The average start-up in the US has about $10,000 in funding to get things rolling. A common myth is that if you start small you will stay small. Not true. Even the most cash tight bootstrappers can build a business that is scalable.
From Texasmonthly.com:
Founded Sweet Leaf Tea Company in 1998 with $10,000 and a recipe from his grandmother / Now markets ten flavors of bottled iced tea in all fifty states and has doubled sales each year for the past five years / Announced in April that he had raised $18 million in private equity.
This story is worth clicking through to hear about this success story from the entrepreneur’s own words.
(Thanks to Bro’ Steve for passing this along).