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Opera Reinvents the Web by Sharing it With Everyone
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 17, 2009
...ome music on my iPhone, so I decided to browse the music on my home machine via Unity and it worked flawlessly.
Unity is gimmicky at this point, and I am anxious to see if it can replace services lik...
How Sound is Your Business Plan?
in BootStrapMe, on April 27, 2009
...y VC's. But what do we care?
A business plan takes on a whole new meaning in the context of a bootstrapped business. PE Hub 's Joanna Glasner rightly points out that the study "doesn&#...
Socialcast 获收 140 万美元投资
in Wangtam, on April 10, 2009
融资方： Socialcast
投资方： True Ventures 和其他一些天使投资人
涉及金额：140 万美元（第一轮）
Honeymoon in Venice at the San Clemente
in White Lace Wedding, on November 10, 2008
...pare a wedding package that you'll always remember. They want to make sure that your wedding is flawlessly orchestrated, so the hotel & resort assigns an on-site Events Manager to handle all o...
New Sony Phone Has Music on the Brain
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on November 7, 2008
...expertise into a single device. In this case their commitment to audio-playing technology fuses flawlessly with their cell phone units. Enter the W705, Sony's latest Walkman phone with Clear B...
Another book on bootstrapping
in BootStrapMe, on October 14, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Courtney Weittenhiller
Travel industry entrepreneur Chicke Fitzgerald is one of numerous contributors to a new " Bootstrap Business " book due out this spring.
In a post on her Distribution Solutionz blog, Chicke suggests bootstrapping may be key to i...
Bootstrapping key in tough economic times
in BootStrapMe, on October 13, 2008
...his blog, that bootstrappers will be among those who cope most successfully.
Hopkins insists that bootstrapped ventures will continue to thrive in an uncertain economy because they:
• Do more with ...
Carrera y Carrera Spanish Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on October 8, 2008
...orld of jewelry design for over a century, continues its passionate pursuit of luscious sensuality, flawlessly impeccable craftsmanship, and creative ingenuity.
Spring Breeze Necklace
Quartz &...
Bootstrapping my blog network
in BootStrapMe, on October 7, 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 LinkedIn .
If you haven't joined yet, do so, and feel free to ask to link to my netwo...
Make me an offer!
in BootStrapMe, on October 6, 2008
...
I'm setting pricing for my latest bootstrapped venture and could use your help.
PostRanger.com , the interactive blog network, is up and running and, as you've probably noticed, some gu...
Join ZooQ and help bootstrap my business
in BootStrapMe, on October 1, 2008
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Now that we've reviewed the tools available through ZooQ , the new problem solving application with implications for the bootstrapping entrepreneur , I've decided to try it myself.
Co-founder Edward A. Ipse...
Founder: ZooQ is for bootstrappers
in BootStrapMe, 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 . In a series of e-mails on the subject earlier this month he explained:
ZooQ is [a]...
Bootstrapping your group or challenge with ZooQ
in BootStrapMe, 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 problem you need to solve. Decide who you want to help you solve it. (Open it to ev...
Tool gives bootstrappers board of directors of the big guys
in BootStrapMe, on September 29, 2008
...se that anyone should be able to get together a bunch of advisors to solve a problem no matter how bootstrapped the operation.
"We're trying to define this as broadly as possible," sa...
ZooQ gives bootstrappers company building tool
in BootStrapMe, on September 29, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , christine balderas
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 as a site featuring posted links to blogs and other on line resources on a variety of subjects...
Bootstrapping principle #2: Partnerships over pay-out
in BootStrapMe, on September 21, 2008
...onsider joining our Yahoo! and MySpace bootstrapping groups today.
And visit my own bootstrapped venture at PostRanger.com .
...
Bootstrapping principle #1: Cash flow over capital
in BootStrapMe, on September 20, 2008
... of funding, no matter how large it is, will run out some day, cash flow from a successful bootstrapped business will not, as long as the market for your product or service endures.
• Increases time ...
Swerving off the bootstrapping trail...or am I?
in BootStrapMe, on September 18, 2008
...me set up such a deal, I'd like to talk to you. Please e-mail me and let's discuss this...bootstrapped acquisition idea?...in greater detail.
Photo Check: Ghislaine , MorgueFile
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Bootstrap building blocks: From part-time startup to full-time business
in BootStrapMe, on September 15, 2008
...ess ) and loads of money may not help you in the beginning anyway.
• Microbusinesses should be bootstrapped anyway. We're talking a $10,000 or less startup and three of less employees. Be carefu...
So what's the definition of bootstrapping again?
in BootStrapMe, on September 11, 2008
... business model.
My own PostRanger.com project is in a similar place but I would argue both are bootstrapped.
• Margate internalized programming costs within his founding team making his only cos...
BootStrapMe readers: Join my Linkedin network
in BootStrapMe, 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 including increasing opportunities with my own bootstrap venture PostRanger.com .
If you haven'...
Connectors key in bootstrapping
in BootStrapMe, on August 31, 2008
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Still, not only those with a product or service to sell or job to offer are welcome on LeadVine .
In fact, the very concept behind the network is that some members of the community with nothing to buy or sell may...
Bootstrapping tip: Call your competitor
in BootStrapMe, on August 31, 2008
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Not just a bootstrapping tool, LeadVine is a bootstrapped venture itself .
At last check, the site boasted 169 users, 74 listings and about $116...
Bootstrapping tool inspired by simple business need
in BootStrapMe, on August 31, 2008
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Interviewed last week after the launch of his new venture , co-founder Allan Margate admits LeadVine was born out of a very simple need shared by all bootstrappers and indeed all businesses starting out.
&q...
Bootstrapper's hall of fame: VA ventures
in BootStrapMe, on August 23, 2008
...career for bootstrappers. Denise and others found careers as virtual assistants the perfect bootstrapped startup with little investment needed and their hard won experience as the chief asset.
• A...
Wanted: bootstrapper tools
in BootStrapMe, on August 21, 2008
...them on for size myself.
That's why when Allan Margate contacted me recently about his new bootstrapped enterprise LeadVine.com , I was immediately interested in learning more.
As Allan exp...
Bootstrapper's hall of fame: Printing with promise
in BootStrapMe, on August 19, 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 ...
Webcam Drivers
in HackITLinux, on August 16, 2008
...tc. It is even more important for telecommuting folks! :)
Unfortunately, webcams do not often work flawlessly on Linux. Drivers tend to be picky. However, thanks to GSPCA , more drivers now support ...
Let's create the ultimate bootstrapper's group
in BootStrapMe, on August 3, 2008
... so please consider joining both of these.
I can guarantee you'll be hearing more about my own bootstrapped startup PostRanger.com in the coming weeks too, plus maybe some valuable services for...
Five clues your business could be bootstrapped
in BootStrapMe, on July 30, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Sean Locke
Here are some questions you might ask to determine whether the business you'd like to start is a good candidate for bootstrapping .
1. Is it a service? A service business can require less initial investment. Starting as a consultant is one o...
Bootstrapping your cash flow
in BootStrapMe, on July 30, 2008
...roach should be taken to make it pay?
Here are some questions you can ask when looking at your own bootstrapped idea:
• What is the value? In the case of PostRanger, would it be to advertisers whe...
Bootstrapping with 50 K
in BootStrapMe, on July 22, 2008
...s of today.
Now, entrepreneur Andrew Goodman worries about a micro-financing trend of supplying bootstrapped startups with a $50,000 infusion to help them get up and running-and so do I.
Goodman ...
Bootstrapping NOT a con
in BootStrapMe, on July 21, 2008
...dia.
Unfortunately, not all the publicity is good and some misunderstanding out there about what a bootstrapped business startup really is remains.
Take this article in The Sun Chronicle about an ...
Bigger Things Going on with Numbr
in The VoIP Weblog, on July 21, 2008
...ltimately be successful-is that they are doing this without venture capitalist money. It's been bootstrapped with the founders own money and now operates profitably. They can take their time and b...
Something of value
in BootStrapMe, on July 16, 2008
...ife has been trying to restart a musical career recently with her songwriting efforts, the ultimate bootstrapped business requiring nothing but talent and maybe a guitar.
But she's been wondering...
Can blogs serve as bootstrap incubators?
in BootStrapMe, on June 29, 2008
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It made me start to wonder about the potential of blogs or other on line communities as a kind of bootstrapped incubator for small startups.
Just as they do with small businesses, blogs can:
• Draw...
Bootstrapping like Xiang Yu
in BootStrapMe, on June 28, 2008
...army had no choice but to be victorious...or, of course, be defeated.
Twice while at the helm of a bootstrapped company ( Skylist ), Baer says he made similar decisions changing course away from one ...
VC's in a bootstrapper's world
in BootStrapMe, on June 28, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Jan Rysavy
A recent post by blogger and venture journalist Donna Bogatin raises the question again about the need for big venture capital in a Web 2.0 startup world.
The implications are similar to those raised in a recent post by Taylor Davidson on his ...
Bootstrapping at the movies
in BootStrapMe, on June 24, 2008
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Mystic Cab, a film co-written by bootstrap envangelist Bijoy Goswami, premiers Thursday at 6 p.m. at (where else?) The Bootstrap Film Festival , Arbor Cinema Arboretum , 9828 Great Hills Trail, Austin, TX.
Read the four part interview wit...
Million dollar blog bootstrap
in BootStrapMe, on June 21, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, George Peters
Jason Coulls has an ambitious goal. He hopes to make a million dollars from his Becoming a Millionaire with AdSense blog.
To do so, Jason plans to bootstrap all the way, investing nothing but his time in the project.
Creating a blog is certainl...
How I built my bootstrap business
in BootStrapMe, on June 13, 2008
...nd others with like interests instead of endless online hookups and spam.
Building my new bootstrapped business was a question of putting all these ideas together. Here is the result!
...
Portrait of the bootstrapper as a very busy man
in BootStrapMe, on June 11, 2008
The above Self portrait ...or almost self portrait...was taken while on a long drive collecting photos for part of my ongoing social blogging bootstrap PostRanger.com .
Read more about what's going on here and here and in a future post.
If I look somewhat distant and visionary.....
Perfect is the enemy of good enough (Part 2)
in BootStrapMe, on June 9, 2008
...ry sections for PostRanger.com our startup du jour here at BootStrapMe.com.
For more about our new bootstrapped social blogging network see the previous post and keep checking in for regular update...
BootStrapMe again heralded as key link
in BootStrapMe, on June 6, 2008
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I should have mentioned this earlier to give up a little link love, but back on May 21 I got an e-mail from Benjamin Jones of Ben Means Business .
Ben writes:
I was just emailing you to let you know that I had written a pretty popular post on ...
Listen to the bootstrap music podcast
in BootStrapMe, on June 3, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, rolf bodmer
Apologies for not updating sooner on our weekend podcast with the Succeed in the Music Business team Sunday.
Among topics covered with co-hosts KasondraK and Jeronimo Black were:
• Marketing. How the bootstrapping musician gets his/her work ...
Music bootstrapping posts and resources
in BootStrapMe, on May 31, 2008
...?
• Bootstrappers go direct. Applying Guy Kawasaki's advice directly to the new bootstrapped music industry.
• Could music be the perfect bootstrap business? You know my answer to this one...
Could music be the perfect bootstrap business?
in BootStrapMe, on May 29, 2008
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As many readers probably already know, I'll be doing an interview with KasondraK of the Succeed in the Music Business podcast at 8 p.m. EST Sunday on the topic of bootstrapping in the music business .
I hope you will tune in and tell a frie...
Consider bootstrapping
in BootStrapMe, on May 26, 2008
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I've often argued that trade is a bit like gravity.
We may quarrel about how the benefits are distributed-how much should go to those who do the trading, to those who create the product or service being traded or to the person or entity that enables the product to be crea...
Bootstrappers go direct
in BootStrapMe, on May 24, 2008
Conversations about music bootstrapping in recent posts have me thinking in turn of another recent blog entry at Startup Africa revisiting Guy Kawasaki's thoughts on bootstrapping in general.
My favorite one of Guy's recommendations hands-down is "Go direct". Specifically,...
Has Dharmesh Shah lost his mind? (Part2)
in BootStrapMe, on May 22, 2008
...ounder Dharmesh Shah discusses his decision to raise $17 million in VC funding for the company he bootstrapped with $500,000 of his own money.
Despite his firm commitment to bootstrapping startup p...
Has Dharmesh Shah lost his mind? (Part1)
in BootStrapMe, on May 21, 2008
...ding despite a longtime commitment to bootstrapping .
With partner Brian Halligan, Dharmesh:
• Bootstrapped a startup. HubSpot was started with $500,000 of his own money, proceeds from sale of...
Music bootstrapping gets under way
in BootStrapMe, on May 20, 2008
A few weeks ago I posted about an exercise meant to look at how to bootstrap an online music label from a nuts and bolts perspective.
The post looked at a couple of ways that music could, and probably should, be marketed in the near future taking advantage primarily of the digital tools readi...
Bootstrapping advice still rings true
in BootStrapMe, on May 19, 2008
...in ventures that start with large investments and have a clearly defined break even point. With a bootstrapped business, worry first and foremost whether you have enough money coming in to pay the bil...
Don't keep your day job?
in BootStrapMe, on May 17, 2008
...up to get it off the ground.
While I agree there may be a time to jetisson your day job when your bootstrapped business is up and running, I don't think that time is necessarily during the delic...
Bootstrapping by word of mouth
in BootStrapMe, on May 14, 2008
Sometimes the best sales force is an army of satisfied customers. Mike Smith makes a point along these same lines in his recent post " Word of Mouth Marketing: Thank your referrers ."
I've had similar experiences with this blog and other projects .
Though I definitely have to w...
How contagious is your purple cow?
in BootStrapMe, on May 12, 2008
...n the pulse of your customer base. Greg Gianforte kept asking his customers for feedback as he bootstrapped RightNow Technologies .
• Don't screw with success. It would have been a bad idea for...
Bootstrapping a contagion
in BootStrapMe, on May 11, 2008
I got around to reading The Tipping Point , Malcolm Gladwell's book on the spread of ideas a bit later than most people, but cracked it this weekend and plan to post some commentary as I work my way through.
The book is particularly significant to bootstrappers because of its implicati...
Alternatives to bootstrapping?
in BootStrapMe, on May 11, 2008
A post at the Global Security Challenge suggests these three alternatives to bootstrapping your new or existing business drawn in turn from an article in the Wall Street Journal :
• On line social lending networks. The post calls this a "credit-union matchmaker" and in this case t...
Be your own record label
in BootStrapMe, on May 11, 2008
I've been making a list of the kinds of music that, as an amateur musician, I could probably create with minimal or no help, at least in a kind of unplugged format.
So far I've come up with blues, traditional country, jazz (some styles), traditional rock 'n roll and R&B, traditi...
Bootstrapping the software industry
in BootStrapMe, on May 7, 2008
Gavin Bowman, director of V4 Solutions e-mails:
Hi Shawn,
Just read your post asking for suggestions for links relating to bootstrapping/entrepreneurship.
I run a weekly newsletter post on my blog for a small community of independent software developers, and the linked contents tend ...
Build your bootstrapped business today
in BootStrapMe, on May 5, 2008
You don't need to wait until the time is right to launch your bootstrap venture.
In fact, as entrepreneur Greg Gianforte has pointed out, one of the best things about bootstrapping is that you can start right away .
O.K. maybe the first couple of steps aren't the most glamorous, certa...
Another month of bootstrapping
in BootStrapMe, on May 1, 2008
... on the blog too, so I hope you'll contribute.
That's about it. Up next, "Build your bootstrapped business today."
Photo Credit: Mary R. Vogt , MorgueFile ...
Guest posts coming-hopefully
in BootStrapMe, on April 30, 2008
Two weeks ago I made an announcement not only here but on our Yahoo! , MySpace and MyBlogLog groups that I was looking for some reader interaction for some future posts.
As I stated on this blog at that time I'm looking for:
•...visitors to share a suggestion or link to a great blo...
Bootstrap seminar planned for rural entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on April 29, 2008
An educational session featuring one of Montana's leading bootstrappers is aimed at giving rural entrepreneurs and others an insight into this self-reliant technique of venture startup.
Greg Gianforte, founder and CEO of RightNow Technologies and co-author of " Bootstrapping Your Busin...
Bootstrapping beyond experience
in BootStrapMe, on April 28, 2008
So, what do you do when you lack the skills to create the product or service you hope to bootstrap?
A recent post at Bootstrap in Bangalore offers this advice for the entrepreneur who may at first not seem the right fit for the venture he/she imagines:
The lesson is to break the dream int...
Changing your bootstrapping identity
in BootStrapMe, on April 27, 2008
I love Saurabh Chandra's post on the subject of " How to become the right person " for a bootstrapping venture at Bootstrap in Bangalore .
Unlike going on a job interview, bootstrapping requires no special credentials, so why not take the opportunity to stretch beyond your comfor...
Lack of capital shouldn't stop bootstrappers
in BootStrapMe, on April 26, 2008
Among the " 7 lies that keep your great idea from being a real business " is the need for capital to make it happen, says Greg Go of WiseBread .
Greg mentions a couple of other great bootstrapping tips and resources in this post via Internet Redux including:
• Boiling down your...
Hot dog girl
in BootStrapMe, on April 23, 2008
Bootstrap entrepreneur Mary Miller cooked up the perfect menu for success with her string of Creative Concepts Café's in Northern California according to this story at MercuryNews.com.
Her sumptuous recipe can be boiled down to a few key ingredients:
• Know your business -Without the fin...
Bootstrapping in bits and pieces
in BootStrapMe, on April 22, 2008
...ieces of the puzzle just don't fit together immediately.
A business idea may not be able to be bootstrapped all at once because of the revenue needed.
Take PostRanger.com , launched in 2007 a...
Bootstrapping link love GUARANTEED!
in BootStrapMe, on April 20, 2008
I've tried this kind of interaction before with readers of this blog and have always been pleased with the results.
So I'm hoping fellow bloggers and entrepreneurs will join me again for a little link love in the hopes of helping to bootstrap each other's endeavors.
• On my MySpac...
