My personal credit was not optimal, I had no personal assets to speak of, and the business was too new/unstable to pitch a good "lend moneyz pleez!" story. Tra

My personal credit was not optimal, I had no personal assets to speak of, and the business was too new/unstable to pitch a good "lend moneyz pleez!" story. Traditional lending channels were not available to me. I'm sure someone somewhere would have floated a loan, but I eventually chose to just work harder. Eventually trying to raise money seemed like more work than earning it.