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Poll: What was your financial situation when you started your startup?

Simple question. I want to get a sense for whether people are really starting from a position of destitution or if they already secured something before they start (or if they have a cushion)

Note: the last few options (starting with "Side project+: You have an existing job and are continuing either full time or part time while you start the business") were added between 10 minutes and an hour after the poll started ("Live on social welfare programs (social security, unemployment checks)" was added after more than 300 votes were cast) , so some of the results will be skewed

162 points niggler 13 years ago 140 comments

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