1. if you want to start a business, the FIRST place you need to go is to your local business support organization or BSO for short.
we have a few in Detroit but if you google "business support organization" and your city, you will find them.
2. attend those workshops, meetings, bootcamps, accelerators ONLY. this is where you will meet and be mentored by other small biz owners in your industry and in adjacent industries.
why?
because businesses are economic development engines, not places to pretend to be 'bosses'.
I made my 13yo daughter pull out her immunization record and research each virus she was given a vaccine for.
That helped stop the stupid.
I get it. It's "cool" to be a counter-culture conspiracist.
But did you ever think that this too is a form of violence?
It's a form of gaslighting that would have you so twisted in knots that you can't see the real okey-doke and instead "discover" the false one.
Occam's razor: genes mutate. people practice different levels of hygiene. our world is not flat. people have varied levels of education and socialization habits.