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Knugs

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Welcome to the forum
You ask an interesting question and point out an issue that many have

II can think of three methods to this:

1) You create a business that yields an immediate return. These are classicly low barrier/low entry/low investment kind of businesses such as gardening services or anything that requires high man-power (HR intensive)

2) You work in your current job or freelance to finance your business. Also known as bootstrapping.

3) The learn startup method involves creating a team with the required expertise and dividing up equity among the founders. This method allows founding teams to spend close to 0 to develop a minimum viable product (MVP). The MVP is created to drive revenue and show investors that the company can grow with capital. The teamsetup and the MVP are usually enough for a pre-seed investment deal with business angels or VC. If you are able to show some traction then a 6-figure Seed investment is quite realistic too.
 

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  • Credit with your supplier
    • would they take a higher $$ payment if you could wait 30 days?
    • tell them you're starting out, and you would like to try it, is this possible?
    • if not, could you pay 25% down, and they take back the machinery if it doesn't work out (you would probably have to be very close by so that they know you won't run away
  • use customers money
    • get customer to make downpayment on building
    • buy supplies to make the building
    • same applies for kickstarter, indigogo, or any other crowdfunded startups
  • Equity
    • get others to invest $$ in your business, and you invest time.
    • you pay others back in $$$$ when the business makes it (you must have a quick turnaround, people should get their money back in a few months if you haven't done this before. if you have experience, then a longer timeframe may be acceptable)
  • Collattoral
    • you put up your house as payment for the money that you borrow from them
    • you put up hour car as payment
    • you put up your first born (don't)
The list goes on and on, it's limitless

I'm a big believer that if you just watch for an opportunity to come along, it will come along.. (law of attraction, I guess)
also see the above answer about other methods to do it. there is no exact answer, there will always be other ways that people have not thought of yet.
 
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A business which starts with some money or we are able make it big
everyone wants to do this... do you have a specific thought in mind? or you want to go with those two thoughts?

Starts with Money: Ponzi scheme, or MLM business would be awesome. Selling raffle tickets also might be a good thing.

Make it big? build a pyramid in the middle of the California desert... that would be big...
 
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A business which starts with some money or we are able make it big
Man... You make it sound so easy. If you find out, let me have a discount on your courses
 

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Some people should really just get a job.
 

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Become an independent sales person. It doesn't take a lot of money to do commission only sales. Just invest 10 hours into watching youtube videos then spend 10 days calling each day for 10 hours, and you should become pretty good at it after 10 days and be able to start making money.

Then you can save up and start a real business after 1 year.
 
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A business which starts with some money or we are able make it big
great, now read and listen more than you speak or write.

go to gold threads and read.


also,
If you don't have any experience and money then get a job maybe for free in the field you want to start your business and try to learn on the job.
 

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