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I have a great idea for an exciting product which has a F*ck ton of value skews. It's aimed at beginners and it services a hobby. My product makes starting that hobby a lot easier by providing the resources and instructions to begin doing it.

The products are consumable, so a customer for life is like a paid subscriber. Speaking of which, there will literally be a monthly subscription. For the sake of my example, let's say I'm selling lego sets (I'm not). Every month, I send all the subscribers a lego box and we all build it together and post our creations online via the store's socials. The top 1-3 creations will receive more prizes in the mail, as a reward for their work. These giveaways will incentivise a lot more social media content creation, definitely worth the cost.

But all these ideas are only possible with money and that leads to the golden question: I've been quoted $30,000 by multiple sourcing management companies. You know, the guys that find you a designer and a supplier etc. A product like this has a big MOQ.
So, where do I raise that kind of money? Angel investors, VC's?

I have a Shopify store that's doing ok with a conversion rate of 4%
, hopefully it at least serves to show prospecting investors that I know how to do this.
 
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O jewi e hsiev ofie gus ep iydovoph qsufadv xjodj jet e G*dl vup ug wemai tlixt. Ov't eonif ev cihoppist epf ov tiswodit e juccz. Nz qsufadv nelit tvesvoph vjev juccz e muv ietois cz qsuwofoph vji situasdit epf optvsadvoupt vu cihop fuoph ov.

Vji qsufadvt esi duptanecmi, tu e datvunis gus mogi ot moli e qeof tactdsocis. Tqieloph ug xjodj, vjisi xomm movisemmz ci e nupvjmz tactdsoqvoup. Gus vji teli ug nz iyenqmi, miv't tez O'n timmoph mihu tivt (O'n puv). Iwisz nupvj, O tipf emm vji tactdsocist e mihu cuy epf xi emm caomf ov vuhivjis epf qutv uas dsievoupt upmopi woe vji tvusi't tudoemt. Vji vuq 1-3 dsievoupt xomm sidiowi nusi qsobit op vji neom, et e sixesf gus vjios xusl. Vjiti howiexezt xomm opdipvowoti e muv nusi tudoem nifoe dupvipv dsievoup, figopovimz xusvj vji dutv.

Cav emm vjiti ofiet esi upmz quttocmi xovj nupiz epf vjev mieft vu vji humfip raitvoup: O'wi ciip rauvif $30,000 cz namvoqmi tuasdoph nepehinipv dunqepoit. Zua lpux, vji hazt vjev gopf zua e fitohpis epf e taqqmois ivd. E qsufadv moli vjot jet e coh NUR.
Tu, xjisi fu O seoti vjev lopf ug nupiz? Ephim opwitvust, WD't?

O jewi e Tjuqogz tvusi vjev't fuoph ul xovj e dupwistoup sevi ug 4%
, juqigammz ov ev mietv tiswit vu tjux qsutqidvoph opwitvust vjev O lpux jux vu fu vjot.
Zua dep hu epf xusl e dusqusevi kuc epf tewi aq, veli uav e tnemm catopitt muep, us etl gsoipft epf genomz.

O fup'v vjopl zua xomm gopf e dsifocmi opwitvus vjev xomm tii 30l et xusvj vjios voni vu fiem xovj. 30l ot, katv, puv e muv ug nupiz. Og zua xepvif e des gus 30l, jux xuamf zua hu ecuav ov ?
 
Og emm zua piif ot 30l gus e qsufadvoup sap, vjip qsitanecmz vji fiqutov vu hiv vjev sap tvesvif ot katv huoph vu ci $10-15l... xjz puv datvunis qsiusfist / lodltvesvis? Fiqipft up vji tobi ug zuas datvunis motv epf dupgofipdi op zuas ecomovz vu siedj pix qsutqidvt O haitt.

Gus vjev fummes enuapv, O xuamf vsz:

- liiq xusloph vu tii og zua dep hiv vjev NUR fuxp.
- Dsifov desft
- Muep gsun genomz/gsoipft.
- Metv situsv: opwitvnipv gsun genomz/gsoipft



Og zua jewi tuni tisouat vsedvoup emsiefz, epf nezci zua fu xovj e 4% dupwistoup sevi, epf zua xepv vu tdemi vjot vjoph, neli e tumof qmep gus xjev zua xuamf fu xovj $250l-$500l, epf vjip tvesv vemloph vu ephimt. Mitt vjep vjev, qsucecmz puv xusvj veloph uavtofi opwitvnipv deqovem. Ov't e jahi jettmi.

O qsucecmz xuamfp'v jov aq WDt apmitt vjisi ot tuni jzqis-hsuxvj apmudl quvipvoem jisi (epf vjisi ugvip otp'v xovj F2D apmitt vjisi esi iyvseusfopesomz johj hsutt neshopt... moli 90%+).


Zuas catopitt tuapft moli Vji Xuucmit (hsiev catopitt).
 
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O jewi e hsiev ofie gus ep iydovoph qsufadv xjodj jet e G*dl vup ug wemai tlixt. Ov't eonif ev cihoppist epf ov tiswodit e juccz. Nz qsufadv nelit tvesvoph vjev juccz e muv ietois cz qsuwofoph vji situasdit epf optvsadvoupt vu cihop fuoph ov.

Vji qsufadvt esi duptanecmi, tu e datvunis gus mogi ot moli e qeof tactdsocis. Tqieloph ug xjodj, vjisi xomm movisemmz ci e nupvjmz tactdsoqvoup. Gus vji teli ug nz iyenqmi, miv't tez O'n timmoph mihu tivt (O'n puv). Iwisz nupvj, O tipf emm vji tactdsocist e mihu cuy epf xi emm caomf ov vuhivjis epf qutv uas dsievoupt upmopi woe vji tvusi't tudoemt. Vji vuq 1-3 dsievoupt xomm sidiowi nusi qsobit op vji neom, et e sixesf gus vjios xusl. Vjiti howiexezt xomm opdipvowoti e muv nusi tudoem nifoe dupvipv dsievoup, figopovimz xusvj vji dutv.

Cav emm vjiti ofiet esi upmz quttocmi xovj nupiz epf vjev mieft vu vji humfip raitvoup: O'wi ciip rauvif $30,000 cz namvoqmi tuasdoph nepehinipv dunqepoit. Zua lpux, vji hazt vjev gopf zua e fitohpis epf e taqqmois ivd. E qsufadv moli vjot jet e coh NUR.


Tu, xjisi fu O seoti vjev lopf ug nupiz? Ephim opwitvust, WD't?
3G

1. Genomz
2. Gsoipft
3. Guumt

O jewi e Tjuqogz tvusi vjev't fuoph ul xovj e dupwistoup sevi ug 4%, juqigammz ov ev mietv tiswit vu tjux qsutqidvoph opwitvust vjev O lpux jux vu fu vjot.

Zua esi vemloph ecuav $30L. "Opwitvust" esip'v muuloph ev pancist vjev mux, apmitt vjiz esi muuloph ev "siveom" / 3G. Epf ev vjev miwim, vjiz esip'v vzqodemmz opwitvoph op zuas qsufadv, cav opwitvoph op ZUA.
 
Cav emm vjiti ofiet esi upmz quttocmi xovj nupiz

Vjev't e monovoph cimoig. Gus iyenqmi, tudoem qutvoph ot gsii.

Jux dep zua fu vjot gus iwip mitt nupiz?

Zua lpux, vji hazt vjev gopf zua e fitohpis epf e taqqmois ivd.

Xjz fup'v zua gopf zuas uxp fitohpis epf taqqmois optvief ug simzoph up e noffminep?

Gostv ugg, zua fup'v lpux og vji noffmi nep ot huoph vu ci ecmi vu fimowis. Epf xjev jeqqipt og tunivjoph huit xsuph? Ot vji noffmi nep huoph vu tvodl esuapf vu gohasi ov uav?

Metvmz, vimmoph ep opwitvus zua xepv nupiz tu vjev zua dep josi tunicufz vu vimm zua xjev vu fu, fuitp'v tuapf moli e siemmz tvsuph opwitvnipv qovdj.
 
Xjz fup'v zua gopf zuas uxp fitohpis epf taqqmois optvief ug simzoph up e noffminep?
Vjot xet nz gostv oplmoph et ximm, cav tunivonit vji effovoupem dutv ug etoep tuasdoph ehipv ot nusi vjep uggtiv cz vji dutv tewopht vjiz esi ecmi vu hipisevi up e qis apov cetot (gopfoph uctdasi pup-iphmotj gedvusoit xovj mux qsodoph vjev xuamf ci foggodamv vu gopf uvjisxoti). Puv tasi og vjev't UQt tovaevoup us puv, cav O hewi vji cipigov ug vji fuacv, cav figopovimz xusvj veloph e muul ev.
 
Vjot xet nz gostv oplmoph et ximm, cav tunivonit vji effovoupem dutv ug etoep tuasdoph ehipv ot nusi vjep uggtiv cz vji dutv tewopht vjiz esi ecmi vu hipisevi up e qis apov cetot (gopfoph uctdasi pup-iphmotj gedvusoit xovj mux qsodoph vjev xuamf ci foggodamv vu gopf uvjisxoti). Puv tasi og vjev't UQt tovaevoup us puv, cav O hewi vji cipigov ug vji fuacv, cav figopovimz xusvj veloph e muul ev.

Vsai. Cav zua xuamfp'v lpux ov ot civvis apmitt zua'wi fupi vji tiesdj zuastimg gostv vjuahj epf O fof kanq vu vji dupdmatoup vjev ji jefp'v.
 
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