:38] Startup Sympathies: Lessons Learned [10:16] Bootstrap Incubator for Early Startups [13:46] Empathy-Driven Problem Solving Find Patrick Online https://www.linkedin.com/in/bootstrappat/ If you’re enjoying Entrepreneur’s Enigma, please give me a review on the podcast directory of your choice. The show is on all of them and these reviews really help others find the show. iTunes: https://gmwd.us/itunes Podchaser: https://gmwd.us/podchaser TrueFans: https://gmwd.us/truefans Also, if you’re getting value from the show and want to buy me a coffee, go to the show notes to get the link to get me a coffee to keep me awake, while I work on bringing you more great episodes to your ears. →  https://gmwd.us/buy-me-a-coffee or support me on TrueFans.fm → https://gmwd.us/truefans. Follow Seth Online: Seth | Digital Marketer (@s3th.me) Seth Goldstein | LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/sethmgoldstein Seth On Mastodon: https://indieweb.social/@phillycodehound Seth's Marketing Junto Newsletter: https://MarketingJunto.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices