[joshmn]

It was more of an open-ended question for discussion, and I was wondering how other people had bootstrapped themselves when they needed to buy product in order to kickstart something.

[hartator]

It doesn't sound like this to me.

It seems you were begging for money for a brand-new project of yours. I actually remember it from last year. If you were dishonest about money then, why should we trust you now?

[mcv]

Online begging seems increasingly common, and surprisingly effective. This is not the first case I've encountered.