12 Keys to Choosing and Building Your Best Side Hustle
There is a reason that January is a popular time to start a business. New Year, new you, fresh start, all that. The good thing about a side hustle is that you don't have to...
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This Entrepreneur Shares How She Bootstrapped Her Startup (and How You Can, Too)
There are several different ways a startup founder might fund his or her business, including series funding, crowdfunding, loans, venture capital and angel investments. Bootstrapping is another option. As an entrepreneur, investment advisor and consultant...
How to Bootstrap Your Side Hustle into a 6-Figure Business
How do you successfully bootstrap a side hustle into a six-figure business? Building a wildly profitable business is simpler than you might think. With the right business model and strategy, you can build a successful...
6 Successful Dealmakers Provide Top Tips on Raising Capital
Bootstrapping will only take your startup so far. Many businesses underestimate how much money they really need to keep going and growing, and they run out of runway. When raising capital, these investor-entrepreneurs and members...
14 Funding Tips From Entrepreneurs Who’ve Been There
As an entrepreneur, what is your best tip to secure funding for a startup? To help you with securing funding for your startup, we asked small business owners and entrepreneurs this question for their best...
3 Resources Bootstrappers Need to Overcome Common Challenges
There are many ways to grow a successful business, and bootstrapping, while not necessarily en vogue, is what most entrepreneurs are faced with—funding a business straight from your own wallet or customer revenue, not from...
Secrets of Bootstrapping From an Entrepreneur Who Leveraged his 401(k)
If you’ve never bootstrapped a business, you’re going to need to be prepared for the unexpected. I learned this myself when I transitioned out of the U.S. Army and became a federal decision officer for...
The 7 Business Lessons We’ve Learned in 7 Years
Fewer than 50 percent of businesses make it to their fifth year. That means that half of all companies have a short lifespan, despite their efforts to build something successful long-term. The interior design space...
7 Creative Financing Options for New Businesses and Startups
It takes money to make money. But financing isn't always easy — especially if you're the proud founder of a brand new business. Traditional banks and financial institutions set a high bar for borrowers. They...
Bootstrapped and Global from Day One: The Story of Linktree
Linktree was created somewhat by accident in 2016, as a side project by myself, my brother, Anthony Zaccaria, and our friend, Nick Humphreys, to solve a problem we thought to be uniquely our own. At...
4 Alternative Funding Options for Your New Business
It's hard to secure funding from venture capitalists. There's a good reason for that: it should be hard. Raising venture capital for the wrong kind of business is a recipe for startup failure. The media, such as...
5 Reasons Why Bootstrapping Your Business Helps Improve Customer Service
Brands have always waged war over customers’ attention, trust and loyalty. They’ve competed on just about everything — from features and specifications to special discounts and service plans. But in today’s marketplace, product and pricing...
7 Alternatives to VC Funding That Women Entrepreneurs Need to Know About
News, television and other media have pushed venture capital from specialized financing vehicle to the mainstream. It would be easy to assume, then, that venture capital is a good fit for every startup, but that’s...
5 Leading Entrepreneurs Share Their Best Advice for Bootstrapping a Business
About 42 percent of startups fail because there’s no market need for their product, and almost 30 percent don’t make it because they run out of money. So, what does it really take to succeed in business,...
Show Me the Funding! Creativity Can Help Get the Money and Resources You Need
The following is excerpted from “Target Funding: A Proven System to Get the Money and Resources You Need to Start or Grow Your Business," pg. 26 to 28 (McGraw-Hill, July 12, 2019). If the vast majority...
How This Law Firm Bootstrapped its Way to Success
John Pascoe is the founder of the Pascoe Law Firm, a dual-practice law firm in the Houston area that specializes in car, truck, and motorcycle accidents. Instead of keeping up with the “Joneses” of other...
The Art of Bootstrapping: How to Start a Business with Little to No Money
Bootstrapping is a term that has long been applied to entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial process. According to Dictionary.com, when used as a verb, bootstrapping means to “help oneself without the aid of others.” In the...
6 Funding Ideas for a First-Time Startup Founder
Finding cash for your new business venture may seem like a daunting task. With some high-profile startups boasting angel investment amounts in the millions, is it even likely that an unknown, fledgling business like yours...
How This Mom’s Ever-Growing Laundry Pile Inspired a Business
Any parent of young children can relate to the constant struggle of staying on top of laundry. Angelyn Myers, founder of My "Buddy" Towel, is no different. The mom of six was especially frustrated when...
Why Transparency Should Be a Key Pillar of Your Business Strategy
As entrepreneurs, we all love a good challenge. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t bother trying to start a business in the first place. But starting a business is one thing, and bootstrapping one is another; especially...