Some things to consider before starting a business

[Mbah Djoko]

the prospect of the future becomes a very important thing before the business, we have to do analysis and study of future opportunities because what we think is now good may not last long.

[Aprijhunot]

Being a successful businessperson is one of everyone's dreams. But to achieve it requires a process that involves sacrifice, never give up and work hard.

So that can mean starting a business can not play games. There are some things to watch out for before entering the business world.

[warrior333]

If you start a business in strict compliance with the generally accepted rules of this business will not be successful. Now the market has it all. Even drugs and weapons. Success will only have creative solutions and suggestions. If you don't it probably better not to start.

[kateryana81]

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

picture source :https://wealthygorilla.com/23-wise-warren-buffett-quotes-on-success/

There are a lot of things to consider when about starting a new business, a lot of things have to come into consideration before going into the new business so as not to run into loss. The major thing that should be considered is the passion and the drive to work round the clock

[Kidmat]

Being a successful businessperson is one of everyone's dreams. But to achieve it requires a process that involves sacrifice, never give up and work hard.

So that can mean starting a business can not play games. There are some things to watch out for before entering the business world.

You are correct, actually there are many things to consider before starting a business. One should be on positive mindset in able to make things be successful. At first it is not easy that you will build business instant, it took a lot of process. Moreover,  it is a dream that need to conquer that you have to believe in yourself that you can achieve it.

[swscowods]

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

picture source :https://wealthygorilla.com/23-wise-warren-buffett-quotes-on-success/

While growing up I used to remember being told that you should not go into a business just because you want to make profit, that has been true and it has been guiding me all the way along in the business. You should go into the business due to the passion you have.

[winterland]

The picture of warren buffett  is hilarious but so true at the same time, you need to know how to evaluate a business opportunity and unless you are able to see the way to make that a reality then your default answer must be no.

[shield132]

OP you say that The idea is not what is important. I can't agree you, innovative idea is what makes business successful but also idea needs to be realized in a smart way. Imagine google, it's not a first search engine but with it's speed, design and functions it become first. Also bitcoin, not a first one but it was still an innovative idea like google because on that time there was only 2-3 simular thing.
Also don't forget, we can patent idea and earn money with it.

[Rahar02]

OP you say that The idea is not what is important. I can't agree you, innovative idea is what makes business successful but also idea needs to be realized in a smart way. Imagine google, it's not a first search engine but with it's speed, design and functions it become first. Also bitcoin, not a first one but it was still an innovative idea like google because on that time there was only 2-3 simular thing.
Also don't forget, we can patent idea and earn money with it.

“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.”
That's way Op mentioned it, there are a lot of ideas, there are many similar business, ideas are dime dozen but the most important thing is how to develop the idea, make it better, implement it. Just like you said, Google isn't the first one, the idea still the same > a search engine, but Google could manage to develop and implemented various features to make their product better than yahoo.
I'm not sure with bitcoin, as far as I know bitcoin is the first decentralized digital currency.

[rushel22]

In starting a business, you need to consider a lot of things such as the money for your capital, the place or location, target market, investors, number of people as your employees, the money for the construction of the building and etc. And most important thing is the skills of managing your money in order to gain in your planned business and actually, there's more but I think, I don't need to enumerate it all because the things that we need to consider depends on what kind of business we want to start to build.

[Lpim01]

This are the things that might you consider before starting a business. How much is your capital, is your capital could be enough to sustain the needs of your business? Place or location, besure that it is wide open to the public and lot of people around. And last is, it is highly demand by the community. Know your business well and run it with passion and dedication.

[Aprijhunot]

Now we can see a lot of business opportunities that exist around us, be it pure online business or offline business that is go online. However, the number of business opportunities does not necessarily allow us to easily choose and run the business we want.

There are a few things we need to consider and consider before deciding to choose and run a business that first prepares capital, the second prepares the workforce, the third is the provision of raw materials as well as techniques in running the business, marketing the business optimally, then profit a business, risk a business, concerning business competition and pay attention to the latest business management is the facility and the fringe.

[iv4n]

I like quotation from Warren Buffet "..is that really successful people say NO to almost everything." You really need to just pass many stupid things and concentrate on couple good ones. Its easier for successful people to choose because they can pick safer investments that bring 10% profit or less and with their millions invested that 10% or less is a lot of money. Hard part is to become successful, we need to risk more and look for investments that bring more then 100% profit, and that is in most cases like gambling.

[Mikasa77]

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

picture source :https://wealthygorilla.com/23-wise-warren-buffett-quotes-on-success/

This information is very helpful to me as well as those people who wants to build a business. Here they can learn some different things and ideas what a businessman is or a business man should do. I hope more businessman will share their knowledge here upon building or starting up a business.

[hahay]

There are many things to consider and must have before starting a business.
1. Intentions,
2. The science of business to be built,
3. Capital,
4. Sales or marketing strategies, and
5. Strong mental and not afraid to fail
6. etc.
I think the five things that must be considered before start a business, I just think in general, because I also want to start a business but I personally only have "intentions" only and I do not have the basic skills to start a business.
it's sad

[theunbeatable]

Well , the economic text books made a  list of things and simplified them as what one has to consider before venturing into a business, the;
Capital - which is a determining factor to the kind of business to establish.
Access to road- important for conveyance of human & materials  Access to raw materials — closeness is better because of materials.
Access to customers equally very important too etc
Thus, above all, personally I think what one needs more to succeed in business is strong passion. Strong passion is what would make one have hope to get up when they are fallen. 

ON point, because these lines (intextbooks and in articles) will always be just lines of wordsif we dont have that passion to pursue what we want to do. And some are just working with a blank face because they are just trying to push what they dont want to do. Wrong scale of work will bring you despair and I think if you got older you want to take back the time and do what can make you happy. Passion is the fuel of all dedications and dreams.

I think a lot of things to be prepared before starting to do business. Calculation errors can make the business we live will go bankrupt. The calculation of operational biyaya be one of the things that must be considered in starting a business that we will live. the business world is a world full of manipulation. lest we be fooled by our own business associates. choose a business partner who really can be trusted for the business we live can run smoothly. and also need a great marketing system. so we must have a very reliable marketing. so that the business we live can be right on target.

Oww I great example is the documentary of BILL gATES VS JOBS, JObs, The imitation game or other films that deals with those people around you. You will only know your true friend or partner in business in desperate times and sometimes those what you think will alkways be there for you will be gone ehrn you are in trouble.

A good business will always need a true friend and a very true partner.

[Kiweikoo]

There are many things to consider and must have before starting a business.
1. Intentions,
2. The science of business to be built,
3. Capital,
4. Sales or marketing strategies, and
5. Strong mental and not afraid to fail
6. etc.
I think the five things that must be considered before start a business, I just think in general, because I also want to start a business but I personally only have "intentions" only and I do not have the basic skills to start a business.
it's sad

Don’t be sad at least, mate. You can start business in a team if you are lacking some of these skills. The most important thing is to have some goal and intentions to work for achieving it and you have both. So no need to feel blue! Just smile and keep working with bitcoins to make money. After you make a good profit, go for business.

[KEPLER99]

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

picture source :https://wealthygorilla.com/23-wise-warren-buffett-quotes-on-success/

Starting a business isn’t a really easy thing and it is the period in which the most important decisions and planning are done. It is one of the most important times in the business. Things that should be considered are: funding source, productivity, labour force.

[sasaki111]

If you want to starting a business , make sure you have these 3 things:
- Relationship : It will make your business more easy in the first time.
- Money : Money is the most important thing in every investment or business
- Experience : In business there will be some mistakes, experience will help you stay away from them.

[Koadharber]

If you want to starting a business , make sure you have these 3 things:
- Relationship : It will make your business more easy in the first time.
- Money : Money is the most important thing in every investment or business
- Experience : In business there will be some mistakes, experience will help you stay away from them.

How if you dont have an experience since this is your first time to engage on business but you are still eager to proceed then its up to you as long you do know on what you are doing.Having preparations and proper research will really be suggested on here because if we jump in without any knowledge then we would end up on losing those funds you do capital.