Exactly one year ago, when BizzFlip was but a vision, a team and a catchy logo, Joe and I agreed that (if ever needed) we would only accept outside funding if and when the following conditions were met: 1. Prior to considering any investment from the outside, we must first have succeeded in growing the community to a point in which it was obvious that scaling up to the next level would only be a matter of allocating greater capital. [In other words, we wanted to be able to quantitatively demonstrate the great potential and scalability of our vision before an investor would have the opportunity to buy into the team.] 2. Once we attained the point of growth described ... [ Read more ]