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We've talked before about the importance of social networks on line for the bootstrapper with few financial resources when it comes to reaching customers.
But in an earlier post on the subject m...
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on February 22, 2008
Yep, it sounds crazy, but I've been thinking about this for quite some time.
Heck. In the beginning you might not even need a store.
Here are some thoughts:
• Start with downloads. Before even ...
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on February 17, 2008
We've covered a lot of bootstrap business ideas since we started with this new series in mid-January.
Those ideas have included:
• A café or coffee shop
• An ice delivery service
• A retail busi...
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on February 16, 2008
In an article at How To Advice.com Steve McPherson suggests starting a print shop even in an unused garage or basement can be a great business opportunity with an investment of maybe $300 for the rig...
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on February 16, 2008
Since last month here on BootStrapMe.com we've been focusing increasingly on ideas for new bootstrap business startups.
I hope these are the kinds of simple ideas that could act as catalysts for...
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on February 8, 2008
Declare your undying love for BootStrapMe.com by becoming a fan at our Technorati profile and get free traffic in the bargain.
If you have a business blog and haven't yet created a Technorati pr...
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on January 15, 2008
John L. Herman Jr., in his Herman School of Business, gives us these perils connected to the various forms of bootstrap financing a business:
• Keeping your day job. Working a full-time job and play...
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on January 12, 2008
Bootstrapping is networking...or networking is bootstrapping.
Either way you look at it, building a business without outside investment requires another method of gathering the resources you need.
...
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on January 11, 2008
Susan Schreter, a blogger, startup and small business writer for the Seattle Post-Intellegencer with experience as a small business coach and corporate consultant, has these suggestions about bootstr...
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on January 9, 2008
As suggested in this exchange at StartupNation, there are plenty of cheap options out there for startups providing services at little or no cost.
Examples include:
• Vistaprint.com, a source of free...
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on January 6, 2008
Stefan Topfer CEO and Chairman of WinWeb gives this plug to the beginning of Jason Holden's new series, Small is the New Big.
Stefan's a great supporter of bootstrapping and has some posts o...
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on January 5, 2008
In his latest post leading up to a new book on bootstrapping, Jeff Cornwall, blogger at the Entrepreneurial Mind and director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont University, discusses what ...
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on January 5, 2008
So who is Nathan and what is his style of bootstrapping.
Well I found this great post by programmer and independent contractor Nathan Bowers at his website nathanbowers.com.
It sums up the bootstra...
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on January 4, 2008
In another post on Jeff Cornwall's upcoming book, the author, blogger and director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont University suggests that more than lack of funds may inspire the b...
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on January 3, 2008
As 2008 begins, here are some more tips for bootstrapping your new business in the New Year.
• Join a group. Be it our own Bootstrap Yahoo! Group or MyBlogLog Bootstrapper's Club or the growing ...
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on January 1, 2008
Happy New Year!
Since starting this blog in June 2006, I've talked a lot about the tools and resources needed to bootstrap a business without significant investment.
But what would it take for ...
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on January 1, 2008
For our fifth and final Greatest Hits post for 2007 we go back again to a post from the beginning of the year and an equally great series of links again back to Inc.com.
Here are profiles of eight g...
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on December 30, 2007
From the beginning here at BootStrapMe.com, I've tried to include plenty of tips, ideas and examples for prospective business bootstrappers.
So, in our end of year Greatest Hits series going bac...
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on December 20, 2007
A new book on bootstrap entrepreneurship is on the way from Jeff Cornwall of The Entrepreneurial Mind and director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont University in nashville.
Jeff has sta...
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on December 18, 2007
(Editor's Note) Since 1993, business people in Queensland, Australia's Gold Coast and surrounding communities have participated in the late John Hurd's Business Excellence Breakfasts.
Jo...
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on December 15, 2007
In the past here at BootStrapMe.com I've advocated the importance of on line social networks and communities as a method of marketing on a shoestring budget.
But there is another kind of on line...
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on December 7, 2007
I haven't mentioned it here on the blog yet, but I'll be changing jobs soon.
Now how, if at all, does this effect my efforts as a bootstrapping entrepreneur?
Well, as Dr. Steve Gedeon of Ry...
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on December 1, 2007
If this blog truly is a social networking site, here's how to take the best advantage of the growing community we represent.
It is my hope that interacting with other readers and contributors w...
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on November 25, 2007
Here, from em2 Advertising, is an example of how a small bootstrapper should probably NOT seek to grow his/her company.
However, as Andrew at Wealth Seekers Online points out, growth through re-inve...
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on November 5, 2007
Ckint Jhonson offers these thoughts for using the weblogging trend as the ultimate method for bootstrapping your business.
Why:
• Blogs are more popular with search engines than other websites
• Thi...
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on October 30, 2007
A big problem in business startup and operation remains the possibility of being crushed by debt.
When drafting a business plan a few years ago for a small community newspaper, debt was one of my pa...
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on October 24, 2007
Entrepreneur Bernard Lunn, co-founder of both IQ Resource and iYogi and a player in the pre-Internet creation of Prestel, has a much narrower view of bootstrapping then most.
Here's an overview ...
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on October 22, 2007
So you own a blog or other website and are trying to increase its traffic and its ranking with search engines.
Well, you could pay for a sponsored search on Yahoo! to take you to the top of the page...
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on October 12, 2007
John Casper at MSN Finance has these observations about A Million Bootstraps, the book on microcredit philanthropy from Tulsa business man Phil Smith and microcredit guru Eric Thurman.
Microcredit, ...
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on October 11, 2007
travis Northcutt at flatworldblog and also a contributor on PostRanger.com's Globilization stream, writes this great post about Startup Weekend, a global craze that sticks entrepreneurial types t...
