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Bootstrapper Resources
on September 30, 2008
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Ultimately, ZooQ's co-founder Edward A. Ipser, Jr. maintains that the application is a perfect fit for bootstrappers. I...
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Bootstrapper Resources
on September 30, 2008
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Use these simple tools to bootstrap your group or advisory board with ZooQ:
• Set a challenge. Define the challenge, the pr...
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Bootstrapper Resources
on September 29, 2008
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So how does ZooQ work?
Well, the new social application officially launching beginning in October is built on the premise that any...
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Bootstrapper Resources
on September 29, 2008
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Many of you know that in addition to editing this site, I am also the founder of an interactive blog network called PostRanger.com.
Now established a...
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Bootstrapper News
on September 27, 2008
Has the latest news on U.S. and global financial problems got you down?
There is an alternative. Stop worrying about Wall Street and bootstrap your business startup or expansion instead.
Here's ...
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Bootstrapper Resources
on September 23, 2008
We've laid out a couple of what I consider to be among the most important bootstrapping principles over the last few days: Here they are.
But I want to keep this site as interactive as possible ...
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Bootstrapper Resources
on September 22, 2008
As anyone in an operating business can tell you these days, hiring freelancers or subcontractors can sometimes be a better option than full-time employees.
So it should come as no surprise that boot...
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Bootstrapper Resources
on September 21, 2008
Next in our series of top bootstrapping principles, we look at how partnerships triumph over pay-out or how sometimes teaming with others can help cut the costs of startup.
If you need a refresher o...
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Bootstrapper Tips
on September 20, 2008
As mentioned in my previous post, bootstrappers know there are more important things than outside capital investment when it comes to building a company: cash flow for example.
My own interactive b...
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Bootstrapping Opportunities
on September 18, 2008
A thought has been occurring to me recently, to the point where I have taken the next logical step in exploring a very...er...unbootstrapper-like???...possibility.
But is it really?
Here's the ...
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Bootstrapper Tips
on September 15, 2008
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Social media guru Dawn Foster has this great post on taking your venture "from side project to startup."
Interestingly, some of the idea...
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Bootstrapper Resources
on September 14, 2008
Thought I'd take a moment this post to mention some key bootstrapping tools online.
Many regular readers know that in addition to editing this blog including tips, resources, interviews and new...
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Bootstrapper Tips
on September 13, 2008
If you want to know what other bootstrappers around the world are up to, why not let Google keep track.
Using a service like Google Alerts to create your own bootstrap business feed is one great way...
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Bootstrapper Resources
on September 11, 2008
Here's yet another suggestion for a definition from Hillel Cooperman of Jaskson Fish Market, a design software firm in Seattle:
Often, other people think that bootstrap means not taking venture...
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Bootstrapping Thoughts
on September 9, 2008
With both major party presidential conventions behind us, it seems the coming general election holds little promise for bootstrappers here in the U.S. (See the video from JibJab below).
However, as...
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Bootstrapping Opportunities
on September 6, 2008
I'm looking for bootstrappers and other BootStrapMe.com readers to join my Linkedin network.
I'm hoping to discuss projects and opportunities with others in the network coming up soon includ...
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Bootstrapping Opportunities
on September 6, 2008
So now it's your turn.
Tell us about your bootstrap venture and let us add it to our list of profiles here at BootStrapMe.com.
Some of the things we'd like to know:
• How much did you spen...
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Bootstrapper Profile
on September 6, 2008
Aspiring cartoonist Michelle Prestileo has discovered bootstrapping need not be limited to entrepreneurial startups on line or in the real world.
A decade ago, the Pennsylvania based artist might ha...
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Bootstrapper Tips
on September 5, 2008
From the legendary Paul Revere to modern "connectors" who become catalysts for change and exchange, author Malcolm Gladwell argues at least part of what causes an idea to spread has to do ...
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Bootstrapping Thoughts
on September 1, 2008
As my labor day weekend draws to an end, I managed to get in some relaxing...but not much.
For those readers not living in the U.S., here is a brief explanation of the holiday and what it means.
I...