BootStrapMe

Some advice for a business startup is based on fact and other advice is not. For example, if anyone tells you that you don't need a business plan, this is bad advice. If you are planning to seek o…

Recent innovations in communications technology has the potential to help businesses improve their systems of communication between the business and their clients. Communications innovations also help…

A Facebook friend of mine, Anita Campbell, pointed me toward a new free guide to social media for Small Business. The book is "Let's Talk: Social Media for Small Business," by John Jants…

I have to credit blogger and entrepreneur Dan Marques for his posting on this one.

scanR makes it possible for you to use your digital camera or camera phone to make copies of white boards, documents…

Not too long ago I was asked to do a list of my top five favorite blogs for what will probably be the November issue of Practical eCommerce.

The request got me thinking about the many blogs I see eac…

Editor's Note: (This is the fourth post in a series detailing low cost business ideas and financing solutions from Entrepreneur.com)

Though a variety of techniques exist to launch that low cost b…

Editor's Note: (This is the third post in a series detailing low cost business ideas and financing solutions from Entrepreneur.com)

A wide variety of services and products can be turned into low …

Editor's Note: (This is the second post in a series detailing low cost business ideas and financing solutions from Entrepreneur.com)

Remember that for some business ideas, particularly special se…

An important part of bootstrapping is keeping starting costs low.

So, it's no surprise that finding the right idea, preferably one with a minimal start-up cost, is key to success, even if substan…

If your bootstrap business in any way involves the Internet, sooner or later you'll face the challenge of marketing on the web.

For bloggers, the networking and other skills necessary to draw tra…