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For the small business or overworked executive, Blanche Evans, editor of Realty Times, says the virtual assistant can provide a near perfect solution over hiring new empl...
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Aday said she is not worried about floating to the top of search engines like Google at first and, though she knows her online presence will give her visibility, she said...
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Zraidi needed few resources to get started besides 20 years experience in the business world, many of those in the international finance department of a global engineerin...
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Nor is the phenomenon confined to the U.S., but seems to be international as BBC News reported in September 2000:
While there is no doubt of the growing demand for virtu...
Editor's Note: (This post begins the third in a recurring series of Bootstrapper profiles on bootstrapme.com. If you have a bootstrap entrepreneur you believe we should profile, please get in touc...
And now another little experiment in the networking power of blogging.
Back in May, I posted this idea for an online mail order business combining Tiki and African art and décor and 50's vintage ...
Needed: One air conditioner, 6000 BTUs, highest possible energy efficiency, to fit a window measuring 24 by 20 inches to help with climate control in converting an upstairs attic into a home Internet ...
Not every exercise in bootstrapping involves starting a small software firm or service business.
Meet Maggie Burns, struggling TV writer, proofer and avid knitter.
Maggie authors the Bootstrap Produ...
A new website set to launch Thursday says it will offer video and digital cameras and other consumer electronics from China for worldwide wholesale in very low quantity.
An initial e-mail on the Sell...
Editor's Note: ('Bootstrapper Tips' is a new feature here at bootrapme.com offering advice to bootstrap entrepreneurs from a variety of sources.
Tom Pick is the creator of WebMarketCentra...
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However, in notes prepared for Marcus Gibson, co-author of Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money, written with
RightNow Te...
For those who view venture capitalists and bootstrappers as existing at opposite ends of the entrepreneurial spectrum, here are 10 thoughts from an August 2004 post by Brad Feld, managing director at ...
Editor's note: (The Bootstrapper's Equipment Exchange is a regular feature of the Bootstrapme.com blog where businesses can exchange equipment and other resources.
Don't throw away those ...
Sites in the Creative Weblogging network, of which www.bootstrapme.com is a part, are now being featured in links at the Washington Post's main page.
Creative Weblogging executive editor Anita Ca...
Just returned from the beach and wanted to post these fresh impressions.
Standing by the seaside with my eight year old squealing his excitement as he romped in the choppy surf a few things occurred ...
This blog will take a brief break while I go to the beach for a few days.
Actually my eight year old has been anxiously looking forward for almost a month to prying me away from the computer screen a...
Editor's Note: (This is the fourth post in a series detailing low cost business ideas and financing solutions from Entrepreneur.com)
Though a variety of techniques exist to launch that low cost b...
Editor's Note: (This is the third post in a series detailing low cost business ideas and financing solutions from Entrepreneur.com)
A wide variety of services and products can be turned into low ...
Editor's Note: (This is the second post in a series detailing low cost business ideas and financing solutions from Entrepreneur.com)
Remember that for some business ideas, particularly special se...
An important part of bootstrapping is keeping starting costs low.
So, it's no surprise that finding the right idea, preferably one with a minimal start-up cost, is key to success, even if substan...
If your bootstrap business in any way involves the Internet, sooner or later you'll face the challenge of marketing on the web.
For bloggers, the networking and other skills necessary to draw tra...
What's better than low cost eBay auctions for business equipment?
How about office and business equipment at no cost at all?
Inspired by a similar service in the state of California, we will be ...
This used Xerox portable black and white copier had a starting bid of just $.01 with no takers so far and 28 minutes, 10 seconds left at an eBay auction Thursday afternoon.
Even with a shipping cost ...
A new site in beta offers helpful hints and networking for bootstrappers and other entrepreneurs alike.
It's called JackRabbit, and is brought to you by Intuit, creators of Quicken personal finan...
Now there's a whole new way to participate with bootstrapme.com.
join the Bootstrapper's Club at MyBlogLog.com the free online community for start-up entrepreneurs creating businesses with li...
We're going to have another go at the idea of an independent digital music distribution network.
This idea was first rolled out a little while ago here on bootstrapme.com and on a parallel blog c...
Blogger and personal development guru Steve Pavlina makes some hilarious observations about bootstrapping and the importance of getting your significant other on the same page.
In "My Wife Won&#...
Many bootstrapped businesses will be started in the home, some as part-time jobs until they develop real revenue.
In fact, one site provided by Small Business and Government Grants Resources suggests...
Start-up companies seeking employees quickly now have a new potential Internet tool.
HireWorkers.com boasts it can find you potential candidates for non-professional jobs posted on the site's sys...
A few years ago when I first wandered into a satellite of the Small Business Development Center at Wilkes University, it was to seek help drafting a plan for purchase of an existing business.
Later w...
Come one. Come all. Despite this article by yours truly, Pennsylvania may just be a haven for bootstrap entrepreneurs.
Ignoring the state's 9.99 percent net corporate income tax, which in Decembe...
So, why does your business need a blog? Well, a boat load of people smarter on this subject than I am have the following insights.
A blog can:
• Draw an attractive demographic and be an inexpensive w...
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