The so called global financial crisis hit us like a swarm of meteors smacking down on a big juicy oil field. Pieces of rock shredding the earth, breaking, starting fires, flames burning us, smoke blinding our vision, all hell breaking loose.

Yeah right… I’m so fed up with all the BS of this global crisis… Let me tell you a couple of things -strait from the heart of a naive entrepreneur like myself:

The Money:
There is just as much cash money in the world today as one year ago, so it can’t really be about cash?

The Politics:
Same conflicts, same states, same laws, taxes and alliances as a year ago, basically. Can’t really be about politics either?

Natural Resources:
Same good old oil BS as always, the rock is still solid, the forests are still growing, the wind is blowing and the water is flowing. No, can’t be about natural resources.

People:
People work just as hard as they did a year ago, and in addition a new generation of bright and strong ‘kids’ born in the 80s bring new energy to the global workforce. Ok, it’s not a worker-crisis.

Technology:
The Internet is still there (apparently) and still growing, same thing with the mobile coverage and services. Technology is in fact getting better and better all the time.

Consumers:
No, they have not left the face of the earth.

What are we missing!? I’m not sure, everything I need to do my thing and make my vision come true and change real, it’s all there like it was a year ago. Speaking of vision – Remember that financials; that’s just something (pretty annoying) you need to reach your goals. Vision has nothing to do with how big a loan the bank is willing to give you or how much the VC is willing to pay for a stake in your company. Vision may be about money, sure, but if it’s about credit then you have a big problem…

My solution:
Ban credit. Play the game with cash. Finance your ventures with cash. Sure, that may be in the form of credit. But stay far away from credits based on credit, and credits based on credits based on credit and… If you use up money and there’s risk involved then make sure that you don’t destroy the world around you if all goes wrong. IT IS THAT FUCKING SIMPLE! It’s the rule of responsible spending and economics whether you risk a million or a billion.

I don’t know where I’m going with this so don’t take it too serious. I’m just annoyed and I don’t care much about money really. My business is progress and change. Much love.

Nothing has changed, all the molecules are there, right? Yet everything has changed…

Posted on October 29th, 2008 by Linus
Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Personal, Philosophical, Politics