The only way entrepreneurs can cope is to network. It's the contacts and referrals. Entrepreneurs need to begin networking before they launch their businesses. A large body of research describes the positive impact networks have on business start-ups. The common finding is that the exchange of information among potential entrepreneurs is considered so vital to managerial and entrepreneurial development that, without such support systems, ventures are less likely to be successful or even created.
Entrepreneurs often acquire networks naturally.
Patricia Droppelman, president of Pediatric Nursing Care Inc. in Cincinnati, who initially had received little encouragement to start her firm, networked outwardly by doing what seemed logical and familiar. You had to run a house, you had to pay the bills and you couldn't pay any more than you had in your pocket unless you wanted to go into debt. Unknowingly I had established a relationship with a banker and he knew me when I needed money. My accountant really believed in my company. It always worked out in the way I wanted to do it.