You file your business, you put up your shingle, you steel yourself up, and you are ready to get things going. The phone lines are on, the website is up, and the doors are open. Silence. Growing louder and louder. The bills grow heavier and heavier. You make a few deals with the devil. You slash some prices, you put up the ads as more costs pile up, and you make some deals. Maybe you bend a little on your craft, you squeeze a little on your wallet, or you give up a little more of yourself to get things going.
The trickle starts to flow. If you chart your path right, it keeps coming and growing, but maybe not … Read more...