Boot Rap: The voice of the Bootstrap Network
Audio programs designed for Bootstrap Entrepreneurs presented by the Bootstrap Network at www.bootstrapnetwork.com. The Bootrap is edited by Sound Quality at http://www.soundqualityinc.com
Bootstrap Austin: An Open Source Community

Bijoy Goswami, Founder of the Bootstrap Network, presents to the Technology Advisors Group in Austin, Texas on Open Source Business.
The slides from this presentation are available (.ppt 1.5M).
Bruce Judson, Author of Go It Alone!

Bruce Judson, author of the book Go It Alone! speaks via conference call to Bootstrap Books, a special interest group of the Bootstrap Network.
You can actually read Bruce’s entire book at http://www.brucejudson.com/frombook.html or purchase the book at Amazon.com
Our theme music entitled “Tuckassee Train” was created by Charlie Crowe.
Bootstrap Student: A Panel of Bootstrappers
This is the official launch of Bootstrap Student a special interest group of the Bootstrap Network hosts a panel of bootstrappers, featuring Kendra Wright of Wright Strategies, Tina Schweiger of Yellowfin and Erebelle LLC, and Neelan Choksi, Co-Founder SolarMetric (sold to BEA). Bijoy Goswami begins the discussion with a presentation on bootstrapping.
This podcast was recorded on the University of Texas Campus on March 28, 2006.
SolarMetric (sold to BEA)
Yellowfin, Inc.
Erebelle LLC
Wright Strategies
Our theme music entitled “Tuckassee Train” was created by Charlie Crowe.
Parag Patel: Bootstrapping and the Peace Corps
Bootstrapping lends itself to developing nations where startup capital is scarce. Parag Patel spent two years in a village in Mali, West Africa with the Peace Corps. He applied Bootstrapping principles (though he didn’t know it at the time!) to help the village find the right solution to its critical hunger challenge. In this interview he tells of his experiences, including an emotional return to the village ten years later, where he saw the long term impact of his efforts.
Parag is interviewed by Bijoy Goswami, the founder of the Bootstrap Network.
Our theme music entitled “Tuckassee Train” was created by Charlie Crowe.
John Paul DeJoria on Bootstrapping

John Paul DeJoria, founder of Paul Mitchell inspires the female inmates of a prison in Gatesville, Texas teaching them how to start their own business with no money. He details his start twenty one years before as a homeless man and what he learned building a company with over $600 million in revenues.
This presentation was reproduced with the permission of John Paul DeJoria for Bootstrap Austin.