Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5521746 Have you got a blog with a need for posts on bootstrapping or more broadly entrepreneurship? I'm seeking the opportunity to do some guest blogging on...
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For those of you new to this site, I thought I'd take just a few minutes to explain again what all of this is about and how it got started. My name is Shawn Hessinger and though I currently......
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© no copyright info I've often argued that trade is a bit like gravity. We may quarrel about how the benefits are distributed-how much should go to those who do the trading, to those who create...
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I've tried this kind of interaction before with readers of this blog and have always been pleased with the results. So I'm hoping fellow bloggers and entrepreneurs will join me again for a...
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Vikas Sehgal, co-founder and CEO of Nagarro Inc., built his company mainly by starting with skilled people and using the money his company earned to hire more, according to IndUS Business Journal...
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This great comment from Miles at College Mogul reminds us of the importance of hunger especially to the bootstrapping entrepreneur. That hunger I believe most prospective entrepreneurs probably share...
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Tim Berry's post "Does investment make the venture?" can also remind us of another major difference between the bootstrapped business and the business that receives outside funding....
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You bet it is...at least in my book! Tim Berry asks (and answers) this fundamental question in his post "Does investment make the venture?". Though I'm not sure I like Tim's seeming...
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Our growing list of bootstrap business startup ideas here at BootStrapMe has certainly been drawing attention...and even a little criticism at times. So here, without further adieu, is the full menu...
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And on the day before the New Year, here are some links to posts we provided last year around this time. Classics again from Inc.com all showing great examples of bootstrapping success continuing our...
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Simeon Simeonov thinks so. A key innovator at Polaris Venture Partners, a venture capital firm with offices in Boston and Seattle, Simeonov believes there is a "third way" between...
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Romanian blogger and entrepreneur Cristian Dorobantescu asks the questions: • What is the minimum amount it would take to make you feel OK about your entrepreneurship? • What is the most...
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I wasn't quite prepared for this last week when I walked into the office and discovered the media outlet I work for is expanding into video on the web with sweat equity put in by the photo staff...
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This post was inspired by a question from a member of our newly established Bootstrapper's Group on Yahoo! And it occurred to me that a refresher on what bootstrapping means, at least within the...
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So, why would a company that's already made the leap from bootstrapped startup to successful business want to keep using the bootstrapping process as it moves forward? Well, in the video below,...
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Family financing can be one option when bootstrapping your startup venture according to this article from "Startup Nation". But managing a family owned or operated business may require a...
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Austin-based entrepreneur and knowledge management expert Bijoy Goswami talks about three complimentary energies or personalities that come together to form the team that pushes the bootstrap venture...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST So how about you? What's your purple cow? There may be no better way to develop a unique brand than to take one or more of your personal passions, political or...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST Yes, edgy is where it's at. Back to Godin: The idea is pretty simple-find a small group that cares, give them something remarkable and make it easy to tell their...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST Both Blackney and Kraus, whether consciously or unconsciously, followed Godin's advice for marketing, tailor made for the bootstrapper who can't afford to reach...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST For Blackney, an investment in time more than money, figuring out her product and developing the relationships and team needed to make her effort a success, proved most...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST While working in Vermont and later as a deck hand on a charter sale boat in Provincetown, MA, at the tip of Cape Cod from September to October 2006, Kraus saved money...
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST In fact, in what Kraus described as a case of "post college follies" after graduating from Wesleyan University, Middleton, Conn. With a degree in psychology and...
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