The Bootstrapper's Blog

Leadership lessons for founders- infectious enthusiasm with ruthless pragnmatism   A few weeks ago I wrote about how as a founder you...

Think creatively and don't follow the establishment- July 8th Last week I wrote about a founder who was becoming blinkered to the...

Why you don't need to follow the VC playbook for success July 2, 2025 I just had an interesting chat with a founder the other day. He was...

Howe to embrace pressure June 25, 2025 Founding a business brings pressure- there is no doubt about that. How you react to it and think...

Know what you don't know June 19, 2025 Know what you don’t know One of the most dauting parts of starting a business is owning up to what...

Founder Tourism June 12, 2025 Twenty years ago if you said you were leaving your perfectly well paid job to start a business, people...

June 4th June 4, 2025 When you’re a founder of a business you spend most days feeling like not only is the whole world against you but...

May 27, 2025  In my last blog  Don’t be like Scott- be like Shackleton | LinkedIn  I wrote about the difference between the failure of...

Be like Shackleton - not like Scott ( May 20th) May 20, 2025 Like many British schoolboys in the 70s and 80s I grew up with a...

May 14, 2025 Learn why cross-sell is your new best friend :) Cross sell- be the tortoise not the hare! In my last blog I wrote about how...