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 information technology veterans Rich Christiansen and Ron E. Porter.


Bootstrapbusiness.org professes to be an on line community allowing bootstrap entrepreneurs the opportunity to share stories and experiences. There's also a blog and an opportunity to preorder Christiansen and Porter's book.

Other books on bootstrapping:

Bootstrapping Your Business: Start and Grow a Successful Company with Almost No Money by Greg Gianforte and Marcus Gibson

The Bootstrapper's Bible by Seth Godin, printed and download version

Bootstrap: Lessons Learned Building a Successful Company From Scratch by Kenneth L. Hess

Light One Candle: A Handbook for Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs by Michael Richards

The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki

Growing a Business by Paul Hawken

Resources on the web:

"The Art of Bootstrapping" by Guy Kawasaki

"The Art of Bootstrapping" and "Bootstrapper's Guide" on Squidoo

Gianforte's bootstrapping site

Brad Feld's "Bootstrapping Top 10 List"

Bootstrapping: techniques to "Extend the Runway" from Kauffman eVenturing