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Tales of seven bootrappers from 2006 Title: Tales of seven bootrappers from 2006
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Profile by Shawn Hessinger on December 31, 2006

Since starting this blog in June of this year, we've had a chance to profile a wide variety of bootstrap entrepreneurs who have used imagination and inventiveness to make their dreams come true....

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Eleven things I learned this year Title: Eleven things I learned this year
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship by Shawn Hessinger on December 31, 2006

And so just for a recap as we count down the hours and minutes until 2007, "Ten things I learned this year" plus one. Thanks to fellow blogger Ben Yoskovitz at the Instigator Blog for the...

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Lesson #11 You may not need a business plan Title: Lesson #11 You may not need a business plan
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on December 31, 2006

Link: What did you learn this year? (O.K. I couldn't resist. Though this post comes WAAAAAAAAY after the Dec. 24 deadline set by fellow blogger Ben Yoskovitz for his last group writing project of...

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The art of getting started Title: The art of getting started
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship by Shawn Hessinger on December 31, 2006

The Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu said "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." For all business, getting started is the hard part, but for bootstrappers there is no way to...

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Happy Holidays! Title: Happy Holidays!
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Filed in archive Just For Fun by Shawn Hessinger on December 30, 2006

And now for a bit of holiday fun as we drift into the New Year. Tom Pick over at the WebMarketingCentral Blog tagged me just before Christmas with his own "5 Things You Didn't Know About...

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Lesson #10 The masses don't buy stuff any more Title: Lesson #10 The masses don't buy stuff any more
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship by Shawn Hessinger on December 24, 2006

Link: What did you learn this year? And maybe they never did. Consider Seth Godin's meditation on why B.B. King's Times Square Club has very few blues acts playing there now. And check what...

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Lesson #9 Business starts with the first dollar Title: Lesson #9 Business starts with the first dollar
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship by Shawn Hessinger on December 24, 2006

Link: What did your learn this year? One of my favorite quotes on the bootstrapping ethic comes from RightNow Technologies founder Greg Gianforte when explaining the difference between being in...

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Lesson #8 Take one good idea and go deep Title: Lesson #8 Take one good idea and go deep
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship by Shawn Hessinger on December 24, 2006

Link: What did you learn this year? Check out point 3 in Brad Feld's great "Bootstrapping top 10 list". Brad says: If your answer to "What kind of company are you going to...

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Lesson #7 The best ideas are scalable Title: Lesson #7 The best ideas are scalable
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship by Shawn Hessinger on December 24, 2006

Link:What did you learn this year? This is another consideration that was running through my head while coming up with the idea for my first bootstrap business launch this year. And I really have to...

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Lesson #6 Get yourself a purple cow Title: Lesson #6 Get yourself a purple cow
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship by Shawn Hessinger on December 24, 2006

Link:What did you learn this year? When running through branding notions for n10ah, I came across Seth Godin's well-known thoughts on branding and the need to market outrageously. It's...

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Lesson #5 Use what you've got Title: Lesson #5 Use what you've got
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship by Shawn Hessinger on December 24, 2006

Link: What did you learn this year? When reflecting on what I had learned about choosing the best kind of business to start a couple of posts ago after launching the n10ah Online Music Network last...

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Lesson #4: Roll with the punches Title: Lesson #4: Roll with the punches
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship by Shawn Hessinger on December 22, 2006

Link: What did you learn this year? This post was not originally planned as one of the "Ten things I learned this year" series (See more details on the writing project here and at the above...

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Lesson #3: Perfect is the enemy of good enough Title: Lesson #3: Perfect is the enemy of good enough
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship by Shawn Hessinger on December 22, 2006

Link: What did you learn this year? This one, of course, is from start-up guru Guy Kawasaki, and despite the many criticisms of the practice by those who insist it encourages shoddy product, I have...

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Lesson #2: Bootstrapping is where it's at Title: Lesson #2: Bootstrapping is where it's at
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship by Shawn Hessinger on December 21, 2006

Link: What did you learn this year? I borrowed this one from a commenter on my MyBlogLog message board, but it aptly reflects my sentiment now having launched one venture, the n10ah Online Music...

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Lesson #1: I am an entrepreneur Title: Lesson #1: I am an entrepreneur
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship by Shawn Hessinger on December 19, 2006

Link: What did you learn this year? O.K. It's time to come out of the closet, so to speak. In previous posts, I've described myself as a journalist. It's true. I've done that for...

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Ten things I learned this year Title: Ten things I learned this year
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Filed in archive Entrepreneurship by Shawn Hessinger on December 19, 2006

Fellow blogger Ben Yoskovitz over at the Instigator Blog had the bright idea of ending 2006 with a big group writing project and laid it out in this post. Starting yesterday, the concept was for each...

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Fill your boutique in about a week (Part 11) Title: Fill your boutique in about a week (Part 11)
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on December 18, 2006

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST The following weekend, I uploaded the images to CafePress.com, one of a new generation of on demand printers specializing in creating one such item (T-shirt, cap, coffee...

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Fill your boutique in about a week (Part 10) Title: Fill your boutique in about a week (Part 10)
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on December 18, 2006

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST Back at home Sunday, I cut out each of the letters individually and arranged them with the print outs on various surfaces. (The corner of a scratched up coffee table and...

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Fill your boutique in about a week (Part 9) Title: Fill your boutique in about a week (Part 9)
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on December 18, 2006

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST On the way to my parents' house on Saturday afternoon, however, I discovered my wife had inadvertently taken my bank card with her to work leaving me with $1.00 in my...

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Fill your boutique in about a week (Part 8) Title: Fill your boutique in about a week (Part 8)
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on December 16, 2006

CONTINUED FROM DEC. 15 POST Back to our boutique project, my initial plan was to print up a photo I had used on the website and elsewhere for the n10ah network (see my Dad with one above) and a......

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Blogger test drives new platform Title: Blogger test drives new platform
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper News by Shawn Hessinger on December 16, 2006

We interrupt this regularly scheduled post series to bring you this important update: Look, Ma'! I'm bloggin' at Blogtronix. I've been given the opportunity to test drive this...

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