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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Profile on May 31, 2007

Cara O'Callaghan, Santa Barbara, CA, created her own line of maternity T's using $4,000 and a bare bones e-commerce site

Montana entrepreneur Andrew S. Field turned revenue from a successful local printing business into a full-service on-line printing company

Denise Aday turned a layoff from her job for a hospital non-profit into a business opportunity with the launch of Aday VA Solutions, a one woman virtual assistant enterprise

Shelli Styles turned a couple of handmade beaded bra straps into an enterprise designed to lift members of her husband's South American family out of poverty

Romanian software and web design entrepreneur Cristian Dorobantescu turned some referrals from a previous employer and some money from his first client into his first entrepreneurial venture

Pennsylvania artist Michelle Prestileo turned a fan site into a showcase for her art on the World Wide Web.

Haika Powell and Jed Rapoport launched a bake shop using only Haika's baking talents, some money from one of Rapoport's previous businesses.

Three college friends launched an online fraternity and sorority clothing store using nothing but credit cards.

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