Recent Bootstrapper's Bible Articles

Survival Tips for Solopreneurs

A few years ago, survival tips for the small business owner would have focused primarily on productivity issues and marketing strategies. In the face of a fa...  Read more

The Art of The Pivot

Lean startup guru Eric Ries recommends that start-ups refine their business models through small tweaks—or pivots.  Read more

Steps to a Pivot

Five tips for changing your company’s business model and direction.  Read more

How to Find Money in Your Business

Solopreneurs experiencing roadblocks to cash flow can take these simple steps to put themselves back in the driver's seat. Get cash flowing and profits movin...  Read more

Matt Mickiewicz, Co-founder of Sitepoint.com 

The Vancouver-based founder of Sitepoint, Flippa, and 99Designs, Matt Mickiewicz, speaks on bootstrapping and internet marketing.  Watch video

Eric Ries, Author and Startup Lessons Learned Blogger 

The author, consultant, and blogger at The Lean Startup discusses new management disciplines in the practice of entrepreneurial innovation.  Watch video

7 Easy Steps to Bootstrapping Success

A guide on how to launch a start-up on the cheap.  Read more

How to Bootstrap Your Public Relations

Looking for ways around hiring a PR specialist or outsourcing your publicity? Take - and master - the DIY approach.  Read more

How to Build a Bootstrapping Culture

Here are some tips to the art of building a business with little or no cash.  Read more

How to Pitch Your Business to Friends and Family

It's important to preserve relationships and protect everyone involved when tapping your family tree for funding.  Read more

Building a Brick-Oven Dream in Seattle

Food writer Molly Wizenberg talks to Inc. about the trials and rewards of opening a pizza shop with her husband.  Read more

Avoid These Cash Draining Start-up Mistakes

Because stretching your start-up dollars is so important, it’s critical that you avoid cash-draining mistakes.  Read more

How to Break Into the Fashion Industry

Emerging designers, beware: Even if you are able to create a beautiful product, the fashion world is fraught with tricky choices on incorporation, competitiv...  Read more

14 Bootstrapping Tips

Even the most self-sufficient start-ups need a hand. Here are some pointers to make the most of free and cheap resources around you.  Read more

10 Tips for Bootstrapping Your Marketing

When money's tight, your brand's image doesn't have to suffer.  Read more

10 Tips for Bootstrapping Your Technology

When you're starting a business on your own dime, the rule for tech is keep it simple.  Read more

How to Finance a Business With Your 401(k)

A bad lending environment and provisions in the tax code make tapping retirement funds a tempting start-up financing option. Here's what you need to know.  Read more

Trading Equity for Services

Why more companies are trying out a new kind of barter system.  Read more

Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Nerds On Call

How a small computer repair company stole market share from Best Buy and embarked on a national expansion.  Read more

Bring It Back from the Brink

What happens when you build a company, show growth and clients, get investment, and then the market drops out?  Read more

Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Smashing Ideas

How three cartoon animators built an interactive branding company from their basements that's growing over 50 percent annually.  Read more

Is a Barter Exchange Right for Your Company?

Careful: Some barter trades can be costly  Read more

The Bootstrapper's Guide to Launching New Products

Discovering the value of lean product development and minimum viable product  Read more

Great No-Cost Software

Paying is passé. Use these 10 free software programs instead  Read more

How to Manage Volunteer Software Developers

Companies like Etsy use developer tools such as APIs to entice developers to build mobile applications for free  Read more