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A great side-effect of entrepreneurs’ optimism in tough times is creativity. At our OpenCoffee last week, discussions got lively when talk turned to bootstrapping — not just self-funding, but all sorts of alternatives for producing live-giving capital and conserving what you do have. Time to put on your thinking caps.
Random-sampling the mix of entrepreneurs who made it to OpenCoffeeDC earlier this week, the wretched economy has deterred um, let’s see — no one. Gotta love that entrepreneurial spirit!
My pitch was turned down for, among other things, ‘We are unsure about your ability to monetize the site.’ Heck, join the club! Who’s sure about their ability to monetize anything? Google wasn’t. Facebook still isn’t. But if you’re diligent — and reasonably astute — you work on it, you work every angle, you try things, and you figure it out.
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