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Entrepreneurs on Fire

James Garvin shares how to successfully bootstrap your startup

Entrepreneurs on Fire

John Lee Dumas

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2014

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

James founded FiGuide.com, an online personal finance media company and authored Bootstrapped: How 75 Entrepreneurs Successfully Bootstrapped Their Startups and How You Can Too.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Entrepreneur on Fire 500 in 23.

0:04.0

The most inspiring stories from today's most successful entrepreneurs.

0:09.4

Join John Lee Dumas and today's entrepreneur on Fire.

0:16.0

Business apps is an industry leader in the mobile app business and they've got

0:20.0

everything you need to start your own mobile app reseller business today.

0:25.0

Visit businessapps.com. That's b-i-z-n-e-s-s-apps.com to learn more.

0:33.0

Besides fear and lack of confidence, design projects are what I see hold entrepreneurs back most.

0:39.0

Luckily, 99 designs can help. Visit 99designs.com slash fire in getting $99

0:47.0

power pack of services for free.

0:51.0

Okay, Fire Nation. Let's get started.

0:55.0

I am simply thrilled to introduce my guest today, James Garvin.

0:59.0

James, are you prepared to ignite?

1:02.0

I am ready to ignite.

1:04.0

Yes.

1:05.0

James founded FiGuide.com, an online personal finance media company,

1:10.0

and authored bootstraps.

1:12.0

How 75 entrepreneurs successfully bootstrapped their startups and how you can too.

1:17.0

Given our listeners just a little overview, James, so take a minute.

1:21.0

Tell us about you personally because we want to get to know you.

1:24.0

Then give us an overview of your business.

1:27.0

Yeah, you bet. So I'm absolutely a zigzagger.

1:29.0

My background education, if you will, is actually pre-med and was studying for the MCAT back in the day

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