Recently, I’ve seen a rash of comments on various social media networks that talk about the mysterious “recovery” that few small businesses are seeing the effects of. 248creative has seen some pretty exponential growth over the past couple quarters, so this started my mind wandering. Is this feeling really as prevalent as it seems when you look over entrepreneurial forums or is that just a vocal minority? After talking to a few more people, I’ve gained some perspective on some of the problems that many small business owners seem to be going through and this is what I’ve come up with…
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I try to travel to entrepreneurial hotspots as often as I can to keep my motivation and skill set high. The run is usually between the east coast (usually nyc) and Silicon Valley. This year, as business tends to be slow in January anyway and I have no real interest in winter, I headed off to Mountain View, CA for several weeks to immerse myself in meetups and demos. I love places like Mountain View. Normally when you go to a bar and sit down on a stool, the lateral chatter you unintentionally field has to do with sports, alimony or the mundanities of whatever job the chatterer is tired of. When you sit down at a Mountain View bar, even a rowdy one like Molly McGees on Castro, all the conversations around you things like “…it sounds really interesting, but how is he going to monetize…” or “…they got seeded by YC and they’re working on closing their second round with Sequoia…”.
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