Received an e-mail last week from Bijoy Goswami at the BootStrapper's Network about the Austin Open4Business Conference October 10th at the Wyndham Garden Hotel. Those in the Austin area around...

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...

Bootstrapping your computer application or for that matter other services on the Internet may soon be less about building your own website then about setting up shop within inexpensive high traffic...

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...

A week of launching PostRanger.com has given me some insight into the need for patience with the bootstrap approach. Sure, bootstrapping means you can start your business immediately, but with no big...

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...

There's a new sheriff in town. After many weeks of frustration, sleep deprivation and other bootstrapping pleasures I have finally given my creation life. (Boy, there's a diverse collection...

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...

Musicians in New York State will take the first of three free online courses this week designed to help them bootstrap a music career. The courses are the third in a series from the Alliance of New...

Penelope Trunk has these things to say about one very specific kind of part-time bootstrapping, starting a business from your office cubicle. It's a situation I'm more sympathetic about than...

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...

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...

I'm very excited this morning and wanted to break some of the silence on a new bootstrap venture I've only hinted at in recent posts. Back in July, I announced the launch of the tentatively...

And while we're on the subject of definitions for business bootstrapping from our post yesterday, Matt Rogers founder of Aroxo has written another great one as a guest at Read/Write Web. Matt...

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...

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...

Last month I wrote a couple of posts about the part-time bootstrapper inspired by friend and fellow blogger Cristian Dorobentescue who has done his own writing on the trials and rewards of the...

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...

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,...

As discussed previously here at BootStrapMe, blogging can be an easy and effective way to promote your business without the need for an expensive advertising budget. As a matter of fact, bootstrapper...

For the solo bootstrapper just starting out, time is more valuable than money. Putting the time into a new venture is often crucial in the early phases because you don't have the investment to...