I missed this gem of a post from Jeff Cornwall over at The Entrepreneurial Mind the first time around when he put it online in early March. Jeff relates the advice of successful bootstrapper Charles...
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A nine hour intensive workshop focused on entrepreneurs was scheduled to happen Monday in Manhattan. If you went, drop us a line here. Greg Galant, host of Venture Voice, a business pod cast on...
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Is any idea really too way out for a business model that stresses little or no risk during start-up? Many remain divided on the kind of business that bootstrapping entrepreneurs should focus upon....
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It's a chicken and egg dilemma. Thomas Madsen-Mygdal blogged recently about a presentation at the CustomerMade conference April 20 at the IT University of Copenhagen. Here is the pdf version. The...
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You can share your favorite posts from bootstrapme.com and other blogs on the Creative Weblogging network via reddit.com. Access the site where users can post and share links to the hottest content...
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If Seth Godin gave bootstrappers their bible, then Greg Gianforte remains the patron saint of the faith. Thanks to Bijoy Goswami at the Bootstrap Network Blog for this link to an interview with...
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The great and powerful Google revealed this recently on a search for bootstrapping wisdom. Twenty-four year old Austin, TX, entrepreneur Chad Sakonchick dug holes for septic systems with pick and...
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While griping recently to an associate about the lack of Microsoft Excel on my Windows XP Home Edition, I was reminded of this site. Open Office, as its name implies, is completely free of licensing...
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A recent post by Burke Jones is a good reminder of the importance of online affiliate programs to an e-commerce business, not as a sole source of income but as a component of the overall revenue...
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This is a reflection on blogger Jeff Cornwall's post about growing beyond your niche at The Entrepreneurial Mind. Referring to a story at StartupJournal about Home Depot Inc. and Sam's Club...
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I meant to post this link a while ago then found it again the other day when going through my "favorites". Excerpted from the Small Business Encyclopedia, here are six possible sources of...
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Where was Siamak Taghaddos when I needed him? A couple of years ago when my wife and I were looking into starting a small community newspaper, I got some price quotes for a phone system to service a...
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Bootstrap entrepreneur and writer David Worrell offers some start-up advice for like-minded souls in this article reaching back to October 2002 in Entrepreneur.com. Understandably, Worrell takes it...
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Wow. The short, eventful life of stalker dot-com SingleStat.us may demonstrate either the possibilities of real seat-of-the-pants bootstrap entrepreneurship, the fickleness of venture capitalism or...
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It doesn't cost a lot to get involved in e-commerce, as any good bootstrapper knows. This weekend I attended a (wince) free Internet marketing seminar at the Zollinger Art Center on the campus of...
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Managing editor Isabel M. Isidro's story entitled 10 lessons for every "shoestring" entrepreneur at PowerHomeBiz.com includes some important points for any business. However, some of...
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Seth Godin's The Bootstrapper's Bible crystallizes many of the ideas discussed by other start-with-nothing entrepreneurs and also takes the dialogue beyond the IT industry. A free 103 page...
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What exactly is a guru Smile? A Dragbot? A Pop Cycle? Not even the creators of Wordlab are exactly sure. The website offers an extensive database of brainpan drippings from the site's creators...
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Notice the points under consultant Cherilyn R. Lester's Top 10 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Starting a Business that have to do with spending too much money on start-up. She recommends that...
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The story of three central Illinois teenagers who launched their own computer repair and networking service and Dell distributorship serves as an example of start-up focusing largely on the...
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A workshop focusing on innovative business start-up and growth is set for June 26 in lower Manhattan and will examine bootstrapping as an important component of the process. Gregory Galant, founder...
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Check out this article in the Southeast Missourian about mid-western college students turning to entrepreneurship as a way of getting summer work. Notice that in both cases these business models...
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