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Ten Tips For Bootstrapping Your Startup

As a startup, you are going to experience some highs and lows. You are going to have to take risks and prove you are all in. One way to do that is through bootstrapping.

Bootstrapping is a term tossed around in the entrepreneurial community. It means that you, and your founding team, are funding your company solely through existing resources. This is not something for the faint of heart and takes true dedication to see through. That said, there are hundreds of companies that were started this way and because of that, there are several forms of “lessons learned” from those entrepreneurs. 10 Tips For Bootstrapping Your Startup walks you through 10 tips that will make boostrapping more plausible for you and your company.

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