@jameskc I’ll bet you could raise the 3k right here on this Reddit forum. Do a fundraiser. Let’s go.
I don’t think it’s allowed here, but you could get most of the way there if you offered to pay people back with a meal even if you can promise nothing else (but their money back if you fail).
I want to hear you start taking like you’re in a fight for your survival and that reply was not it.
That was, “but it’s going to take me a while,” aka, “buuuut it’s haaaaard.” It’s as hard as you make it. Get back on the horse.
Now.
Take immediate and extreme action and make it happen. Not later. Not slowly.
3k is possible in 1 day, or at least a week if you get going.
If I were in your position, I would sell special dinners to people to raise the money or something similar. For 50, 100, 250 and $500 investments in my food truck business you get different levels of rewards. $50 buys you 100 worth of food once it’s back. 100 does 225. 250 is a catered dinner for 4 at their house. 500 buys you a discount for life.
I would offer them a free meal for all the investors when the business reaches its goal — a thank you dinner — and I would get people behind me being successful and a way that would actually matter to them.
I would offer them a chance to be part of my second act. You can do the same thing.
You can go to 30 people and raise $100 bucks.
Every business has times like this. You’re going to get bullied, you’re going to lose, you’re going to get your ass kicked by bigger competitors, and the only thing that you are in control of is how you react when shit goes to hell.
Right now you’re not in the mindset of someone who is going to come back swinging and win it.
You’re in the mindset of somebody who is trying to recover from getting their ass kicked. That’s not it.
It is time for you to get creative, get amped up on coffee, and get your ass out there and raise that money in the next couple of days. I’ll bet you could have it all done by the end of this weekend by getting out there and talking to everyone you know asking for help.
You do a fundraiser, and you offer a chance for future discounts and a special meal that only you can make that makes sense. Find the deal that we get people to give you a 20, 50, or 100. That’s it. That’s a plan.
That’s a hell of a lot better than grinding for weeks and months while everything sits.
And I’m sure the people on this form could give you 10 times better advice than I have. But it’s so critical right now, you have to go slowly you’re going to lose. You’ve got to get your ass in gear and make it happen.
With love and respect.
