Comments on: Adding Gasoline To Your Rocket Ship http://www.startbreakingfree.com/797/adding-gasoline-to-your-rocket-ship/ How to Quit Your Job and Start Your Own Business Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:11:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Brian Armstrong http://www.startbreakingfree.com/797/adding-gasoline-to-your-rocket-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1641 Brian Armstrong Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:45:59 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=797#comment-1641 Totally agree John, it takes your focus off the most important part! Thanks for the comment. Totally agree John, it takes your focus off the most important part! Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Brian Armstrong http://www.startbreakingfree.com/797/adding-gasoline-to-your-rocket-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1640 Brian Armstrong Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:45:30 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=797#comment-1640 Hi Patric...totally agree about people nosing in your business. I don't like to have to justify my decisions and try to convince anyone. If I know its right I don't have patience for that stuff :) Hi Patric…totally agree about people nosing in your business. I don’t like to have to justify my decisions and try to convince anyone. If I know its right I don’t have patience for that stuff :)

]]> By: Brian Armstrong http://www.startbreakingfree.com/797/adding-gasoline-to-your-rocket-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1639 Brian Armstrong Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:44:38 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=797#comment-1639 Glad you enjoyed it Matt! Glad you enjoyed it Matt!

]]> By: John Bardos http://www.startbreakingfree.com/797/adding-gasoline-to-your-rocket-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1638 John Bardos Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:57:29 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=797#comment-1638 One of the greatest dangers of the funding route is the amount of time you will spend chasing investors. I know of far too many people, including myself in the past, who wasted countless hours writing business plans,looking for business grants and trying to find huge investment capital. That time is much better spent working on the product and trying to build something amazing. Ideas are easy, getting something great to market takes work. The cost of building something on the Internet is now close to zero. Searching for money is just an excuse to procrastinate. One of the greatest dangers of the funding route is the amount of time you will spend chasing investors. I know of far too many people, including myself in the past, who wasted countless hours writing business plans,looking for business grants and trying to find huge investment capital.

That time is much better spent working on the product and trying to build something amazing. Ideas are easy, getting something great to market takes work. The cost of building something on the Internet is now close to zero. Searching for money is just an excuse to procrastinate.

]]> By: Real Estate Career http://www.startbreakingfree.com/797/adding-gasoline-to-your-rocket-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1637 Real Estate Career Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:26:06 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=797#comment-1637 All of my projects have been launched in bootstrap mode, sure its not easy for the faint hearted, but its kind of fun to turn nothing into something great. I never liked the idea of seeking investors, I started creating web businesses for fun, and having someones nose in your business takes the fun away, in my opinion. In regards to the cookie cutter model, it lacks originality. Sure you can find success in copying another persons idea, but what fun is it, I would never be pleased with myself. I know every person has their own styles and interests, this is just the way I roll. :) Patric All of my projects have been launched in bootstrap mode, sure its not easy for the faint hearted, but its kind of fun to turn nothing into something great. I never liked the idea of seeking investors, I started creating web businesses for fun, and having someones nose in your business takes the fun away, in my opinion.

In regards to the cookie cutter model, it lacks originality. Sure you can find success in copying another persons idea, but what fun is it, I would never be pleased with myself.

I know every person has their own styles and interests, this is just the way I roll. :)

Patric

]]> By: Matt Thomas http://www.startbreakingfree.com/797/adding-gasoline-to-your-rocket-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1636 Matt Thomas Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:27:31 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/?p=797#comment-1636 Completely agree with you in that I am a big bootstrap fan as well. It is the lowest risk but can still give you a great reward. I like how you pointed out that you try multiple bootstraps at once. This is great in that it allows you to diversify your projected success in a lot of different areas and brings the probability of success up even more. I like the idea, and while I do this type of diversification on a small scale, I think I am going to start doing a lot more of it. Thanks for the post! Completely agree with you in that I am a big bootstrap fan as well. It is the lowest risk but can still give you a great reward.

I like how you pointed out that you try multiple bootstraps at once. This is great in that it allows you to diversify your projected success in a lot of different areas and brings the probability of success up even more. I like the idea, and while I do this type of diversification on a small scale, I think I am going to start doing a lot more of it.

Thanks for the post!

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