Bootstrapping

Starting a Business

Four Entrepreneurial Lessons Learned Through Bootstrapping A Startup

Making the case for how you can build resilience and ownership in startup growth by bootstrapping your venture.

Starting a Business

Starting a Business? Before You Seek VC Money, Here's Why Bootstrapping May Be the Better Choice.

Here's why bootstrapping is the key to building a sustainable business that can scale.

Starting a Business

After a Cancer Scare, She Bootstrapped a Business From Her Kitchen to 3,500 Walmarts. Here's Her Secret Ingredient for Health — and Success.

Katie Lefkowitz, founder and CEO of Harken Sweets, is redefining indulgence with "superfood-infused" candy bars.

Fundraising

You Don't Need Venture Capital Anymore — Here Are 4 Funding Alternatives

Are you hoping to raise capital for your business without traditional investor interference? Here are four alternatives you could pursue.

Starting a Business

3 Essential Skills I Learned By Growing My Business From the Ground Up

Discover the most effective (and cheapest) way for founders to learn team management, efficient decision-making and other essential leadership skills.

Starting a Business

This Is How Entrepreneurs Can Achieve Financial Fitness

Entrepreneurs aiming for financial fitness, akin to physical training, must focus on bootstrapping — a process of self-funding a business.

Starting a Business

Bootstrapping vs. Seeking Venture Capital — How to Decide the Best Avenue for Your Business

Funding your idea is one of the most crucial aspects of getting your business off of the ground. But what's the best option between bootstrapping and seeking venture capital?

Growing a Business

How I Bootstrapped to $100 Million Without Venture Capital Funding

How I grew my business without any VC funding — and how you can, too.

Fundraising

The Complete 10-Step Guide to Bootstrapping for Entrepreneurs

Unpack crucial principles, practical strategies and inspiring insights that make bootstrapping a financial choice and a transformative entrepreneurial journey.

Starting a Business

Why Founders Should Capitalise on the Freedom of Bootstrapping

That freedom will allow you to build a profitable business on your own terms.

Living

Charlie Day: Always Sunny in Philadelphia Creator Says You Shouldn't Just 'Do What Makes You Happy'

The Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator and star tells Merrimack College graduates to create their own opportunities.

Starting a Business

In a World of Insane Valuations and Mega-Fundraising, Does Bootstrapping Still Matter?

Though venture capital-fueled unicorn companies make great headlines, there are key advantages for startups that go without external seed money.

Thought Leaders

How to Find the Right Mentor: Insights From an Immigrant Entrepreneur

Why empathizing with the unique challenges and perspectives of an immigrant business owner can be vital in an advisor, plus tips on finding the right one.

Emprendedores

Cómo encontrar el mentor adecuado: ideas de un emprendedor inmigrante

Por qué empatizar con los desafíos y perspectivas únicos de un empresario inmigrante puede ser vital en un asesor, además de consejos para encontrar el adecuado.

Growing a Business

3 Marketing Dos and Don'ts for Maximizing Profit on a Bootstrapped Budget

If you don't have a working marketing strategy, you're just as likely to feel stuck with money as you do without it - and a few key strategies make all the difference.