Starting From Scratch: A Look At Self-Started Small Businesses

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We interviewed three self-started small businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area to find out how they got started and became successful.

Credits:
Jordan Kendall - Head Motion Graphics/Camera man/Editor
Lauren Heminez - Sound Design/Music/Editor/Photographer
Melissa Hernandez - Motion Graphics
Jon Evans - Additional Music

Special Thanks To:
Dylan Fiesel, Creator of Mrs. Munchies
Daniel Knapp, Creator of Urban Ore
Nikolai Lokteff, Co-Creator of Mastermind Treasure Hunts
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  • supergaspar
  • estee_arie
  • stopnoise
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      stopnoise  
    • That it is the main question one confronts themselves every single day.

      How one does to earn their daily bread?

      This it is on of my themes on "what is on top."
      http://current.com/items/89569802_what-is-on-top.htm

      Thanks for posting it * ontheoffbeat

      I came from a family of job creators! I am also a business developer and Job creator. However we are in a very risk and careless system ran by a non-supportive and careless minds. The Government could do a lot to help. Prosperity starts when a solid economy have been developed and it is in full operation around individuals, groups and families.

    • 3 years ago
  • justadad
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      justadad  
    • Exactly,

      It's likely that Einstein too would not have had the peace of mind or security of Liberty today within our NOW more enlightened era of "adult babysitter wantabees" of incessant urges for vindictive (self-licensed retaliatory) wielding of "unconstitutional deal-bent bats"; by which to have lent us the gracious contributions to humanity.

      Consider renting/purchasing the DVD --> "I.Q.", staring Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau & Tim Robbins (1994).

    • 3 years ago
  • nursediesel
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      nursediesel  
    • Been in business for 18years. It's been a real fight to stay a float. The government is constantly asking for more. Just try to get a building permit to fix a roof that was collaspsing. You are sent from one office to another, fullfilling each and every detail; paying each and every office. They nickle and dime you for years. A real tragedy. When you are honest and above board you are always questioned. And the state and federal government can't understand how you stay in business, but they see we are and the books are clean and accurate down to the penny. I just have to work at another job to it keep going.

    • 3 years ago
  • carmalite
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      carmalite  
    • nursediesel:

      My dad's problem was not the government and he paid those Ike taxes that were up to 90 percent. It was that the F...............g big boxes were starting. One of his businesses was not affected by big chains, and the small finance company either.

      He was not upset about Regs or taxes. He had served his country in War and was very patiotic He got up at 3 AM and came home at 7PM. He died young for a reason: overwork.
      Today, he would not make it with all the comglomeration and one of his franchises that he was really making bucks on is now owned by one of the giant greed hogs that has an off shore office and does not pay the taxes you pay.

      I don't think we are going to see a level playing field regardless who is in office because the giant greed pigs own everyone and everything now. So sad.

    • 3 years ago
  • carmalite
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      carmalite  
    • My dad was a businessman. He had 2 successful ones and was a director of the board of a small finance company. Today he would not make it at all.
      Not at all.

    • 3 years ago

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