Sources for Funding?

[Mdeleon 9]

What are the best sources for funding a new startup?

Grants?
Loans?
Investors?

Where do I start?

 

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[RightyTighty]

Hard work.
Scrimping.
Ramen Noodles.
Saving pennies to turn into dollars.
Micro gig to double those dollars.
Bootstrapping.

 

[Aidan04]

Hard work.
Scrimping.
Ramen Noodles.
Saving pennies to turn into dollars.
Micro gig to double those dollars.
Bootstrapping.

The hard truth hahahaha

 

[Antifragile]

What are the best sources for funding a new startup?

Grants?
Loans?
Investors?

3F model:

1. Family
2. Friends
3. Fools

Where do I start?

Google, library... just please don't ask an Internet forum to do all the work for you. What have you done that didn't work before making this post? Or were you just feeling lazy? Easier to just ask and see what pops up. Maybe it is, maybe it's just the way the rest of your business will look like too. Little effort ... little to no result? Scary, isn't it?

 

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[BizyDad]

Google, library.

I googled "library". Now what? I need help.

 

[Mdeleon 9]

3F model:

1. Family
2. Friends
3. Fools

Google, library... just please don't ask an Internet forum to do all the work for you. What have you done that didn't work before making this post? Or were you just feeling lazy? Easier to just ask and see what pops up. Maybe it is, maybe it's just the way the rest of your business will look like too. Little effort ... little to no result? Scary, isn't it?

Not afraid of doing the hard legwork, I was just asking for a little direction to avoid wasting time. I thought this is what forums were for, ask experienced users.

 

[Jrjohnny]

Google, library...

I googled "library". Now what? I need help.

How do I google library? I also need help

 

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[Antifragile]

Not afraid of doing the hard legwork, I was just asking for a little direction to avoid wasting time. I thought this is what forums were for, ask experienced users.

OK, I'll elaborate.

The quality of questions you ask will determine the quality of answers. If you ask generic, dare I say "lazy?" questions - expect same answers.

If you can find the answers to your questions on the internet with minimal search effort, it means the quality of your question is low, expect same quality answers to follow.

Next, who do you want to help you? Someone who has a lot of free time on the internet but nothing to show financially yet is "experienced forum user"? Or do you want advice from a busy entrepreneur willing to pass it forward and share his/her experience?

If you want the attention and advice of high performing busy people, invest your own time to make the ask more specific. Share more about yourself. Give me a reason to help you! Otherwise you are asking ME to waste MY TIME to advise YOU. As if my time is less valuable than yours only because I already know how to raise funds for ventures. It's the opposite.

Put in the work.

How does all this tie into business?

When you get further along your path, you'll have new problems. You'll find it harder to find people who have the answers. Practice now how to attract people to you. There are a lot of people on this forum with 8 figure net worth and thriving businesses - you want to make it easy and exciting for THEM to reply to YOU.


/lecture
class dismissed.