Ted Rheingold, founder of Dogster, has been a source of wisdom for us in the past and continues to be now. Amidst no shortage of doomsayers, Ted offers some advice:

If there was ever time I would think the advice I and my partners have made for growing a sustainable value business would not land on deaf ears it’s now. To all entrepreneurs, now is a GREAT time to make something…Develop a great product and great people will find you to help.

Indeed, we’ve all seen better days, but there’s no replacement for sheer determination and belief in what your’e doing, and we think we have plenty of both here at TotSpot. We’ve had some of our best conversations this week with folks (potential partners, investors, sponsors, etc.) interested in helping TotSpot grow. For those of you building businesses out there, and we know there are many of you among our TotSpot users alone, keep your heads up!