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Viral Marketing Chocolate Grasshoppers Title: Viral Marketing Chocolate Grasshoppers
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Greg Cruey on May 30, 2009

© worak 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 ...

 

The Balance of Life Title: The Balance of Life
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Greg Cruey on May 10, 2009

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...

 

VC's Overrated... Title: VC's Overrated...
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Greg Cruey on March 19, 2009

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 ...

 

Focus on Strength Title: Focus on Strength
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Filed in archive Philosophy 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...

 

The Place of Loyalty in Your New Company's Values Title: The Place of Loyalty in Your New Company's Values
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Filed in archive Philosophy 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...

 

Are You Successful...? Title: Are You Successful...?
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Filed in archive Philosophy 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...

 

Reasons for revolution Title: Reasons for revolution
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on September 10, 2007

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...

 

One Day Blog Silence Title: One Day Blog Silence
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on April 30, 2007


 

Blog silence to be observed Title: Blog silence to be observed
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on April 22, 2007

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 ...

 

Could God be a bootstrapper too? Title: Could God be a bootstrapper too?
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on October 14, 2006

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...

 

Some public service may be no service at all Title: Some public service may be no service at all
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on September 21, 2006

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...

 

Thinking outside the VC box Title: Thinking outside the VC box
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on September 11, 2006

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 ...

 

Happy Nonlabor Day Title: Happy Nonlabor Day
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on September 4, 2006

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...

 

VC gives bootstrapping advice (Part 2) Title: VC gives bootstrapping advice (Part 2)
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on August 21, 2006

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST 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...

 

VC gives bootstrapping advice (Part 1) Title: VC gives bootstrapping advice (Part 1)
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on August 21, 2006

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 ...

 

Seaside observations Title: Seaside observations
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on August 18, 2006

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 ...

 

Bootstrapping and the art of foot massage Title: Bootstrapping and the art of foot massage
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on August 6, 2006

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&#...

 

How sure should you be about your business plan? Title: How sure should you be about your business plan?
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on August 3, 2006

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...

 

Way out ideas welcome in bootstrap world Title: Way out ideas welcome in bootstrap world
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on June 28, 2006

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...

 

A question on consensus innovation Title: A question on consensus innovation
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on June 26, 2006

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...

 

Reflections on the self-reliant bootstrapper Title: Reflections on the self-reliant bootstrapper
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on June 24, 2006

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...

 

Start simple and evolve Title: Start simple and evolve
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Filed in archive Philosophy by Shawn Hessinger on June 22, 2006

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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