Category Archives: Bootstrap Your Way To Inspiration

How to Save Your Solo or Small Business By Outsourcing Tasks You Suck At

It might look penny-wise to save a buck by doing your own accounting (or graphics design, or copywriting, or whatever). But it’s really pound-foolish. Here’s why the smart solo entrepreneurs embrace outsourcing.

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The Top Ten Mistakes Solo-preneurs Make in Business (Christine Kane – with Commentary From the TIS Head Muse)

Guest author and fabulous business/life coach Christine Kane clues us all in on the top ten mistakes solo entrepreneurs make in starting and running their businesses. Bonus: some commentary from Sheryl, the TIS Muse-in-Chief.

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Breathe Some Inspiration Into Your 2010 Marketing Plan With Coaching From The Inspired Solo

There’s good news, and there’s bad news. The good news is great news for you — but you gotta move soon. As of January 1, 2010, it’s all over.

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Finding Your Way As a Solo Professional Service Provider in a Recession

Owning your own business is always an uncertain proposition, in the best of circumstances. So, how do you chart your own course as a solo? Simple. Listen to the smartest person you know: YOU.

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7 Days of Inspiration: Week Ending 12/1/2007

Wow, it’s been awhile since we did this, eh? Let’s get back into the habit. After all, inspiration — like success — is nothing but a habit, right? Here are your inspirational tidbits for the last week, though at least one of them predates last week:

From Priscilla Palmer’s Personal Development Blog comes this post titled [...]

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A Wealth Of Info: The Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs

Raj Dash at Bootstrapper has initiated a wonderful new carnival* called “Carnival of Bootstrapping Entrepreneurs.” To see all entries in the Carnival, go here.  Guidelines for submissions are contained within each post.
This is a great way not only to find terrific bootstrapping advice for your solo law practice but also to find new blogs [...]

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