There were times when I lay down on the floor at night, close to crying, and said, “I’m done.  I can’t make payroll.”  Then my wife would come over and kick me and say, “Get up and figure it out.”  One time, I got a customer to prepay us.  Another time, I came into the office and said, “Oh, by the way, we’re changing payroll dates.”  That bought me 10 days.

This month’s issue of Inc. is full of 3-minute case stories of entrepreneur productivity.  The above quote comes from Josh James of Omniture which recently announced its acquisition by Adobe.  It caught my eye because of how honest it was.  If you are running a small business, you have to have had the same gut twisting night at least once.   Josh is a creative guy and he brought creativity to solving his cash flow crunches.

What was the most creative approach you ever took to solving cash flow problems?

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