I have a handful of investors. Each one is giving me a scoopful of magic beans. I asked Savannah to invest, and she said no, the only no I have gotten so far, so I guess that I am doing pretty good. Tiesh said that anyone who declines to invest in my business, that is a friend of mine, is really saying that they are choosing not to invest in me because they don't believe in me. I don't know if that is true or not, but what I do know is that I am excited and don't want to think about it. I am obsessed with getting this thing off the ground.
Anyone who has been on the precipice of starting a new business knows all about the fears that bubble up in the development stage. What if no one likes my business and I have no customers? What if people laugh at my ideas and my business fails before it gets off the ground? Money? Loans? Marketing? It's a lot. I am not crazy about potentially losing money that I don't have. But, if life has shown me anything again and again, it is that nothing happens when you are too scared to try. I already have some naysayers around me, but fear never got anyone anywhere, which sucks, because I have more fear than I have capital.
So, I am moving forward, trying to learn how to root for myself as I go along; trying to silence the doubt. I think that I have what it takes to get this done. We shall see. I'm excited!
