Poor choice of title IMO. This article is more about how to be productive than it is about bootstrapping. "1. Love the idea." or "2. Make sure the idea solves a

Poor choice of title IMO. This article is more about how to be productive than it is about bootstrapping. "1. Love the idea." or "2. Make sure the idea solves a problem / fills a need." just aren't specific to bootstrapping; those are reasons to start a business. IMO the only bullet point that I would consider specific to bootstrapping would be the one about using a project mgmt system that is free.