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Small Business Trends had a cute piece recently on a viral marketing campaign that included mailing chocolate covered grasshoppers to some 5,000 marketing gurus with a simple message: if ...
Like many high pressure careers, bootstrappers face a problem that can sometimes be difficult. It is a problem for which no pat answers or prefabricated solutions are available. The problem: maintaini...
Brad Feld had an interesting piece recently that I thought my BootStrapper friends would smile about. It was on the relationship between entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.When I think about who I ...
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by Greg Cruey on January 28, 2009
Black in Business ran in encouraging piece earlier this month on how to develop a positive outlook on your business activities.
It's a simple message. Manage your weaknesses; we all know that. Bu...
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by Greg Cruey on January 12, 2009
Jack and Suzy Welch over at BusinessWeek had a good article a few days ago on the role of loyalty in corporate culture - especially in hard times. I thought it was useful to consider in the context of...
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by Greg Cruey on December 12, 2008
Dan Schawbel over at Personal Branding Blog has an insightful interview online at the moment Romanus Wolter, "the Kick Start Guy." And Wolter makes what I think is a very important point for...
A couple of days ago when posting a new mission statement here at BootStrapMe.com, I referred to this site as more of a revolution than a blog.
A similar revolutionary tone was certainly struck in t...
A bit off the topic of bootstrapping...or is it?
German serial entrepreneur Steli Efti plans to start a revolution with nothing in the way of resources...nothing but a black screen and an idea that ...
Listening to an interview yesterday with Michael Shermer, founder of The Skeptics Society and publisher of Skeptic magazine, inspired this thought as a possible middle ground between evolution and int...
I got a phone call today which I suppose should have upset me but instead left me in a thoughtful mood.
The call was from a woman representing a collection agency asking in rather demanding tones abo...
Some reflections here on 'Bootstrap Thoughts' at Russell Beattie's no longer particularly active blog at russellbeattie.com.
• First, yea, I agree there are some practical limitations to ...
In honor of the Labor Day holiday here in the United States, here are Steve Pavlina's top 10 reasons NOT to get a job.
These are the highlights:
1. Getting a job is trading time for money
Why i...
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However, in notes prepared for Marcus Gibson, co-author of Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money, written with
RightNow Te...
For those who view venture capitalists and bootstrappers as existing at opposite ends of the entrepreneurial spectrum, here are 10 thoughts from an August 2004 post by Brad Feld, managing director at ...
Just returned from the beach and wanted to post these fresh impressions.
Standing by the seaside with my eight year old squealing his excitement as he romped in the choppy surf a few things occurred ...
Blogger and personal development guru Steve Pavlina makes some hilarious observations about bootstrapping and the importance of getting your significant other on the same page.
In "My Wife Won&#...
A few years ago when I first wandered into a satellite of the Small Business Development Center at Wilkes University, it was to seek help drafting a plan for purchase of an existing business.
Later w...
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.
Th...
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.
Th...
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 sho...
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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