Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 3898716 So what is the big deal with bootstrapping? Why should perspective entrepreneurs consider it as a method for starting a new venture? Here are some reasons...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Sean Locke Here are some questions you might ask to determine whether the business you'd like to start is a good candidate for bootstrapping. 1. Is it a service? A...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Aliaksandr Autayeu Managing cash flow is key to any bootstrapping effort. But how do you take a good idea, no matter how viable, and turn it into a working business...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Brandon Alms (Editor's Note: Continued from the PREVIOUS POST) Here are some more great ideas from The Bootstrap Babes on how to boost your profit margin without...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Loic Bernard The Bootstrap Babes have these great suggestions for increasing your profit margin without spending more money. Here are the first five with some of my...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Alex Slobodkin Moms of young children may do it to spend more time with their families. Some workers may prefer it as a life-style choice allowing more time for family...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, nicole waring A post here from an unusual source suggests women entrepreneurs may be as discriminated against when seeking funding as they have been in the workplace....
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Not too long ago, blogger Taylor Davidson and I debated the value of a future economic system where Venture Capital or something like it might fund less expensive "lifestyle" business...
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With the term gaining acceptance including a listing in the latest edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary (See article at Telegraph.co.uk) you're liable to read a lot more about...
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I've been thinking recently about the fact that I don't always define my terms here at Bootstrapme.com quite as much as perhaps I should. In part, this is due to the fact that blog posts,...
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How do you know your business model is sound? During a visit to the City of Pottsville in the Pennsylvania anthracite region this weekend, my wife and I came upon the above vintage vase and talked...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Dan Bachman CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST Here are more ingredients for bootstrapping success from Thomas Frey at Impact Lab: • Transition to your business. Start with...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Mario Ragma Jr. There are many possible ingredients for bootstrapping success. In this post at Impact Lab, Thomas Frey offers his own recipe including some twists you...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Brandon Rose A new software platform offering small businesses tools to quickly and easily track income and expenses and estimate taxes is free through a beta period...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Andy Dean Carl Jongsma raises the interesting question of what the ethics should be for a part-time bootstrapper when business interests intersect with those of an...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Galina Barskaya A recent question raised on The Business of Software forum at the Joel on Software site emphasizes the importance of bootstrapping particularly for those...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Tan Wei Ming Many will tell you, like this recent post from Zoony Interactive, that one of the keys to business success is capitalization: Although the term...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6191773 I was recently reminded of the competitive advantages of the bootstrapping approach after coming across a recent reposting of one of the articles here at...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Donald Erickson Michael McKay, MJM Consulting, in Ontario insists lack of outside funding hasn't done much to slow Canadian entrepreneurship. In a recent post on his...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6106651 The term "bootstrap" has made the 11th edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary according to this article from Telegraph.co.uk. The...
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