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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 •...
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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...
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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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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......
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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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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...
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Blogger Denise Kincy Grier at "Freelancing Journey" reports on this website created to herald Bootstrap Business, about building a successful company with just $5000 in startup capital from...
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I'm still trying to generate some interest in our Bootstrapper's Group on Yahoo! Some associates asked me why a Yahoo! group instead of, say, a larger social community like the Bootstrap...
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For bootstrap entrepreneurs, the same file sharing that has created controversy for large media corporations may aid in distribution of intellectual property which otherwise might be cost prohibitive...
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With a market estimated to reach $49 billion by 2010, the video and DVD industry represents a major business opportunity according to a book about bootstrapping you own video business from home. DV...
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Facebook innovations aside, social networks can be important to bootstrap entrepreneurs operating on line even if they don't allow direct sale of your product or service. Indeed, one of the main...
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Yea, I know. This is what bootstrapping is all about, right? But a week of putting these ideas to use with my own bootstrap startup made me want to check off some of the most helpful again with...
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As most who regularly read this blog must know by now, yesterday we formally announced the launch of PostRanger.com. A few more notes now on the new project which I hope will be more than just a...
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For musicians outside New York State or others who can't participate or have missed past installments of "The Bootstrap Music Series" discussed in the last post, here are some resources...
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Mikem has created this great "lens" on business bootstrapping at Squidoo leading off with a story from The Book of Business Anecdotes about the humble beginnings of The New Yorker. Some...
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Please take a few minutes to consider joining our new Bootstrapper's Group on Yahoo! Since announcing the group last week, we've had some interest including from Austin bootstrapper and...
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Raj Dash has launched a Carnival of Bootstrappers on his evolving bootstrapping blog. The latest had nine interesting entries not all directly on the subject of bootstrap entrepreneurship but...
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I've just put together a long overdue mission statement for BootStrapMe.com and here are some of the high points. The blog will endeavor to: 1. Share important lessons from real life bootstrap...
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Among the most important resources for the bootstrap entrepreneur are an inexpensive way to connect with customers and with other entrepreneurs and a source of inexpensive information when growing...
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