You're listening to the Creating a Brand podcast where we deliver weekly interviews on topics to help entrepreneurs make their first or next step in business the right one.

I am your host, Alex San Felipe.

Since launching this podcast and creating two software businesses, I've had the opportunity to learn a lot about entrepreneurship and starting successful businesses from some of the most brilliant minds.

And I am beyond thankful for the opportunity.

Today, I'm excited to bring you another solo episode of the podcast.

We'll cover 15 steps I've identified as the process for building a bootstrapped business in the best way possible.

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slash 154. And now let's not wait any longer. Let's walk through the 15 steps for starting a business

in the best way possible.

There are a lot of books, podcasts, YouTube videos, and other resources out there to help you start a business.

And I've been through many of them myself, as I'm sure you have as well.

And they contain some great insights, but they all seem to lack something.

And it's an overview of how it all really comes together.

So it's like you're getting pieces of a puzzle from each of these things, but you have to continuously be looking for more

to actually find that holistic approach and see the entire puzzle all finishing together for what

it takes to start a business specifically. And that's what I want to share with you today is not only

how to start a business, but how to start a business and what I consider be the best way possible. It's how I want to share with you today is not only how to start a business, but how to start

a business and what I consider be the best way possible. It's how I've actually bootstrapped now

three businesses with only $5,000 total and with almost no stress involved. And key word,

there are almost no stress, right? But I just find that this is not what people talk about when it

comes to business. Again, we look at the small elements, the small pieces, and there's a lot of stress involved, a lot of money needing to be raised.

We're going to have to put our whole life savings into this thing. That's usually what I'm hearing,

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