Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Courtney Weittenhiller Travel industry entrepreneur Chicke Fitzgerald is one of numerous contributors to a new "Bootstrap Business" book due out this spring....
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Magdalena Duczkowska Once the wave of exuberance over starting a new bootstrap business passes giving way to a lot of hard work accompanied by occasional disappointment,...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Rafal Zdeb I've received a few very nice comments over the last couple of days about this blog and how it has been helpful to readers. Thanks to all of you for...
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© .craig As mentioned in my previous post, bootstrappers know there are more important things than outside capital investment when it comes to building a company: cash flow for example. My own...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, mustafa deliormanli Social media guru Dawn Foster has this great post on taking your venture "from side project to startup." Interestingly, some of the ideas...
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If you want to know what other bootstrappers around the world are up to, why not let Google keep track. Using a service like Google Alerts to create your own bootstrap business feed is one great way...
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© visulogik From the legendary Paul Revere to modern "connectors" who become catalysts for change and exchange, author Malcolm Gladwell argues at least part of what causes an idea to spread...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6219339 CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST Not just a bootstrapping tool, LeadVine is a bootstrapped venture itself. At last check, the site boasted 169 users, 74...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Justin Horrocks It's the basic idea behind our MySpace Group, and, I guess, the idea behind bootstrapping itself. Why wait to start that business you've always...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Kateryna Govorushchenko O.K., so there are reasons every entrepreneur might be intimidated by the bootstrapping approach. I've committed to bootstrapping the startup...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, kutay tanir It's something I've seen plenty of with my current employer. Smart growth even at most established companies these days often means using existing...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Sean Locke Here are some questions you might ask to determine whether the business you'd like to start is a good candidate for bootstrapping. 1. Is it a service? A...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Aliaksandr Autayeu Managing cash flow is key to any bootstrapping effort. But how do you take a good idea, no matter how viable, and turn it into a working business...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Brandon Alms (Editor's Note: Continued from the PREVIOUS POST) Here are some more great ideas from The Bootstrap Babes on how to boost your profit margin without...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Loic Bernard The Bootstrap Babes have these great suggestions for increasing your profit margin without spending more money. Here are the first five with some of my...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, nicole waring A post here from an unusual source suggests women entrepreneurs may be as discriminated against when seeking funding as they have been in the workplace....
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I've been thinking recently about the fact that I don't always define my terms here at Bootstrapme.com quite as much as perhaps I should. In part, this is due to the fact that blog posts,...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Dan Bachman CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST Here are more ingredients for bootstrapping success from Thomas Frey at Impact Lab: • Transition to your business. Start with...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Mario Ragma Jr. There are many possible ingredients for bootstrapping success. In this post at Impact Lab, Thomas Frey offers his own recipe including some twists you...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Andy Dean Carl Jongsma raises the interesting question of what the ethics should be for a part-time bootstrapper when business interests intersect with those of an...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Galina Barskaya A recent question raised on The Business of Software forum at the Joel on Software site emphasizes the importance of bootstrapping particularly for those...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Tan Wei Ming Many will tell you, like this recent post from Zoony Interactive, that one of the keys to business success is capitalization: Although the term...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6191773 I was recently reminded of the competitive advantages of the bootstrapping approach after coming across a recent reposting of one of the articles here at...
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