Bootstrapper's bookshelf

Filed in archive Bootstrapping Thoughts on December 22, 2007

In anticipation of another book on bootstrapping by Jeff Cornwall of The Entrepreneurial Mind, here is a great list of great existing resources on the topic both from my own research and mikem's excellent Squidoo lens:

• The Bootstrapper's Bible. Marketing guru Seth Godin's take on the tried and true business startup technique also available (as bootstrappers will no doubt appreciate in a free downloadable version on line.
• Bootstrapping your Business: Start and Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money, by bootstrapping entrepreneur Greg Gianforte and Marcus Gibson including talk with such fellow bootstrappers as Andrew Field of PrintForLess.com.
• The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything, by Guy Kawasaki with an important section on bootstrapping.
• Bootstrap: Lessons Learned Building a Successful Company from Scratch, by author and entrepreneur Kenneth L. Hess.
• A Billion Bootstraps: Microcredit, Barefoot Banking and The Business Solution for Ending Poverty, Philip Smith and Eric Thurman's book on social bootstrapping
• Entrepreneurs Rich Christiansen and Ron Porter, founders of Everest Web Solutions, are working on a book on the subject as well.

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