The Venture Edge

I had to laugh when I read Peter's post Free is the New Black because I had just decided to cancel my online subscription to The Wall Street Journal (for which I was paying $155 dollars a year - up from $99 in the past two years alone).  It seems that everything I wanted to read in the WSJ was already available to me for free on the site.  Sure, WSJ probably won't let me search its archives once I'm not a member but there are other ways to find that information if I really need it. 

Peter's post on signs of a turnaround was certainly welcome to most of us, but those of us who decided not to participate in the recession in the first place did not wait for recovery signs before starting or growing our businesses. Nevertheless, it seems we may not be in the majority .  Today during an interview, a reporter told me that my view of California's competitiveness going forward and the ability of entrepreneurs to be successful in a down economy was quite contrarian compared to some of the entrepreneurs he had interviewed.