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Starting a Business While Broke
by Dan on Apr.21, 2010, under Articles, Entrepreneurship, Self Improvement, Startups
Today, we sent a newsletter with my article entitled Being Broke is Not an Excuse. The results were fascinating.
It seems that an article like this can strike entrepreneurs in two ways:
1. The article can inspire or motivate them to get moving on their businesses. Put the excuses aside and get to work!
2. The article can frustrate them or cause them to become bitter.
I was very surprised to see how polarizing an article can be. People from the frustrated camp argued that broke with $0.00 is paralyzing. That, in fact, a business can’t be started with $0.00.
The optimists fired back with more encouraging views.
In the comments below the article, I felt that I had to address the intent of the article. Of course, people need food, transportation and even phone or internet access to get a business started. The point is that you don’t need millions (or even thousands) of dollars to start a business.
Frankly, it might be an interesting experiment to start out homeless with no money, and see if it is possible to start a profitable business.
Hmmm… Let me think about that one!
