DISQUS

Let's do this! What is step 1?

:::standing ovation:::

Whitney, you nailed it. $50 is NOTHING for the value that can be gained from going to PodCamp. I can now count the value of those connections in the high tens of thousands of dollars from the projects we're doing, so $50? Yeah, I'm ok with that.

I have no idea how objectors and volunteers correlate, but I, quite honestly, am delighted to pay to attend so I'm not obliged to volunteer!

Time is money, and the time you have all put into PodCamp is invaluable. The end. :)

Jennifer

The most important thing to remember is that the internet is a giant tool: to sell your work, to communicate with others, and to learn what is happening outside your own little world. It's just talking and networking in another form, so I don't know why people get so uptight about it; or, conversely, dismiss it. The dismissals remind me of "this television thing will never catch on."

There is a way to make money and it, but it is just like any other metier: You have to work hard and sell to the right people, with the right message. The rest is just details.

I've always been of the mindset that bootstrapping is the way to go. We've done so from day one with our new media company, and don't want VC because (a) we don't want someone else telling us how to do things; and (b) we don't owe anyone anything, aside from our small credit card debt. In fact, we will be in the black and completely cash flow positive in about a month. The beginning is harder this way, but it is much easier to sustain financial and/or market shocks. Fast easy money always comes with a lot of strings.