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Bootstrapper News
on February 28, 2008
There's a new sunrise for bootstrapping in Montana.
Sunrise Pack Station, a small business specializing in educational and fishing pack trips in Yellowstone National Park, is the second recipien...
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Entrepreneurship
on February 26, 2008
Our growing list of bootstrap business startup ideas here at BootStrapMe has certainly been drawing attention...and even a little criticism at times.
So here, without further adieu, is the full menu...
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Bootstrapper Tips
on February 23, 2008
Environmentally friendly businesses may be the perfect bootstrapped startup because they have a natural niche from which to build a customer base.
Consider Brilliant Earth, a business built around c...
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Bootstrapper Resources
on February 22, 2008
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 ...
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Bootstrapping Thoughts
on February 21, 2008
There are many ways to start a business: bank loan, venture funding, angel or other outside investors, etc.
However, entrepreneur Greg Gianforte insists the best method remains bootstrapping and giv...
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Bootstrapping Opportunities
on February 18, 2008
In her instructional manual "Too Good to be Threw", Kate Holmes, Sarasota, FL, outlines the basics of bootstrapping a successful thrift shop, something she herself did in 1975 when fired fr...
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Bootstrapper Resources
on February 17, 2008
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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Bootstrapper Resources
on February 16, 2008
In an article at How To Advice.com Steve McPherson suggests starting a print shop even in an unused garage or basement can be a great business opportunity with an investment of maybe $300 for the rig...
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Bootstrapper Resources
on February 16, 2008
Since last month here on BootStrapMe.com we've been focusing increasingly on ideas for new bootstrap business startups.
I hope these are the kinds of simple ideas that could act as catalysts for...
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Bootstrapper Tips
on February 14, 2008
Some of the reasons for the appeal of home business include:
• No commuting-Your morning commute is a trip to the living room
• Low overhead-The telephone and computer you already have, no office ren...
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Bootstrapping Opportunities
on February 12, 2008
Bootstrap the traffic on your business website or blog with link karma from our new MySpace group for bootstrap entrepreneurs.
I put together the new MySpace Group "Bootstrap your business toda...
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Bootstrapping Opportunities
on February 11, 2008
In the up coming comedy "Be Kind Rewind" actors Jack Black and Mos Def portray friends who create their own versions of hit movies after they accidentally erase the entire inventory of a lo...
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Bootstrapping Opportunities
on February 10, 2008
In a question posted to LinkedIn Answers, entrepreneur and consultant Stephen Dunham asks:
How do you build a social networking site from zero? Can it be bootstrapped?
It's a question I myself ...
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Bootstrapping Opportunities
on February 9, 2008
The title of this post was inspired by the famous Alfred Hitchcock film "Dial 'M' for Murder", but the post itself was inspired by an article by T.J. Byers in Mother Earth News abou...
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Bootstrapper Resources
on February 8, 2008
Declare your undying love for BootStrapMe.com by becoming a fan at our Technorati profile and get free traffic in the bargain.
If you have a business blog and haven't yet created a Technorati pr...
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Bootstrapping Opportunities
on February 7, 2008
The next post in our series on great bootstrap ideas you can start almost immediately involves making money off something you already have-a blog.
Yes, those personal journals, no matter what the su...
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Bootstrapping Opportunities
on February 4, 2008
Continued from yesterday's post February 3, 2008
So to continue our two part post on bootstrapping a newspaper, once you've created an on line site with a targeted area of coverage and begun...
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Bootstrapping Opportunities
on February 3, 2008
So you want to start a newspaper.
Whether your goal is a small community weekly, a large metro daily, an alternative paper or magazine or something else that defies any of the established categories...
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Bootstrapper Tips
on February 2, 2008
From low tech to high tech, the next entry in our series of bootstrap startup ideas was inspired in part by a piece of spam (Yes, sometimes it is tasty!) left on a previous post.
Starting a retail b...
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Bootstrapping Opportunities
on February 2, 2008
A rural ice delivery business is an unusual bootstrapping opportunity suggested by entrepreneur William L. Stewart in this article from Mother Earth News.
The link is a unique edition to our series ...
