Topic: Some things to consider before starting a business - page 12. (Read 5025 times)

There are a lot of things to be consider in starting a business. First you should know the types of business plan if that business you wanted to hve is big. You should do the feasibility study, concept plan, business plan and the project proposal. Those types of business plan has its own components before you can conclude that exact or perfect businessyou wanted to have. The most important is you should aask yourself are you really ready to open up with business. Also do you have exact amount for your capital.

That is good idea because once you want to enter business you want also what is the best product you sell for your customer. And we need to think twice or more before we do that thing.

Before starting a business you should check the location first then sufficient capital to open a business and also think of the right commodities to sell what are the basic needs of the people or maybe things that you are only the one selling.

In my opinion, if you are planning to have a business, you need to make that it is something that defines you as a person. Having a business that is not in your interest might be a bad idea. You should enjoy what you were doing and money should come secondary. Know the pros and cons of you business and plan ahead. Research the things that cab improve your business,know the trend and make surr to have a good location to attract customers.

Probably one of the most important lessons when opening a business is that you need to understand that most business are not profitable in the first year, you need to be ready to absorb all the costs, that is why you see that most of the business that declare bankruptcy were the ones that opened recently.

Having one's own business can be the biggest dream anybody can get into as far as achieving financial freedom is concerned. And we need more entrepreneurs who are willing to take the risks in realizing their dreams...these are the people who are contributing big to the country's economy and can start a ripple effect because there is a big chance they can be hiring people too.

However, getting into a successful business is not that easy that is we have to be prepared while we are making some risks. Risks have to be mitigated so the impact is lessen while the business potential for growth is maximized. I always have a big and deep respect for people who are risk-takers but knows what they are doing.

Well I just want to share some information regarding on how to start a business because as we can see, we are all want to have a stable business and we want to be a very good entrepreneur someday because if we're just working and working to earn money then if we can't work anymore we won't be able to sustain our needs anymore. I think this is worth reading especially those who are planning to build an ICO or a project. I've got this from my professor on college :

NOTE-REFERENCES :  Webster’s College Dictionary (Random House/McGraw Hill)
What is an Entrepreneur?
Entrepreneur: A person who organizes and manages an enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.
Initiative: Readiness and ability in initiating action.
Risk: The hazard or chance of loss.

NOTE-REFERENCES : The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship, 2nd Ed.; William D. Bygrave, Editor. John Wiley and Sons Publishers, 1997.
What Does it Take to Be Successful?

• “In entrepreneurship, luck is where preparation and opportunity meet.”

• “The idea is not what is important. In entrepreneurship; ideas are a dime a dozen. Developing the idea, implementing it, and building a successful business are the important things.”

• “Would-be entrepreneurs who are unable to name customers are not ready to start a business. They have only found an idea and have not yet identified a market need.”

• Somehow, someday… you are going to have to earn POSITIVE CASH FLOW. You need more than a revenue model (but you do need that). You need a VALUE model.
  

• Market share is great, but you can’t pay bills with it.
  

• You can do some financially stupid things to build market share.
  

Where Do You Start?
Think about WHO is going to want your product/service, what they will PAY for it, what you will NEED to carry it off, and how you will MAKE MONEY someday. That is, make a PLAN.

Success depends on
positive cash flow, growth,
 and value creation.

   Owners and investors who forget that tend to get “naturally deselected.”

The Importance of Value Creation

• A successful business is one that delivers value to its customers and creates value for its owners.

Value is delivered to your customers when you do something for them
Better
Cheaper
Faster
Cooler
Different
However, it is likely that none of these will work for long, so continuous improvement and innovation are essential.

Value is created for the owners when:
-You do more with their money than they could do with it themselves
-You invest in productive activities that earn rates of return greater than their risk-adjusted costs of capital.
-The present value of future cash flows exceeds the startup costs.

Value is created by:
-Exploiting proprietary physical resources
-Possessing proprietary knowledge or expertise
-Creating a new or improved product, process, or service
-Staying ahead of the competition through constant improvement and innovation
   
Planning for Success

-Don’t plan a business for today – Plan it for at least a year from now.
-Moore’s Law: Computing power will roughly double every 18 months.
-Bandwidth will continue to increase for most users almost ad infinitum.
-People will live longer and maintain active lifestyles far after retirement.
-Energy sources and consumption patterns will change drastically.
-The world will continue to be a very dangerous place.

How To Not Get Funded


-Have a half-baked idea
-Have a meatless business plan
-Can’t articulate your value proposition
-Can’t identify your market potential
-Can’t justify your sales projections
-Can’t show your investors an exit
-Can’t show your investors a reasonable expectation of a reasonable return on investment
-Don’t think about risk
-Take no risk yourself
-Don’t take time to do your homework
-Try to fund a “lifestyle” venture

Funding Your Venture

-The hardest funding to raise is the first funding. You are probably on your own.
-Later funding gets progressively easier depending on the results you can show to investors and what you need to fund.
-BANKS are probably not going to help.
-The best funding is INTERNAL funding (reinvested earnings).
-PRIVATE EQUITY is the current buzzword for the major capital source for business ventures.
Closing thoughts

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