Bootstrapping is networking...or networking is bootstrapping.

Either way you look at it, building a business without outside investment requires another method of gathering the resources you need.

Certainly sales itself, a big part of what every entrepreneur must specialize in, involves plenty of networking too.

I've been involved in the Bootstrap Network since September at Austin entrepreneur Bijoy Goswami's invitation and he's in turn joined up at the Bootstrapper's Group at Yahoo!

I've had only limited interaction with the group so far and our Yahoo! Group has been only marginally active but that should change soon with greater involvement from some of our newer members.

Hope you'll take some time to join both groups and send me a friend request at Bootstrap Network. Following along with the first post of 2008 here at BootStrapMe.com I hope we can work together to make this the year you launch your bootstrap business and network your way to success.