Archive for the 'Bootstrapping' Category

Be Aware Of The Book

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Cash going into your business\muse\micro-enterprise and NOT the library? Here are free books to keep you inspired and skilled up.

http://thepiratesdilemma.com/download-the-book/
Here are four books go start your own X, Y and Z
http://free-culture.cc/freeculture.pdf
Question your deep seeded beliefs on copyright. Now go innovate.

http://www.storycenter.org/cookbook.pdf
Our society is constructed on stories. Time to tell yours.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/bzzagent/The_Word_of_Mouth_Manual_Volume_II.pdf
It may infuriate but [...]

Reverse Cold Calling - How I get business asking to stock my product

Yesterday, I received this message from a retailer asking to stock a product I sell purely online.

Did it make sense? Probably not.
Why? Because the guy had never heard of my business or the products I sell but strangely enough customers kept coming in hassling him for my product.
What did this business owner do [...]

A Simple Landing Page Template Download

Do you require a web page template to help make a landing page to sell a product?
Do you have basic understanding of:

HTML
CSS and Styles

If you answered Yes. Feel free to hack this HTML and CSS to suit your own needs.
The structure is a 1 column, elastic, header, footer and centered.
The content is a mix [...]

8 tips to have a cheap legal working holiday in Silicon Valley

If you are an independent technologist\artist\media hacker\entrepreneur\etc and want to experience San Francisco and the Bay Area on the ground instead of a one week gig feeling like a tourist. Here are tips to make it happen cheap!

Travel OFF PEAK
Peak is May to August and any holidays i.e. Christmas, Thanks Giving are peak. For [...]