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Bootstrapper's Halloween tips Title: Bootstrapper's Halloween tips
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Filed in archive Just For Fun by Shawn Hessinger on October 31, 2007

Here are some bootstrapping tips especially designed for the Halloween holiday. Read them and apply them to your own business venture IF YOU DARE!!! 1. Don't be afraid of competition-As a...

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Want to know what bootstrap companies can do? Title: Want to know what bootstrap companies can do?
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper News by Shawn Hessinger on October 30, 2007

Spirit DSP is a bootstrap company now employing 140 and with an established global brand. Read this news release at Real Time Community about the company's latest accomplishments: Fall VON Show,...

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Bootstrapping to stay debt free Title: Bootstrapping to stay debt free
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Resources by Shawn Hessinger on October 30, 2007

A big problem in business startup and operation remains the possibility of being crushed by debt. When drafting a business plan a few years ago for a small community newspaper, debt was one of my...

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Bootstrapping with social networks Title: Bootstrapping with social networks
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Filed in archive Bootstrapping Trends by Shawn Hessinger on October 28, 2007

The importance of social networking to business is well known today. As Howard Reingold and Associates observes: Online Social Networking is a key part of marketing and management strategy for most...

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Distribution can be the ultimate bootstrap Title: Distribution can be the ultimate bootstrap
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on October 27, 2007

Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? Though product is the focus of many startups with funding often needed to get that product to market, the sales focused bootstrap approach may require...

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Changing the world for bootstrappers Title: Changing the world for bootstrappers
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Filed in archive Bootstrapping Thoughts by Shawn Hessinger on October 26, 2007

In our last post we looked at how and why bootstrappers change the world. But in his latest entry at the Exponential Entrepreneur blog Kevin Koym, founder and CEO of Enterprise Teaming LLC, looks at...

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Five reasons bootstrappers change the world Title: Five reasons bootstrappers change the world
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Filed in archive Bootstrapping Thoughts by Shawn Hessinger on October 25, 2007

No, this isn't necessarily a reference to Guy Kawasaki's blog. Just a statement of fact, and something I was thinking about on the way home tonight. Here are five solid reasons why, but first...

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Bootstrap philosophies for software startup Title: Bootstrap philosophies for software startup
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Resources by Shawn Hessinger on October 24, 2007

Entrepreneur Bernard Lunn, co-founder of both IQ Resource and iYogi and a player in the pre-Internet creation of Prestel, has a much narrower view of bootstrapping then most. Here's an overview...

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The bravery of the bootstrapper Title: The bravery of the bootstrapper
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on October 23, 2007

Munching on a BLT in a corner booth at an eatery near my office Monday, I started to think about what Seth Godin says about marketing to the edge. I've been working in this northeastern...

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PostRanger aids bootstrap marketing Title: PostRanger aids bootstrap marketing
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Resources by Shawn Hessinger on October 22, 2007

So you own a blog or other website and are trying to increase its traffic and its ranking with search engines. Well, you could pay for a sponsored search on Yahoo! to take you to the top of the......

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The five stages of bootstrap entrepreneurship Title: The five stages of bootstrap entrepreneurship
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on October 21, 2007

When thinking about bootstrapping a company, supporters and critics of the process alike seem to focus on the shoestring startup. Doing things on the cheap can certainly be part of the earliest...

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10 bootstrap ideas for Internet home business Title: 10 bootstrap ideas for Internet home business
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Filed in archive Bootstrapping Opportunities by Shawn Hessinger on October 20, 2007

The Zillion Business Marketing blog has these suggestions for home-based internet startups requiring little or no initial investment. Be sure to pick one that matches your abilities: 1. Affiliate...

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Are you a sexy bootstrapper? Title: Are you a sexy bootstrapper?
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Filed in archive Bootstrapping Trends by Shawn Hessinger on October 19, 2007

Sramana Mitra has written this great post about bootstrapping trends. However, there's some question in my mind whether it's ever really gone out of style. Who are today's bootstrappers,...

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How to bootstrap your start-up for 50K or less Title: How to bootstrap your start-up for 50K or less
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on October 18, 2007

We've focused a lot here at BootStrapMe.com on starting a business for next to nothing. By definition such startups must be small and lean using mostly existing tools and services and plenty of...

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Pixar bootstrapped the digital world Title: Pixar bootstrapped the digital world
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper News by Shawn Hessinger on October 17, 2007

A new film by the granddaughter of the man behind Mickey Mouse tells the story of a bootstrapping startup that launched a revolution. "In a relatively short period of time, Pixar went from a...

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Be a bootstrapping star Title: Be a bootstrapping star
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on October 16, 2007

Here are some great bootstrapping suggestions from a diverse group of business leaders in an article from the Kansas City Star. The article covers a recent workshop on bootstrapping held by the...

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Bootstrapping can traverse "capital chasm" Title: Bootstrapping can traverse "capital chasm"
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on October 15, 2007

An article that has been floating around the blogosphere presumably since first appearing on Advancing Women the "International Women's Community" again raises the question of whether...

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Why bootstrappers need a personal brand Title: Why bootstrappers need a personal brand
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Tips by Shawn Hessinger on October 14, 2007

Steve Pavlina often tells the story of launching his website StevePavlina.com with just $9 needed to register the domain name. Dane Carlson suggests not spending too much time trying to come up with...

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Bootstrapping guru again leads by example Title: Bootstrapping guru again leads by example
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper News by Shawn Hessinger on October 13, 2007

Greg Gianforte, president of RightNow Technologies, a bootstrapped information technology firm in Bozeman, Montana, is at it again. In 1997, Gianforte began bootstrapping a company that by 2002 was...

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Bootstrapping a life Title: Bootstrapping a life
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Resources by Shawn Hessinger on October 12, 2007

John Casper at MSN Finance has these observations about A Million Bootstraps, the book on microcredit philanthropy from Tulsa business man Phil Smith and microcredit guru Eric Thurman. Microcredit,...

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Startup weekends prove essence of bootstrapping Title: Startup weekends prove essence of bootstrapping
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Filed in archive Bootstrapper Resources by Shawn Hessinger on October 11, 2007

Travis Northcutt at flatworldblog and also a contributor on PostRanger.com's Globilization stream, writes this great post about Startup Weekend, a global craze that sticks entrepreneurial types...

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