You don't need to wait for funding to start working on your idea. You can seed it yourself.
1. Cut down on your expenses
- Do all the work you can do yourself.
- You c...
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Questions Tech Investors Wants Entrepreneurs To Answer:
Here are what investors at YCombinator ask people pitching their startups. Try to answer in 2 to 3 sentences.
What are you worki...
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Regular ways to finance your business
- Overdrafts are good ways to fund your cash flow.
- Bank loan: Always secured against your assets, but with planned repayments (e.g. EMIs).
- Overdraft:...
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The basics of cash-flow forecast forecasting
- Cash: To allow for future slippages, borrow or invest more than the forecast says you need.
- Sales: It takes time to build up....
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You can just start doing business as sole proprietorship - get some business stationary with business name, your name, address, email, phone, web URL etc (and a web site to go).
Why incor...
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Start with a 10-15 page plan, not more. Good business plans are logical, concise, and realistic, with some emotion thrown in between. Write a (well proofread) business plan not only to convince invest...
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The #1 company-killer is lack of market.
- Marc Andreessen
Find answers to these questions:
Who will buy it?
Where are they?
Have you talked to them?
Have you talked to pe...
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How to find Disruptive Ideas for creating a product/startup:
Begin with your interests: Something you always wanted to do, having read or heard about all your adult life.
Nex...
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Personal Analysis
Create this chart:
Column 1: Skills and Knowledge Needed to Run This Kind of Business Successfully
Column 2: Skills and Knowledge That I Have
Column 2...
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