CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST Building energybyte.com, Dorobanescu bootstrapped every step of the way. Keeping a good relationship with his former employer, he used that company as a source for early...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST Internet entrepreneur Cristian Dorobantescu estimates the equivalent of just $300 would be enough money to start a software firm in Bacharest today. Dorobanescu ought to...
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Just 17 years after Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu died in front of a firing squad ending 42 years of Communist rule, a Bucharest Internet Entrepreneur says opportunities in his eastern...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST Experts say the trend toward business with social conscience is widespread including an increasing move toward "fair trade" encouraging fair prices, fair labor...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST Styles says the rate paid to the women for their work is four times the usual payment for artisans in their community and has already allowed her sister-in-law to move...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST First, Styles hired a publicist to gain media exposure for her product after another designer referred her. That publicist in turn led her to a patent attorney who helped...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST In fact, Styles said it was not even necessary to pay the models seen in the photos on the company's website launched in late January and currently the source of most...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST Starting any type of business locally seemed problematic due to the economic climate. "It's hard to think of a business you could start in a country that is so...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST According to Wikipedia, Santiago de Cali (Cali for short) is the capital of Valle de Cauca, one of the most important of 32 "departments" making up the Republic...
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After 16 years in sales, Shelli Styles, Bath, OH, was happy with a rewarding career and wasn't looking to start a new business. However, when Styles discovered a way to help her husband's...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST For the small business or overworked executive, Blanche Evans, editor of Realty Times, says the virtual assistant can provide a near perfect solution over hiring new...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST Aday said she is not worried about floating to the top of search engines like Google at first and, though she knows her online presence will give her visibility, she said...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST Zraidi needed few resources to get started besides 20 years experience in the business world, many of those in the international finance department of a global...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST Nor is the phenomenon confined to the U.S., but seems to be international as BBC News reported in September 2000: While there is no doubt of the growing demand for...
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Editor's Note: (This post begins the third in a recurring series of Bootstrapper profiles on bootstrapme.com. If you have a bootstrap entrepreneur you believe we should profile, please get in...
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CONTINUED FROM LAST POST Still, the steady growth experienced by PrintingforLess.com has paid off in the long run. The company moved into a new multi-million facility in June overlooking nearby...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST In the early days while first building his online business, Field had attempted to court the interest of venture capitalists with his idea. "We talked to a couple of...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST A steady cash flow remains crucial to the bootstrapping method since bootstrapping entrepreneurs use cash flow to grow their business instead of outside investment. As...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST The business began specializing in serving the needs of people who didn't necessarily have access to the standard professional printing software, but none-the-less...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST But before long, Field realized that his successful printing business, which at the time was showing an average profit of $80,000 a month, had tapped the local market...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST The story of PrintingforLess.com begins in Livingston, MT, a community of 6,851 situated on the Yellowstone River north of Yellowstone National Park and the seat of Park...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST Praises gush on the company's website reading like fan mail, or as Field suggests "love letters", a testament to the personal service received by customers....
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