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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Tom Pick over at WebMarketCentral mentioned BootStrapMe.com in a discussion of great social sites left off VirtualHosting's top 100 social blogs. Here's the recap on the Social Media blog....
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sacred archetypal mystical art is inspiring a growing otaku among sophisticated collectors, or so says Denise Alvarado, Voodoo Mama of The Mystic Voodoo and an artist and spiritualist. Created with...
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Consultant Sean Murphy offers these thoughts on business plans for bootstrappers based in turn on comments from Will Karmishlian at both Pelle Braendgaard's and this blog. Murphy suggests:...
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Some interest has already begun over my post asking bootstrapping entrepreneurs to share their success stories here at BootStrapMe.com. I'm hoping to have some great guest posts soon and of...
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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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Part of the bootstrapping mystique as suggested by startup evangelist Greg Gianforte is not having to wait for that investment money to get your venture rolling. If you go the Bootstrapping route,...
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Here's a thought for the day after Thanksgiving while enjoying leftovers from your holiday feast. Raj Dash, who blogs regularly at Internet Ultrageek, mentions these other ways of looking at the...
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Here's a little holiday story about a man who did something extraordinary. A friend of mine runs a family turkey farm raising the same old ordinary turkeys his father had before him. One day he...
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Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking and The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, a book tremendously important to new ideas about...
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Last month I blogged on VC innovator Simeon Simeonov's concept of a "third way" for bootstrappers and venture capital firms to interact at the earliest stages of launching a new...
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Hi. I'm Shawn Hessinger, editor here at BootStrapMe.com on the Creative Weblogging Network. Are you a bootstrapping entrepreneur? Have you successfully bootstrapped a company from startup to...
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Choosing the product or service you plan to bootstrap may be just as important or more than what you do next. Accountant Dan Lutchansky gives this great overview on what to consider when going into...
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As mentioned previously here at BootStrapMe.com, social networking can be an important resource for the bootstrapping on line entrepreneur as a method of marketing with little or no cost. Of course,...
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There has been plenty in the business blogosphere of late including here at BootStrapMe about what I will call blogstrapping, the technique of using a blog to jump start a bootstrapped business at...
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As business coach Stefan Topfer suggests all entrepreneurs should routinely attempt a fresh and distanced prospective even of their own enterprise in order to ride the trends and take advantage of...
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erin Hattaway at Everest Web SEO, whose post on white boards I was talking about yesterday here at BootStrapMe.com, has also contributed these great thoughts on managing a team. Erin's...
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Startup guru Guy Kawasaki says it best: The theory is that profits are the key to survival. If you could pay the bills with theories, this would be fine. The reality is that you pay bills with cash,...
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Uber marketer Seth Godin has good news for bootstrap entrepreneurs. Paying millions for television ads is no longer the key to getting the masses to purchase your product, Godin told those gathered...
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O.K. So now that I've got you're attention, here's a look at Greg Go's great list of excuses at LifeRemix that can stop you from ever realizing your dream of starting a business...
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An article last week in the Toronto Gazette reinforced an idea that commonly comes up in conversations on bootstrapping. In Canada as here in the States, it's better to bootstrap to get your...
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It's true the bootstrapping entrepreneur starts with little outside capital to build a company. What he/she does have is effort, good old sweat equity, and that effort should be directed pretty...
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Just signed up for the beta of a new person-to-person trading exchange called Aroxo, a bootstrapped enterprise by entrepreneur Matt Rogers. Here's more on Matt's own recipe for bootstrapping...
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