How I Finally Realized The Importance of 💰Capital💰 - A True Story
"The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get." - Scott Alexander
I was once young and idealistic.
Hard even for me to believe nowadays, but true.
I am an inventor. It's just the way God wired my brain. I love to design things. I love to create. I love new ideas.
When I look at anything, a process is always going on. Sometimes it's conscious. Other times, below the surface. Always, I am imagining. "How can I do this better?"
It came to me as I was driving down the freeway...
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Knowing my abilities,
I was always so sure that I could start from scratch and build an enterprise on a shoestring. I went from year to year with the pollyanna notion that I could create something from nothing.
I continued to struggle.
Along came a wife, a family, and loads of responsibility. To be sure, family was a responsibility I was glad for. Working to support the family made it difficult to turn my creative efforts into revenue. But I continued to believe that I could succeed on a song.
Most of my design ideas, many of my creations required little or no money to gather the necessary pieces and parts. Some, thanks to the "magic" that is computer language, literally were castles in the air, software masterpieces, the closest thing yet in human experience to "And God said, 'Let there be'" followed by "and there was."
But I still experienced one failure after another.
In retrospect, it's quite obvious now.
It sure wasn't then. I thought I could do almost anything with nothing. I disdained the concept of capital.
Yes, I can be quite dense like that.
Then one day, driving home from work along the freeway,
the cold truth struck me with the force of a collision. No, not a literal collision. A lightbulb went on in my head.
I realized clearly, for the very first time in my life, my need for capital.
Even if I could make something out of nothing; even if I could build that castle in the air, write the "killer app" everyone would want to buy, launch a product that would take the world by storm without spending a nickel on the process, I would still need capital!
If for no other reason, I would need capital to live on while I was developing my "free" prototype and launching my shoestring product.
Yes, I am a slow learner.
I hope that this is a lesson that I will never forget.
But, marketing is not my strong suit.
I'm over the first hump. I acquired the necessary capital. I spent about five years developing a killer-good product.
How good is it?
It has been changing lives for the better, and in some cases even saving them. I believe every family needs this product.
Won't you help me succeed?
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Taking care of ones family, looking for that one goose with the golden eggs. Or the one idea, of thousands that already were, to be a succes. To be substantive.
At one point I hoped human society could function without money. And maybe it can at some moment in space-time. But currently it is part of life. Maybe it can be done without, but that is a life challenge all by it self.
Good to see that you managed to find your way and I bookmarked the site. So I can read it back later.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, my friend @oaldamster, for your visit here and your very encouraging comments.
Ah, I sense an idealist! I am also one; an idealist fighting to survive in a realist world. I have had related thoughts, and I do believe that there are places in this world that are largely based on "gift economies."
I am also an amateur theologian and a believer in Jesus as creator of all things, and I do believe we will one day see a society that does not need money "at some moment in space-time."
However, in the meanwhile, at the very least, the advent of Bitcoin and similar crypto-currencies gives us some forms of money that are more honest than government fiat.
Thank you very much for visiting, reading, and for your thought-stimulating comments. :D
It is my pleasure @creatr my friend.
Indeed idealistic. :-) Reality in many parts of the world is that money is key to many things. There are groups here that started free giving and asking. Not only to help those in need, but from an idea to share/ give for free. And it is gaining in popularity and support. There is hope...
And indeed, in the meanwhile we have at least debt free cryptocurrency. That is a change for the good.
Thank you for the inspiring conversation. :-)
You are absolutely welcome! I love good conversations! :D Thank you!