entrepreMusings
JANUARY 26, 2011
The following is a guest post by Bill Hazelton , Managing Director of Credit Card Assist , a leading credit card resource site for consumers and small business owners and Sell It! For other local bootstrapping resources here in Austin, check out the Bootstrap Austin site. Partnering with a Complimentary Business.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 27, 2014
Building a business from scratch is never easy. Far too many businesses – around 80% to be exact – fail within the first 18 months. Did you know that in 2009, about 550,000 small businesses opened in America, yet 660,000 of them actually closed down in the same year? It’s a shocking statistic.
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Duct Tape Marketing
AUGUST 10, 2017
It’s really fun to see this kind of success and these stories are out there and everywhere if you look – no, they don’t always make the nightly news because it’s pretty much a bootstrapped, do the work, grow consistently kind of success – the best kind.
Hearpreneur
MARCH 5, 2017
I own a distillery and it has been a very bootstrapping startup in a highly competitive market. I believe she knows how to break down the intricacies of being a small business owner and can provide me with empowering tools to move my company farther in reaching my target market. Thanks to Mark Derian, Animus Empire ! #10
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
Many launched small businesses to tide them over until they could find a “real” job and eventually just stopped looking when their new venture stuck. In fact, failure in small business can be a good thing for young entrepreneurs. For some recent grads, it’s simply easier to make their own jobs.
The Entrepreneurial Mind
AUGUST 16, 2010
There is even growing talk in some circles of America experiencing a "lost decade" in its economy. Recent employment and bank lending rate data seem to support a prolonged recession for small businesses. Whichever path leads you to start a new business, a successful launch will require bootstrapping.
Up and Running
FEBRUARY 9, 2015
I had the opportunity to speak with Melinda Emerson, the “SmallBizLady” and America’s #1 small business expert, who took the opportunity to share with us her proven, step-by-step method to transition from employee to entrepreneur. Have you always dreamed of being your own boss? You just want to check her out.
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