get involved, and network with the right people...and maybe you can find someone nice enough to provide you with some startup capital (that's how I got off my feet). I was in debt and didn't have the money required to get started on a good path...(though i do admit i wasn't trying hard enough)...but I found a good guy that decided I was worth helping out... Marketing yourself could be a good way to get that first initial capital coming in to start doing bigger and better things...we all started from 0...
I started making money from absolute scratch as a freelancer 0 spend thousands made Now i spend few dollars as i'm developing my sites So the answer is YES you can make money from scratch
I've done it make your first $1 then tomorrow turn that into $2, $4, $8 well you can see were this going.
Tha's good ways to begin with. there are many ways to earn money but all of them need time and efforts. you got money to spent, jsut spent on some project. if no money, find doing freelance job then invest your money in a bigger project later. everything take time.