Archive for the ‘Bootstrapper Profile’ Category

Risk and risk assessment

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Slate is running a series this week on the concept of risk, something that every entrepreneur is familiar with. Appropriately, the third article in the series is about a bootstrapping web startup ca…

Confessions of a Startup Addict

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Ivan Widjaya over at Noobpreneur had a cute piece Monday. He confesses that he's addicted to starting new businesses.

Ivan looks at the symptoms of his addiction (with an eye toward helping to de…

Bootstrapper’s hall of fame: Cartoonist makes bootstrapping an art

Saturday, September 6th, 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…

Bootstrapper’s hall of fame: Bootstrapping in Eastern Europe

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

His name is Cristian Dorobantescue, and though he may think of himself as just an ordinary entrepreneur, his efforts to build and sustain not one but two businesses in the former Eastern Block make h…

Bootstrapper’s hall of fame: Bra strap bootstrap

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Shelli Styles did not start out as a bootstrapper seeking to make a pile of money for herself.

Instead, the founding of Strappity-do-da, a company that markets specialized beaded bra straps from Sou…

Bootstrapper’s hall of fame: VA ventures

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

In a recent e-mail, Denise Aday confirms she has launched a new blog, a sign, it seems, that her virtual assistant business continues to move in new directions.

But way back in 2006, Denise was just…

Bootstrapper’s hall of fame: Printing with promise

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

No matter what the job, Andrew S. Field and his team at PrintingforLess are ready to help.

Field bootstrapped the current on line service which boasts the ability to print from almost any printing s…

Bootstrapper’s hall of fame: Pregnant mommy fashion

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Cara O'Callaghan, a Santa Barbara, CA, bootstrapper, didn't take the usual path to success in the fashion industry.

O'Callaghan decided to launch her company, Preggers 'n Proud, to c…

BootStrapMe Greatest Hits (Vol. 1)

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Fellow blogger and marketing guru Tom Pick of WebMarketCentral sent an e-mail recently requesting suggestions for a "Best of 2007" series.

The correspondence started me thinking about the …

Check out the new BootStrapMe profile at Technorati

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

We've got a new Technorati Profile and I'm hoping everyone will come check it out.

The Technorati profile is a great example of bootstrap marketing.

As more or less the Google of the blogos…