Category Archives: Bootstrapping
Don’t Even Sit Down for Less than $100
We all made fun of my friend when he first started his business because he was the youngest lawyer we’d ever known and, and came to work each morning braces- faced and ready to take over the world. But, this guy scoffed at the heckling and began making his mark at the ripe age [...]
Make Your Own Whiteboard
As an entrepreneur my whiteboard has become a must-have for my startup. Brainstorming ideas, sketching website designs out, and working out problems are all a part of using the big whiteboard that’s hanging up on my wall. I paid around $50 for mine, but you can cut that price in half by making your own:
…some [...]
The Determination Factor
Are you running your business on a shoe-string budget, with a crappy computer and recycled office supplies? I am. And, the thought occurred to me yesterday as I shifted my lap-top screen on its broken hinge – that I couldn’t have it any other way.
I wasn’t raised poor – but we had no money. [...]
Will Work For MONEY
Are you tired of trading your valuable services for “experience,” a pat on the back or the occasional slice of pizza? After you’ve been at it for a while, you feel like the money should just naturally start flowing your way, right? But what happens when it doesn’t? What happens when good clients can’t transition [...]
10 Tips n’ Tricks to Raise Funds and Bootstrap Your Biz
Jump on the ebay wagon
ebay can be used as a powerful tool to help you raise some funds for your business. For years, I used to go to summer garage and yard sales with my mom and purchase tons of 10cent books from the boxes, sometimes the entire box, and come home to list them [...]
5 Shopping Tips for the Bootstrapping Entrepreneur
What’s a bootstrapping entrepreneur? A bootstrapping entrepreneur is someone who is always looking to save money during the course of running a business. Most of us don’t have funding or fat wallets to dump tons of cash into our businesses, so we rely on creative ways to save money and keep the wheels of our [...]
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