Comments on: 11/16/15 Self-Pub Loan http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5409 Tue, 20 May 2025 03:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Edward Welbourne http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5409&cpage=1#comment-289875 Edward Welbourne Sun, 22 Nov 2015 23:17:04 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5409#comment-289875 A dozen years ago, I found a friend sitting on a door-step looking bereft. I asked him what was the matter. He told me about the fire that had consumed his business. I sat with him a while. I asked how much funding he would need to get his business started again. He thought a while. He named a number. I told him that, if we could find nine more people as willing and able as me to invest in putting his business back on the road, it would happen. He stopped thinking all hope was gone. We talked some more, he worked out a way to get started up again on a tenth of the capital. He and his business partner made it work. They paid me back in full. Sometimes, when given the opportunity, folk get over the surprise that it's there and take it. I've not been as good at that as my friend was. A dozen years ago, I found a friend sitting on a door-step looking bereft.
I asked him what was the matter.
He told me about the fire that had consumed his business.
I sat with him a while.
I asked how much funding he would need to get his business started again.
He thought a while.
He named a number.
I told him that, if we could find nine more people as willing and able as me to invest in putting his business back on the road, it would happen.
He stopped thinking all hope was gone.
We talked some more, he worked out a way to get started up again on a tenth of the capital.
He and his business partner made it work.
They paid me back in full.

Sometimes, when given the opportunity, folk get over the surprise that it’s there and take it.
I’ve not been as good at that as my friend was.

]]> By: Pete Rogan http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5409&cpage=1#comment-289622 Pete Rogan Tue, 17 Nov 2015 02:32:58 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5409#comment-289622 We can get so used to disappointment, especially that which we create ourselves, that hope becomes positively painful -- a stirring toward life when we feel the anchoring stake still holding us down. It's no wonder we reject it without thinking. No addiction is more draining that clinging to hope. We can get so used to disappointment, especially that which we create ourselves, that hope becomes positively painful — a stirring toward life when we feel the anchoring stake still holding us down. It’s no wonder we reject it without thinking. No addiction is more draining that clinging to hope.

]]> By: Christopher http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5409&cpage=1#comment-289619 Christopher Tue, 17 Nov 2015 01:39:57 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5409#comment-289619 I missed you all too! (although I still get to read comments, even when I don't blog). And I'll do my best to keep up this time. :) I missed you all too! (although I still get to read comments, even when I don’t blog).

And I’ll do my best to keep up this time. :)

]]> By: pbij http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5409&cpage=1#comment-289618 pbij Tue, 17 Nov 2015 01:32:20 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5409#comment-289618 We missed you. We missed you.

]]> By: ronald http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5409&cpage=1#comment-289601 ronald Mon, 16 Nov 2015 12:05:25 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=5409#comment-289601 As a perusal of amazon . com can demonstrate, self-publishing has become much simpler. Self-EDITING, however, apparently remains in its infancy. As a perusal of amazon . com can demonstrate, self-publishing has become much simpler. Self-EDITING, however, apparently remains in its infancy.

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