Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Melissa Houston covers financial issues that affect women in business. A common term you hear with start-up businesses is ...

Bootstrapping requires you to build a company with little to no venture capital or outside investment. This can be rewarding and allow founders to keep as much ownership of their company as possible, ...

There are several ways to fund a small business including taking out a loan, applying for a grant and receiving capital from investors. Another alternative is bootstrapping. Here’s what small-business ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Have you heard “do what you love, love what you do”? I’m lucky enough to say that, for me, this adage has come true. I started my ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Five years ago I was working as product manager and head of partnerships at Eventbrite. Quickly, I became aware of a big gap in the ...

Last summer, the Global Business Travel Association reported that global spending on business travel grew 5 percent between 2014 and 2015, reaching a total of $1.2 trillion. That figure was expected ...

Nia Menerville is the founder of The Loc God, a natural hair-care brand with $6.1 million in sales. Since 2019, she bootstrapped the business while working as a hairstylist and loctician. She shared ...

Hans Schrei bootstrapped his cookie brand, Wunderkeks, and hit $1.3 million in revenue in 2020. Bootstrapping a company means the founders do not take equity investment or venture capital. Schrei ...