Archive for the ‘Did you know’ Category

Commercial Refrigeration And the Life of a Small Diner

Monday, September 21st, 2009

If your goal is to get rich, food services probably isn't the place to start. Maybe if you can get hooked up in a franchize like McDonald's – why, a few years down the road you're making…

Bootstrapping my blog network

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

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HELP!

I've placed my question about pricing for PostRanger.com sponsor posts on both the Innovation and Entrepreneurship and On Startups groups on Li…

Swerving off the bootstrapping trail…or am I?

Thursday, September 18th, 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 …

BootStrapMe readers: Join my Linkedin network

Saturday, September 6th, 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…

What’s your bootstrap venture?

Saturday, September 6th, 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…

Working at home can be key bootstrap

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Alex Slobodkin

Moms of young children may do it to spend more time with their families.

Some workers may prefer it as a life-style choice allowing more time for famil…

Bootstrapping brings out the best in companies

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Donald Erickson

Michael McKay, MJM Consulting, in Ontario insists lack of outside funding hasn't done much to slow Canadian entrepreneurship.

In a recent post on …

Bootstrapping the media (Part 2)

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Besides Ben Yoskovitz's excellent suggestions for building a media empire, I've suggested before and will take this opportunity to say again that news remains high on the priority list no mat…

Start a thrift shop for $900

Monday, February 18th, 2008

In her instructional manual "Too Good to be Threw", Kate Holmes, Sarasota, FL, outlines the basics of bootstrapping a successful thrift shop, something she herself did in 1975 when fired fr…

Bootstrap your business website with our new MySpace Group

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Bootstrap the traffic on your business website or blog with link karma from our new MySpace group for bootstrap entrepreneurs.

I put together the new MySpace Group "Bootstrap your business toda…