Hi Billy, On Nov 24, 2012, at 13:39, [email protected] wrote:
> HP did not start with nothing, it stated with about $ 500 in cash, maybe $ > 2500 > in today's dollars, and it started with a garage and utilities that would have > been valued at maybe $ 30,000 in today's money. It started with significant > investments in such things as "free" research done by the founders, > and a good deal of know-how with real value, like where to get > the best deals on items needed for the new business I think the term you're looking for is bootstrap. Not zero, but still a tiny amount of seed funding, with most of the "capital" coming in the form of experience and sweat equity. I agree completely we need a real Social Movement Organization (not Centroids) if you want to take RC to the next level. The question is: what is the minimum amount of time, effort, and money it would take to bootstrap it? Waiting for someone to just give us a million dollars seems neither necessary or wise. Tell you what: come up with a solid business plan to bootstrap RC using only the $32,500 HP had available, and I will take responsibility for raising the money for you. Deal? E -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
