http://bootstrapeconomist.org Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:36:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Prior to its abolishment on the Federal level in the early 19th century, citizens could be placed in prison for failure to repay their debts. Debtors prisons were cold and unwelcoming buildings with no heat, cramped living quarters, and overcrowding. This made for unbearable and nausiating living conditions for citizens ... http://bootstrapeconomist.org/2008/06/06/now-leaving-debtors-prison/ My first opportunity to learn the banking industry came while I was searching for my third, six-month cooperative education experience while attending Drexel University's LeBow College of Business. My first two cooperative education experiences had placed me with large corporate companies and I was seeking a localized experience. I chose ... http://bootstrapeconomist.org/2008/06/04/mergers-and-acquisitions/ In banking, it is often touted as part of the four (4) C's of credit that repayment of our loans comes from the character of the individual(s) who operate the businesses that we lend to. This requires banks to perform their necessary due dilligence including but not limited to how ... http://bootstrapeconomist.org/2008/06/02/personal-branding/ My marketing and technology infrastructure advisor, Roman, recently sent me an e-mail inviting me to try Mint. For those who may be unfamiliar, Mint is a personal finance management application available free on the internet. Mint allows its customers to centralize their banking, savings, credit card, and brokerage accounts to ... http://bootstrapeconomist.org/2008/05/25/mint-misses-on-data-privacy-protection/ This post serves as an update to Let My Loss be Your Gain, an article I wrote last year for Geezeo, a personal finance web community. When I graduated from college in June 2005, I had $13,645.24 in revolving credit card debt, no savings, and was making less than $40,000 ... http://bootstrapeconomist.org/2008/05/24/successful-debt-reduction/ One week ago I had lunch with my marketing and technology infrastructure advisor, and he asked me to describe the name "bootstrap | economist" in my own words. While in my mind I knew exactly why I chose the name bootstrap | economist, I found it challenging to accurately portray ... http://bootstrapeconomist.org/2008/05/23/bootstrap-business-experiment/ Long gone are the glory days of American business when companies strove to groom stars from within. Strong training and mentoring programs that companies used to mold employees into confident extensions of their brand, have been replaced by bare bones frameworks of top-heavy management and unhappy supporting casts. Many of ... http://bootstrapeconomist.org/2008/05/18/privilege-of-opportunity/ Article courtesy of my friend Michael Arrington, TechCrunch More details on Facebook’s banning of Google Friend Connect from the Facebook API earlier today. I spoke with Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly and Google’s Director of Engineering David Glazer about the banning to get a fuller picture of the conflict. Here’s an ... http://bootstrapeconomist.org/2008/05/15/facebook-denies-google/ Just more than one (1) year ago I joined Cambrian House, an idea-sharing web community based in Calgary Canada. Today I read on TechCrunch that Cambrian House has been purchased by established venture capital firm Spencer Trask, who will undoubtedly attempt to develop several of Cambrian Houses seven thousand (7,000) ... http://bootstrapeconomist.org/2008/05/12/bankbook/ Palo Alto (Calif.)-based Facebook has secured a $100 million dollar leasing facility to purchase additional servers for its rapidly growing web application. The Company has partnered with TriplePoint Capital, a Menlo Park (Calif.)-based company that specializes in providing debt financing to venture-backed companies. The TriplePoint Capital leasing facility will offer ... http://bootstrapeconomist.org/2008/05/10/facebook-acquires-debt-financing/