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Join the bootstrapping party! Title: Join the bootstrapping party!
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Resources by Shawn Hessinger on November 30, 2007

If this blog truly is a social networking site, here's how to take the best advantage of the growing community we represent. It is my hope that interacting with other readers and contributors w...

 

How social is your bootstrap business? Title: How social is your bootstrap business?
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 29, 2007

Tom Pick over at WebMarketCentral mentioned BootStrapMe.com in a discussion of great social sites left off VirtualHosting's top 100 social blogs. Here's the recap on the Social Media blog. ...

 

Bootstrapping Voodoo Title: Bootstrapping Voodoo
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Filed in archive Bootstrapping Thoughts by Shawn Hessinger on November 28, 2007

sacred archetypal mystical art is inspiring a growing otaku among sophisticated collectors, or so says Denise Alvarado, Voodoo Mama of The Mystic Voodoo and an artist and spiritualist. Created with ...

 

Five tips for bootstrap business planning Title: Five tips for bootstrap business planning
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 27, 2007

Consultant Sean Murphy offers these thoughts on business plans for bootstrappers based in turn on comments from Will Karmishlian at both Pelle Braendgaard's and this blog. Murphy suggests: Adap...

 

Share your new bootstrapping venture Title: Share your new bootstrapping venture
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Filed in archive Bootstrapping Opportunities by Shawn Hessinger on November 26, 2007

Some interest has already begun over my post asking bootstrapping entrepreneurs to share their success stories here at BootStrapMe.com. I'm hoping to have some great guest posts soon and of cour...

 

Bootstrapping and re-investment Title: Bootstrapping and re-investment
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Resources by Shawn Hessinger on November 25, 2007

Here, from em2 Advertising, is an example of how a small bootstrapper should probably NOT seek to grow his/her company. However, as Andrew at Wealth Seekers Online points out, growth through re-inve...

 

Start your business today Title: Start your business today
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 24, 2007

Part of the bootstrapping mystique as suggested by startup evangelist Greg Gianforte is not having to wait for that investment money to get your venture rolling. If you go the Bootstrapping route, y...

 

Bootstrapping by any other name Title: Bootstrapping by any other name
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 23, 2007

Here's a thought for the day after Thanksgiving while enjoying leftovers from your holiday feast. Raj Dash, who blogs regularly at Internet Ultrageek, mentions these other ways of looking at the...

 

Bootstrap the turkey with the turkey Title: Bootstrap the turkey with the turkey
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 22, 2007

Here's a little holiday story about a man who did something extraordinary. A friend of mine runs a family turkey farm raising the same old ordinary turkeys his father had before him. One day h...

 

Bootstrapping and infinite diversity Title: Bootstrapping and infinite diversity
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 21, 2007

Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking and The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, a book tremendously important to new ideas about bootstra...

 

Could bootstrapping, VC funding be headed for merger? Title: Could bootstrapping, VC funding be headed for merger?
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Filed in archive Bootstrapping Thoughts by Shawn Hessinger on November 20, 2007

Last month I blogged on VC innovator Simeon Simeonov's concept of a "third way" for bootstrappers and venture capital firms to interact at the earliest stages of launching a new startup...

 

Tell us your bootstrapping story Title: Tell us your bootstrapping story
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Filed in archive Bootstrapping Opportunities by Shawn Hessinger on November 19, 2007

Hi. I'm Shawn Hessinger, editor here at BootStrapMe.com on the Creative Weblogging Network. Are you a bootstrapping entrepreneur? Have you successfully bootstrapped a company from startup to pro...

 

Five tips for choosing your bootstrapping venture Title: Five tips for choosing your bootstrapping venture
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 18, 2007

Choosing the product or service you plan to bootstrap may be just as important or more than what you do next. Accountant Dan Lutchansky gives this great overview on what to consider when going into ...

 

Bootstrapper's social networking tool box Title: Bootstrapper's social networking tool box
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Filed in archive Bootstrapping Opportunities by Shawn Hessinger on November 17, 2007

As mentioned previously here at BootStrapMe.com, social networking can be an important resource for the bootstrapping on line entrepreneur as a method of marketing with little or no cost. Of course,...

 

How to blogstrap your business Title: How to blogstrap your business
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 16, 2007

There has been plenty in the business blogosphere of late including here at BootStrapMe about what I will call blogstrapping, the technique of using a blog to jump start a bootstrapped business at li...

 

Bootstrappers need fresh perspective Title: Bootstrappers need fresh perspective
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 15, 2007

As business coach Stefan Topfer suggests all entrepreneurs should routinely attempt a fresh and distanced prospective even of their own enterprise in order to ride the trends and take advantage of ne...

 

Bootstrapping and the team Title: Bootstrapping and the team
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 14, 2007

erin Hattaway at Everest Web SEO, whose post on white boards I was talking about yesterday here at BootStrapMe.com, has also contributed these great thoughts on managing a team. Erin's observati...

 

Bootstrapper's cash flow primer Title: Bootstrapper's cash flow primer
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 13, 2007

Startup guru Guy Kawasaki says it best: The theory is that profits are the key to survival. If you could pay the bills with theories, this would be fine. The reality is that you pay bills with cash,...

 

Bootstrap marketing 101 Title: Bootstrap marketing 101
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 12, 2007

Uber marketer Seth Godin has good news for bootstrap entrepreneurs. Paying millions for television ads is no longer the key to getting the masses to purchase your product, Godin told those gathered ...

 

Seven business lies that will send you straight to hell! Title: Seven business lies that will send you straight to hell!
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 11, 2007

O.K. So now that I've got you're attention, here's a look at Greg Go's great list of excuses at LifeRemix that can stop you from ever realizing your dream of starting a business (whic...

 

Bootstrap first then VC finance Title: Bootstrap first then VC finance
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 10, 2007

An article last week in the Toronto Gazette reinforced an idea that commonly comes up in conversations on bootstrapping. In Canada as here in the States, it's better to bootstrap to get your bus...

 

Marketing: The bootstrapper's capital Title: Marketing: The bootstrapper's capital
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 9, 2007

It's true the bootstrapping entrepreneur starts with little outside capital to build a company. What he/she does have is effort, good old sweat equity, and that effort should be directed pretty ...

 

Bootstrapping the next big thing Title: Bootstrapping the next big thing
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Filed in archive Bootstrapping Opportunities by Shawn Hessinger on November 8, 2007

Just signed up for the beta of a new person-to-person trading exchange called Aroxo, a bootstrapped enterprise by entrepreneur Matt Rogers. Here's more on Matt's own recipe for bootstrapping...

 

BootStrapMe makes top 100 Title: BootStrapMe makes top 100
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Filed in archive Bootstrapping Trends by Shawn Hessinger on November 7, 2007

I'm very pleased to announce BootStrapMe's listing on John Cricket's Top 100 Business Blogs at Business Opportunities and Ideas. Though we figured low on the list, 97 in order of each si...

 

Bootstrapping and the serial entrepreneur Title: Bootstrapping and the serial entrepreneur
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 6, 2007

Why could bootstrapping be an easier approach for the person seeking to start multiple companies or become a serial entrepreneur? Here are some thoughts: • Bootstrapping helps you start your company...

 

Bootstrapping ethics Title: Bootstrapping ethics
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper News by Shawn Hessinger on November 5, 2007

Entrepreneur Peter Thum developed Ethos Water from a bootstrapped business launched in 2002 to a $7.7 million business sold to Starbucks in 2005. The company, created on the premise of donating a pe...

 

Blog as bootstrapping strategy Title: Blog as bootstrapping strategy
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Resources by Shawn Hessinger on November 4, 2007

Ckint Jhonson offers these thoughts for using the weblogging trend as the ultimate method for bootstrapping your business. Why: • Blogs are more popular with search engines than other websites • Thi...

 

Bootstrapping to the big time Title: Bootstrapping to the big time
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Filed in archive Bootstrapping Trends by Shawn Hessinger on November 3, 2007

Many might not think of companies the size and scale of Google when it comes to discussions on the subject of bootstrapping. But as Craig Silverstein, Director of Technology for the company explains...

 

Bootstrap for funding vs. bootstrap for cash flow Title: Bootstrap for funding vs. bootstrap for cash flow
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 2, 2007

Chicago VC Matt McCall writes this fascinating post about the preference for bootstrappers among venture capital firms nowadays. The piece seems a sharp contrast to the bootstrap cash flow model rec...

 

Bootstrappers take on the mighty Google Title: Bootstrappers take on the mighty Google
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on November 1, 2007

Yes, Google downgrade aside, this blog continues to fare well. Thanks to Noel Bautista for the mention in this interesting post on the whole issue. But the article also highlights an important aspec...


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