With all the doom and gloom about the economy — you know, the part with companies failing and the growing number of unemployed — I have the privilege of working with the newbies, as in new businesses that are being formed.
As the publisher of New Business Minnesota and New Business Denver, I was approached recently by a TV reporter who wanted to know if anyone was seriously considering starting a business in these tought times. I think I shocked him when I told him that Minnesota has more than 44,000 businesses register with the state in 2008 and Colorado had more than 60,000.
Sometimes I feel like most of the media hangs out at the morgue while I get to spend quality time at the nursery.
Working with news businesses is very rewarding in a recession. These new entrepreneurs are so full of hope and enthusiasm. It’s uplifting. The morning paper is full of stories about the end of the world as we know it, I I’m going to meet with 152+ people attending a meeting of startups and businesses that want to work with them. They see a new world unfolding for them, one in which the American dream is still real and obtainable.
The economy got you depressed, take an entrepreneur out for a drink. You’ll feel better.
