Archive for the 'Bootstrapping' Category
Central America is delayed. Berlin is on. Flying out from NYC posed the challenge of getting there with in budget. A problem quickly resolved via another serendipitous moment. Today I leave on an an incredible roadtrip of mammoth proportions with Jim of Dub-Corp and the beautiful Meadow Devor. The Debacle Explained from James Whitaker on [...]
August 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Bootstrapping, Do It Yourself | 1 Comment
Sunset Status Update on a Beach in Thailand from Cameron McGrane on Vimeo. With the current economic downturn, Thailand’s political instability and shoulder season approaching the price is right to freelance for a couple of months in Thailand. Here my tips time to freelancing and playing in Thailand Chime in on the Timing The shoulder [...]
May 6th, 2009 | Posted in Bootstrapping, Do It Yourself, Toolkits | No Comments
innovation on the cheap! With all the focus on internet innovators people forget about the oldest of innovators; the craftsman, tradie, mason, DIY Handyman type individuals who come up with innovations on a daily basis. This video is dedicated to the work of my friend Nathan from Panache Installations who made a custom stand up [...]
January 30th, 2009 | Posted in Bootstrapping, Design, Do It Yourself | No Comments
Creative Commons – http://www.flickr.com/photos/florian_b/44227093/ 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. [...]
July 21st, 2008 | Posted in Bootstrapping, Do It Yourself, Marketing, Uncategorized | No Comments
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 [...]
June 12th, 2008 | Posted in Bootstrapping, Do It Yourself, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Selling | No Comments
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. [...]
April 17th, 2008 | Posted in Bootstrapping, Design, Selling, Toolkits | No Comments
UPDATED July 2009 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! Below are recommendations you may find useful: Find your crew. This is so important. [...]
March 30th, 2008 | Posted in Bootstrapping, Do It Yourself, freelance | 3 Comments