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Bootstrapper Tips
by Shawn Hessinger on February 1, 2008
Edward at positivecapitalism suggests this stripped down version of the business plan for bootstrappers.
I've questioned in the past here at BootStrapMe.com whether traditional business plans ar...
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Bootstrapper News
by Shawn Hessinger on January 29, 2008
SKMurphy Inc., a consulting firm specializing in assisting bootstrap entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley's software industry, will hold a workshop on presenting new applications to customers from 8 a...
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Bootstrapping Opportunities
by Shawn Hessinger on January 26, 2008
As most of you probably already know, the Seattle-based coffee chain has felt the slump in the economy recently and is testing $1 coffee and free refills to compete with lower priced competitors.
As...
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Bootstrapper News
by Shawn Hessinger on January 24, 2008
We've already got some members on the new MySpace group Bootstrap your business today.
But, of course, I'm hoping for even more participation.
As I said in an earlier post, the purpose of t...
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Bootstrapper News
by Shawn Hessinger on January 23, 2008
What does BootStrapMe.com have in common with TV?
That's right. Re-runs.
Don't want to search through that pesky archive to mine this website's greatest treasures of business informatio...
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Bootstrapper News
by Shawn Hessinger on January 21, 2008
A new bootstrap group on MySpace is focusing on helping you start your bootstrap venture immediately...and it's all absolutely free.
Our hope is to gather contributions and participation from wo...
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Bootstrapper News
by Shawn Hessinger on January 20, 2008
The big day was actually yesterday but I'm celebrating today at my parents' place in the Poconos.
Nick Meyer, a friend of mine on MySpace, sent me best wishes. Thanks, Nick.
Nick plays guit...
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Bootstrapper News
by Shawn Hessinger on January 19, 2008
Imagine the results if everyone with an idea for a new business today simply stopped waiting for enough money to get going or interest from an outside investor and just started to build their busines...
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Bootstrapper News
by Shawn Hessinger on January 18, 2008
Before I helped launch BootStrapMe.com in June 2006, I edited another blog called simply The Upstart Entrepreneur.
The premise was simple. Instead of writing long complicated business plans, the blo...
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Bootstrapping Thoughts
by Shawn Hessinger on January 17, 2008
Those who regularly read this blog are probably aware of my abiding interest in media.
So, I was fascinated with this post by John Crickett via 10 Yetis of the below video showing a BBC crew's s...
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Bootstrapper Resources
by Shawn Hessinger on January 15, 2008
John L. Herman Jr., in his Herman School of Business, gives us these perils connected to the various forms of bootstrap financing a business:
• Keeping your day job. Working a full-time job and play...
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Bootstrapper News
by Shawn Hessinger on January 14, 2008
Cordia Harrington, president and CEO of the Tennessee Bun Company now heads a company that produces 60,000 buns an hour for clients like McDonald's, Chili's and Pepperidge Farms.
But that&#...
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Bootstrapper Resources
by Shawn Hessinger on January 12, 2008
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.
...
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Bootstrapper Resources
by Shawn Hessinger on January 11, 2008
Susan Schreter, a blogger, startup and small business writer for the Seattle Post-Intellegencer with experience as a small business coach and corporate consultant, has these suggestions about bootstr...
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Bootstrapper Resources
by Shawn Hessinger on January 9, 2008
As suggested in this exchange at StartupNation, there are plenty of cheap options out there for startups providing services at little or no cost.
Examples include:
• Vistaprint.com, a source of free...
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Bootstrapper Tips
by Shawn Hessinger on January 9, 2008
Ben Kepes has this post over at diversity.net.nz summarizing some thoughts by Bob Warfield on how to beat the predicted coming recession.
Not surprising (to me anyway) is point number 8 about starti...
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Bootstrapper Resources
by Shawn Hessinger on January 6, 2008
Stefan Topfer CEO and Chairman of WinWeb gives this plug to the beginning of Jason Holden's new series, Small is the New Big.
Stefan's a great supporter of bootstrapping and has some posts o...
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Bootstrapper Resources
by Shawn Hessinger on January 5, 2008
In his latest post leading up to a new book on bootstrapping, Jeff Cornwall, blogger at the Entrepreneurial Mind and director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont University, discusses what ...
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Bootstrapper Resources
by Shawn Hessinger on January 5, 2008
So who is Nathan and what is his style of bootstrapping.
Well I found this great post by programmer and independent contractor Nathan Bowers at his website nathanbowers.com.
It sums up the bootstra...
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Bootstrapper Resources
by Shawn Hessinger on January 4, 2008
In another post on Jeff Cornwall's upcoming book, the author, blogger and director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Belmont University suggests that more than lack of funds may inspire the b...
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Bootstrapper Resources
by Shawn Hessinger on January 3, 2008
As 2008 begins, here are some more tips for bootstrapping your new business in the New Year.
• Join a group. Be it our own Bootstrap Yahoo! Group or MyBlogLog Bootstrapper's Club or the growing ...
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Bootstrapper Resources
by Shawn Hessinger on January 1, 2008
Happy New Year!
Since starting this blog in June 2006, I've talked a lot about the tools and resources needed to bootstrap a business without significant investment.
But what would it take for ...
