MBA606 Ten Incredibly Successful Bootstrapped Companies

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2016

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Small businesses need creativity, drive, and ingenuity to succeed. They don’t need big investors, big budgets, or the big hassles that come with them. In today’s episode, we show you 10 (or so) examples of hugely successful companies that were built from the ground up by bootstrapping entrepreneurs. From teams as small as 2 people with as few as 10 customers, these companies have shown what a lean, committed, innovative approach can do. Click play, and be inspired!

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0:00.0	Heyo! Welcome to the $100 MBA Show your daily business burrito
0:14.5	delicious and satisfying with our daily 10 minute business lessons for the real world
0:20.1	I'm your host your coach your teacher Omar's and home. I'm also the co-founder of the $100
0:26.0	MBA, a complete business training and community online. I'm also the guy that comes up with these
0:31.6	catchphrases at the start of the episodes.
0:34.0	If you want to give me some help and send me a cashphrase, tweet at me.
0:38.0	My handle is The Omar's at home.
0:40.0	In today's lesson, you're going to learn about 10 incredible successful bootstrap companies.
0:46.4	Today's lesson is all about that even if you get no funding, zero capital, you can do this. So many people think that in order to be a huge
0:55.2	successful company, you've got to get VC funding, you need investors, or it's just not
0:59.7	going to happen. False! If you're a listener of the show you know how much I believe that bootstrapping is the way to go.
1:06.0	Being self-funded, not going into debt, and not giving away equity when you don't have to.
1:11.0	And in today's lesson, I'm going to show you 10
1:14.0	successful companies that did it and their stories are going to be surprising to you
1:18.2	because a lot of them didn't just blow up. They actually struggled to the start
1:21.8	but now they got a made in the shade.
1:24.0	I'll share their stories and explain why in today's lesson, so let R.M.A. Show is sponsored by Sumomie, which is created by AppSuma, one of today's amazing companies that is Bootstrapped.
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2:00.0	Sumomie.com. A lot of people have this thought or this dream
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