Saving Lives with Cashews in Mozambique

By Guest Author Bruce McNamer More than one billion people are going hungry on a daily basis, according to the United Nations World Food Programme. On average, that amounts to more than one out of every seven people on the planet. With our global levels of wealth, knowledge and resources, that number is unacceptable to

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Entrepreneur Journeys Book Review: Dorm Room View of Bootstrapping

Check out Chris Pund’s video book review of Bootstrapping posted on his blog, Dorm Room Biz.  He says: “If you’re looking for a book packed with case studies, stories, and interviews in a very easy-to-read format, definitely check this out.”

Forbes Column 2009: New Ways To Mentor Entrepreneurs

Zero In this week talks about yet another aspect of grooming next generation talent. Read New Ways To Mentor Entrepreneurs. I would love to hear ideas from the audience on other kinds of mentoring models that you have seen, and are working well. And also, those of you who have attended prior roundtables – I

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Mompreneur Stories: Personal Fulfillment

By Guest Author Erika Valdez Last week we saw that many women entrepreneurs start their own businesses partly because of the flexibility that an entrepreneurial life can offer. This week’s essay explores another benefit of entrepreneurship that is perhaps less easily measured but is no less important: the chance to embark on a journey towards

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Bootstrapping – Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction

This article explores bootstrapped entrepreneurship, otherwise known as bootstrapping, as an economic development and reconstruction strategy, calling it the weapon of mass reconstruction.

Rules for Bootstrappers (Part 3)

By Greg Gianforte, Guest Author This week’s post addresses marketing, an often misunderstood aspect of starting and running a business. Marketing is not a euphemism for sales. Marketing’s primary role is to engage in activities that make sales more efficient and shorten the sales cycle.

More Bootstrapping: VirtualTourist.com Co-Founder J.R. Johnson (Part 3)

SM: What was your plan for monetizing the site? How did you do it? JJ: During that time I convinced GoTo.com, which later became Overture.com, to allow us to take their paid links and put them into our content. I made the argument that a user who had to click six times to get down

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Top 20 Serial Entrepreneur Interviews

In the recap mode, here’s a list of the top 20 serial entrepreneurs I have spoken with: * Philippe Courtot – a very young 63-year old CEO of Qualys.