Bootstrapping stories: What it takes to do an entire startup @seattle20

"This week we are running several guest posts by people who are boostrapping (or did bootstrap) their businesses. Today’s post is by Steve Murch. Read previous posts Vivek Bhaskaran and  Hillel Cooperman]  BigOven.com , the social network about food, started out as a hobby. I love to cook. I wanted a better way to organize and plan our own family meals, and thought there was a pretty big opportunity emerging at the intersection of social networking and the food/cooking/nutrition category.  After growing a startup (VacationSpot.com) and selling it to Expedia.com in 2000, by 2002 I wanted to take a little break from work.  But I quickly found that I was writing little programs for mobile devices here and there, and I wanted a larger project as a way to force myself to stay current on technology..."
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Source: Seattle 2.0 Blog