My life after graduating from George Washington University in the spring of 2009 began inauspiciously: Like millions of Americans, I was on the front end of what would turn out to be an extended economic recession, with little in the way of opportunity and a deep desire not to move back into my parents’ house. To avoid that fate, I decided that I would start my own company — and I would make it work.
That same year I formed The Cutler Group, a public relations agency that helps innovative technology companies achieve high-value media coverage. In the beginning, the firm’s assets were limited to $200 in my bank account. My business supplies included a printer, a laptop and a desk. I worked out of my bedroom and some local coffee shops. This is what is called “bootstrapping,” though my friends on the Young Entrepreneur Council have always said that it’s really more like shoe-strapping — boots are too expensive.
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