Adam over at Blogtrepreneur points out the prominent role women play in the bootstrap community and the larger world of entrepreneurs today. He uses suffrage as a point of reference; 90 years ago wome...
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Since June 2006, BootStrapMe.com has been sharing the possibilities of bootstrap startups with entrepreneurs the world over.
It's more than just a go...
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Got a resource you'd like to share with other bootstrappers?
Do so at The Bootstrapper's Group on Yahoo! using the Rich-Text Editor function to create links to blogs and oth...
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Despite the market's dramatic rebound today, some in the business community continue to be pessimistic about the immediate future.
But, as I menti...
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Sometimes it's good to know what your readers have found most helpful.
I recently checked the Google Analytics account for this blog and discover...
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Now that we've reviewed the tools available through ZooQ, the new problem solving application with implications for the bo...
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Ultimately, ZooQ's co-founder Edward A. Ipser, Jr. maintains that the application is a perfect fit for bootstrappers. I...
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Use these simple tools to bootstrap your group or advisory board with ZooQ:
• Set a challenge. Define the challenge, the pr...
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So how does ZooQ work?
Well, the new social application officially launching beginning in October is built on the premise that any...
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Many of you know that in addition to editing this site, I am also the founder of an interactive blog network called PostRanger.com.
Now established a...
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We've laid out a couple of what I consider to be among the most important bootstrapping principles over the last few days: Here they are.
But I want to keep this site as interactive as ...
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As anyone in an operating business can tell you these days, hiring freelancers or subcontractors can sometimes be a better option than full-time employees.
So it should come as no surpr...
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Next in our series of top bootstrapping principles, we look at how partnerships triumph over pay-out or how sometimes teaming with others can help cut the costs of startup.
If you need a ref...
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Thought I'd take a moment this post to mention some key bootstrapping tools online.
Many regular readers know that in addition to editing this blog including tips, resources, interviews...
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Here's yet another suggestion for a definition from Hillel Cooperman of Jaskson Fish Market, a design software firm in Seattle:
Often, other people think that bootstrap means not t...
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In addition to editing this site, I'm also a bootstrapping entrepreneur in my own rite, with my current project being the launch of the fledgling blo...
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Here's a brief list of reasons I've come up with through brainstorming:
• Networking. Knowing what your fellow bootstrappers and their supporter...
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This is the first in a series of posts of what I'm calling the "BIG WHYS" here at BootStrapMe.com.
Briefly, the idea is to ask a cou...
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A new software platform offering small businesses tools to quickly and easily track income and expenses and estimate taxes is free through a beta period t...
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Jason Coulls has an ambitious goal. He hopes to make a million dollars from his Becoming a Millionaire with AdSense blog.
To do so, Jason plans to boots...
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Move over Tom Anderson. It's now easier than ever to duplicate the success of MySpace and other big social networks and many of the tools are free.
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I should have mentioned this earlier to give up a little link love, but back on May 21 I got an e-mail from Benjamin Jones of Ben Means Business.
Ben write...
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Apologies for not updating sooner on our weekend podcast with the Succeed in the Music Business team Sunday.
Among topics covered with co-hosts KasondraK ...
Miriam schwab over at BizzyWomen has this observationin her review of the first five points from Dane Carlson's often controversial 20 Things Not to Do Before Starting A Business.
Dane's pos...
A post at the Global Security Challenge suggests these three alternatives to bootstrapping your new or existing business drawn in turn from an article in the Wall Street Journal:
• On line social len...
So here we are at the beginning of another month of posts on bootstrapping here at BootStrapMe.com.
We'll be hearing from some readers this month who have made some suggestions about content.
A...
Social networks can aid the bootstrapper in finding customers for his/her product on line, getting their input and employing it in marketing that startup product or business all with surprisingly lit...
We've talked before about the importance of social networks on line for the bootstrapper with few financial resources when it comes to reaching customers.
But in an earlier post on the subject m...
Yep, it sounds crazy, but I've been thinking about this for quite some time.
Heck. In the beginning you might not even need a store.
Here are some thoughts:
• Start with downloads. Before even ...
We've covered a lot of bootstrap business ideas since we started with this new series in mid-January.
Those ideas have included:
• A café or coffee shop
• An ice delivery service
• A retail busi...
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