[GET] The Bootstrapper's Bible - Seth Godin [pdf]

[NonConformer]

The Bootstrapper's Bible

Starting out in 1986 with practically nothing, book packager and cyber
entrepreneur Seth Godin has created a new- and old-media business
that now employs 40 and generates around $5 million in annual revenue.



In The Bootstrapper's Bible: How to Start and Build a Business with a
Great Idea and (Almost) No Money, Godin shows precisely how his own
venture, and a slew of others like Dell Computer, Burton Snowboards,
Bose Corporation, Starbucks, and many lesser known companies, ultimately
managed to turn that nothing into something quite substantial.

"Bootstrappers built this country, and they continue to make it great,"
he writes. "Virtually every business--from IBM to the local
dry-cleaner--was bootstrapped, usually by people with far less smarts,
less money, fewer connections, and less vision than you have right
now."

He elaborates on specific practices that he believes are critical to
entrepreneurs who may have great ideas and boundless enthusiasm but lack
the financial resources to launch their businesses in the traditional way.

Writing in a clear and straightforward manner, he lays out Nine
Magical Rules (such as "Find people who care about cash less than you
do"), Ten Commandments (including "Don't forget where you came from"),
and lots of other helpful tips.



Author Seth Godin, a successful bootstrapper in his own right, tells
in fascinating detail his own story of how he built a multi-million-dollar
business with almost nothing. Godin also shares the inspirational stories
of dozens of others companies (from Dell Computer to Eddie Bauer) to
encourage budding bootstrappers to parlay a great idea into a profitable
business. Readers will want to soak up every one of Godin's "Nine Magic
Rules of Successful Bootstrapping," which include details on:

* Finding start-up funds and mentors
* Avoiding or surviving every small business pitfall
* Balancing work and home
* Being successful in the bootstrap phase and beyond

Get It:

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[MisterY]

Thanks so much for this.

It isn't the original book, but a pdf which breaks the book down into manageable chunks that can be more easily assimilated and is a promo, but a valuable one at that.

This isn't so much a 'how to' book as a 'how not to' diatribe on what business ideas don't work and why they don't. And amongst that, of course, is an inkling of how to take an idea, build a business plan, get funding and launch.

The basics are - find out what people want, find a way of delivering it to them, find someone who will fund the delivery, advertise that you've got what they want.

[NonConformer]

(01-25-2014 01:38 PM)MisterY Wrote:  Thanks so much for this.

It isn't the original book, but a pdf which breaks the book down into manageable chunks that can be more easily assimilated and is a promo, but a valuable one at that.

This isn't so much a 'how to' book as a 'how not to' diatribe on what business ideas don't work and why they don't. And amongst that, of course, is an inkling of how to take an idea, build a business plan, get funding and launch.

The basics are - find out what people want, find a way of delivering it to them, find someone who will fund the delivery, advertise that you've got what they want.

Holy hell, I overwrote my own copy with this frickin' promo copy. Not sure How I did that. ugh, let me see if I can recover the original and reup.

Thanks for catching that.

[NonConformer]

I stand corrected. There seems to be a manifesto, which is this one and then a volume 1 that is the original one I posted. They are both sort of large promos for his Permission Marketing book, which is another good read.

Here's the other bootstrapper:

Magic Button :

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http://mir.cr/171DGUXT

[millwright]

Thank you!

[twotokes]

Links appear to be down. But Max REPs for NonConformer for sharing.

[atwi80ds]

Direct Link:
[hide]www.sethgodin.com/sg/docs/bootstrap.pdf[/hide]

[mynameisbob]

Here are some of Seth Godin's other free PDFs, if anyone's interested:

Magic Button :

http://www.sethgodin.com/sg/docs/brainwash.pdf
http://www.sethgodin.com/sg/downloads/knockknock.pdf
http://www.sethgodin.com/bull/downloads/bullmarket.pdf
http://www.sethgodin.com/ideavirus/downl...dShare.pdf
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/..._there.pdf
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/files/what-...-now-1.pdf
http://www.sethgodin.com/sg/docs/stopste...sprint.pdf
http://www.sethgodin.com/sg/docs/stopste...screen.pdf

(I didn't include his book previews, because those are only a couple pages.)

[twotokes]

Ah! This direct link works great. Max REPs to atwi89ds and mynameisbob.

(04-29-2015 08:22 PM)atwi80ds Wrote:  Direct Link:
[hide]www.sethgodin.com/sg/docs/bootstrap.pdf[/hide]