Archives: Bootstrapping

Internet Entrepreneurs Who Made Millions From Their Bedroom

March 8th, 20120 comments

The Internet is an idea incubator. It’s also a place where people can make millions from their bedrooms. Here’s a list of ten internet entrepreneurs who had the right balance of luck, hard work and know-how and became millionaires from the comfort of their own homes. It would be informative to look these people up [...]

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The Two Most Important Skills For Bootstrapping An Online Business

February 11th, 20091 Comment

If you are serial entrepreneur, jack of all trades, master of none, like me, then you probably have dozens of brilliant business ideas for the Internet. However, chances are that you are stuck for a number of possible reasons. Typically, these reasons boil down to two general problems. First, you might lack the technical skills [...]

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3 Useful resources for bootstrappers

July 30th, 20080 comments

Bootstrapping Blog – Dealing primarily on bootstrapping, this blog contains very useful advice and information on just how to go about raising a business with zero or minimal cash outlay. Active since October 2007, it has a total of 71 articles in its archive. The layout of the blog is quite pleasing and easy to [...]

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Entrepreneurial Inspiration

July 28th, 20080 comments

The most popular College Startup article of all time is called 15 Successful Entrepreneurs Who Didn’t Need College. I think that article really served as inspiration to the entrepreneurial spirit in all of us. If nothing else, it made clear that college is not the critical key to success (though it can help, no doubt). [...]

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One Greek Store, an example of a successful bootstrapped business

July 25th, 20080 comments

Starting entrepreneurs usually encounter the problem of funding. There are several ways to go about it, and college students Tony Tran, Nick Leung and Dennis Ngin took a path not commonly traveled: using credit cards. Another interesting path taken by Dennis and his partners when starting the One Greek Store, a custom apparel for the [...]

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