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Bootstrapping a new business or startup company from scratch is tough. It often involves working long into the evening after the day job is done, and doing a lot of work with no revenue or cash to show for it.

After you’ve got those first customers or raised money things get a little easier and you can afford to modestly invest in tools, technologies and services to help you grow. But until that happens (or even after if your looking to make your precious cash go further) you need to be able to do a lot of things established businesses do – but on a shoestring budget.

Having taken our own startup business avancert.com through this phase ourselves we’ve learned a few things and found a few sites and services on the way. This article highlights some of the lessons learned and cost saving sites an web applications you can use to keep costs under control.