“What percentage of people tell you this is their first time?” I asked.
“A lot,” the bank manager answered.
No, the title of this blog post does not refer to “If” by Bread.
It refers to Insufficient Funds (IF).
Did I mention that I hesitated to open a business bank account for fear that I didn’t have enough cash for two accounts?
Have I shared often enough how much I just love being an entrepreneur?
What would I do differently? At this point, nothing really. I thought I had enough start-up money. How would one really know at the beginning how much one needed?
My spouse was lovely about it. Frankly, this process would be nearly unbearable without a supportive partner. If I heard every night, “Did you sell a blog post today?”, I would lose heart.
I'm going to frame the Insufficient Funds notice. 49 years old, indeed, and bouncing a check.
Actually, thanks to National Bank, not bouncing a check. I got charged one fee. National Bank covered the several checks that came in after my, ahem, oversight.
“Most people, though,” the bank manager said, “don’t come in to pay their fees.”
Oh. I can understand that. I felt pretty small walking into the bank.
I include blog posts from The Accelerated Entrepreneur: The Saga of Anne Giles Clelland's First Year as an Accelerated High-Tech Entrepreneur at VT KnowledgeWorks on the VT KnowledgeWorks blog, Inside VT KnowledgeWorks.
But I don’t think I’ll be sharing this one quite yet. I'll probably enjoy telling this part of the saga some day.
Let me wait until my red face lightens a tad.
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