Building a Business
10 Bootstrapping Tips to Turn Your Idea Into Reality
Bootstrapping a business isn't an easy task. It's very challenging -- but it's not impossible.
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Building a Business
How to Decide Whether to Crowdfund or Bootstrap Your Business
How you chose to fund your business has a lot to with how much control you are willing to lose and how hard it is to explain your idea.
Building a Business
3 Musts for Bootstrapping Success and 3 Traps to Avoid
For all the talk of seed rounds and venture capital, the huge majority of founders are spending their own money.
Building a Business
The Myths and Pitfalls of Raising Money
There are a bunch of important ones. Bootstrapping your business instead may well be your best bet.
Tech
Good Software Is Essential, Even for the Penny-Pinching Start-Up
The Softmaker Office Suite, WorkflowMax and Socedo are just a few programs you'll need when starting your business -- and they won't break your bank.
Building a Business
The Bootstrappers’ Advantage: Scarcity Boosts Creativity
A new study proves the old adage: "necessity is the mother of invention."
By Nina Zipkin
Business Ideas
Two Founders Share Real-World Bootstrapping Secrets
Learn from people who've been there and made it work.
Business Accounting
Demystifying 11 Fundamentals for Financing Your Business
At some point most businesses will need an infusion of capital, here are the most common ways to get it.
Thought Leaders
For Entrepreneurs, One Really Can Be the Loneliest Number
Solo entrepreneurs often find themselves facing mental as much as business challenges. Here are ways to take care of yourself during the journey.
By Peter Gasca
Building a Business
The 10 Bootstrapping Mantras to Quick Cash
Bootstrapping is not the easy way out -- it can take longer than expected -- but it will be worth it.
By Andrew Medal
Building a Business
Are You Approaching Investors With No Business Plan and Fuzzy Profit Projections? Get Real.
The odds of finding funding generally correlate highly to your odds of business success -- and your personal risk is even more critical than outside investor risk.
Building a Business
Houzz Co-Founder Adi Tatarko Tells Us Why Bootstrapping Was the Best Thing for the Company
Tatarko initially launched her home design company with her husband as a side project. Now it is reportedly valued at more than $2 billion.
By Nina Zipkin
Business Accounting
Bootstrapping Is Much More Fun Than Investors
Bootstrapping does require a full confidence in your own passion with no investors to lean on or blame. But isn't that why you signed up to be an entrepreneur in the first place?
Building a Business
4 Tremendous Benefits of Bootstrapping a Company
Why run to investors when doing it yourself brings your business business benefits?
By Zach Cutler
Business Funding
7 Reasons You Should Stop Looking for Venture Capital
Most companies can afford to -- and should -- be a little scrappier. Here's why.
Building a Business
7 Ways to Bootstrap Your Business to Success
You don't need a lot of money upfront to build up a startup. Here's why.
Building a Business
We’re Bringing Unsexy Back to Entrepreneurship
Sometimes, the Plain Jane journeyman approach is the best when building a business and a lifestyle.
By Andrew Yang
Building a Business
The 8 Key Rules of Starting the Business of Your Dreams on a Shoestring Budget
The bad news is that many are already doing it, with competition growing, so the longer you wait, the less chance you have of getting there first.
Building a Business
Detroit Is Cultivating Local Entrepreneurship to Secure Its Future
The Motor City isn't waiting for a savior to move to town. It's banking on the energy of the people who call it home.
By Amanda Lewan
Thought Leaders
What Growing Up Broke in a Rich Neighborhood Taught Me About Business
This unique experience actually worked out to my advantage, and some of the lessons I learned helped shape my perspective and outlook on life and entrepreneurship.
By Andrew Medal
Building a Business
5 Strategies I Used to Start and Grow a Successful Business With Only $200
Don't let a limited budget stand in the way of what could be a successful business and rewarding career.
By Zach Cutler
Entrepreneurs
6 Life Hacks Learned in Prison That Will Maximize Your Productivity
Spending a few years behind bars totally sucked, but at least I developed some good habits that I still follow today.
By Andrew Medal
Building a Business
10 Bootstrapping Tips to Help Turn Your Idea Into a Reality
The chances of receiving funding is very slim, so if you are serious you are going to have to dip into your own pockets.
Building a Business
4 Reasons to Crowdfund vs. Self-Fund a Product Idea
With platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, you can quickly see if the idea is something the market wants before investing large amounts of time, capital, and energy.
By Terry Lin
Building a Business
6 Bootstrapping Tips From an Entrepreneur Who Turned $3,000 Into Millions
If you're considering starting a business, a small amount of money can go a long way towards building your future success.
Building a Business
How a Startup Made It During Its First Two Years Without Relying on Investors
With a focus on the product and a few 'lucky' breaks, a mobile app developer dives into fundraising for the '99 percent.'
By Dan Novaes
Tech
4 Reasons Not to Confuse Early-Stage Money for Success
The rigors of bootstrapping your startup shape company culture, compel innovation and keep control where you want it, in your hands.
By Jan Verleur