The 12 days of bootsrapping

On the first day of bootstrapping my business gave to me
No startup money
On the second day of bootstrapping my business gave to me
A great idea, but no startup money
On the third day of bootstrapping my business gave to me
Promising prospects, a great idea and no startup money
On the fourth day of bootstrapping my business gave to me,
Limited cash flow, promising prospects, a great idea and no startup money
On the fifth day of bootstrapping my business gave to me,
Some scaling issues, limited cash flow, promising prospects, a great idea but no startup money
On the sixth day of bootstrapping my business gave to me,
More loyal users, some scaling issues, limited cash flow, promising prospects, a great idea but no startup money.
On the seventh day of bootstrapping my business gave to me,
Some more new partners, more loyal users, some scaling issues, limited cash flow, promising prospects, a great idea but no startup money.
On the eighth day of bootstrapping my business gave to me,
Much better branding, some more new partners, more loyal users, some scaling issues, limited cash flow, promising prospects, a great idea but no startup money.
On the ninth day of bootstrapping my business gave to me,
More product orders, much better branding, some more new partners, more loyal users, some scaling issues, limited cash flow, promising prospects, a great idea but no startup money.
On the tenth day of bootstrapping my business gave to me,
Strong growth potential, more product orders, much better branding, some more new partners, more loyal users, some scaling issues, limited cash flow, promising prospects, a great idea but still no startup money.
On the eleventh day of bootstrapping my business gave to me,
My first employee, strong growth potential, more product orders, much better branding, some more new partners, more loyal users, some scaling issues, limited cash flow, promising prospects, a great idea but still no startup money.
On the twelfth day of bootstrapping my business gave to me,
Big innovation, my first employee, strong growth potential, more product orders, much better branding, some more new partners, more loyal users, some scaling issues, limited cash flow, promising prospects, a great idea and I don't need the startup money!
MERRY CHRISTMAS, BOOTSTRAPPERS
December 25th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Whoa! Did you want that Amex pop-up window with your URL popping up from your page on-load?
Great 12 days of bootstrapping…made my day.