6 Tips for Bootstrapping Your Business from Scratch

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Is bootstrapping right for your new business? Happy Medium founder Katie Stocking shares all the lessons she learned while bootstrapping her company to 800% revenue growth and zero debt.

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PULL YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS
6 TIPS FOR BOOTSTRAPPING YOUR BUSINESS
KATIE STOCKING
Owner & Founder, Happy Medium

CHOOSE YOUR TRIBE
Hire smart people you can trust

CHOOSE YOUR TRIBE
Hire smart people you can trust
Get an accountant

CHOOSE YOUR TRIBE
Hire smart people you can trust
Get an accountant
Find a mentor

CHOOSE YOUR TRIBE
Hire smart people you can trust
Get an accountant
Find a mentor
Let the critics make you better

PINCH YOUR PENNIES
Watch your cash like a hawk

PINCH YOUR PENNIES
Watch your cash like a hawk
Cut personal expenses

PINCH YOUR PENNIES
Watch your cash like a hawk
Cut personal expenses
Focus on your customers and your product – not
profitability

DO IT YOURSELF
Don’t outsource anything you can do yourself

DO IT YOURSELF
Don’t outsource anything you can do yourself
Yes, that means sweeping the floors

INVEST WHERE IT COUNTS
Your domain
Your trademark

YOU CAN LEARN ANYTHING
Code
Twitter
Excel

NEVER GIVE UP
Make connections
Build relationships

NEVER GIVE UP
Make connections
Build relationships
Pound the pavement

@KLSTOCKING
@ITSAHAPPYMEDIUM
WWW.ITSAHAPPYMEDIUM.COM

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6 Tips for Bootstrapping Your Business from Scratch

1. PULL YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS 6 TIPS FOR BOOTSTRAPPING YOUR BUSINESS KATIE STOCKING Owner & Founder, Happy Medium

2. CHOOSE YOUR TRIBE

3. CHOOSE YOUR TRIBE Hire smart people you can trust

4. CHOOSE YOUR TRIBE Hire smart people you can trust Get an accountant

5. CHOOSE YOUR TRIBE Hire smart people you can trust Get an accountant Find a mentor

6. CHOOSE YOUR TRIBE Hire smart people you can trust Get an accountant Find a mentor Let the critics make you better

7. PINCH YOUR PENNIES

8. PINCH YOUR PENNIES Watch your cash like a hawk

9. PINCH YOUR PENNIES Watch your cash like a hawk Cut personal expenses

10. PINCH YOUR PENNIES Watch your cash like a hawk Cut personal expenses Focus on your customers and your product – not profitability

11. DO IT YOURSELF

12. DO IT YOURSELF Don’t outsource anything you can do yourself

13. DO IT YOURSELF Don’t outsource anything you can do yourself Yes, that means sweeping the floors

14. INVEST WHERE IT COUNTS

15. INVEST WHERE IT COUNTS Your domain

16. INVEST WHERE IT COUNTS Your domain Your trademark

17. INVEST WHERE IT COUNTS Your domain Your trademark Your logo and business cards

18. YOU CAN LEARN ANYTHING

19. YOU CAN LEARN ANYTHING Code

20. YOU CAN LEARN ANYTHING Code Twitter

21. YOU CAN LEARN ANYTHING Code Twitter Excel

22. NEVER GIVE UP

23. NEVER GIVE UP Make connections

24. NEVER GIVE UP Make connections Build relationships

25. NEVER GIVE UP Make connections Build relationships Pound the pavement

26. IT WILL BE WORTH IT

27. @KLSTOCKING @ITSAHAPPYMEDIUM WWW.ITSAHAPPYMEDIUM.COM

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