It was just another day at my indoor flea market, it had now been open for a total of four months. I was mentally and physically exhausted. It had been a long journey. Over a year ago I had this crazy idea to create an indoor flea market chain called Flea Mart.

I was in the process of putting together a Battle of the Bands as a way to raise enough capital to save the business. To date I had yet to break even. I was the captain of a sinking ship, and it was sinking fast. In order to get enough capital to weather the next couple of months I had to think of something fast.

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