EnglishQ: My son has a sure-fire business idea that’s gonna make us rich. Who do we see to get $100,000?
A: I was asked this question by a very serious forty-something father with his teen-something son in tow at a business opportunity fair not all that long ago.
I was tempted say that if I knew someone with that kind of money burning holes in his or her pockets, would I be standing there talking to them? However, my answer was the one any prospective entrepreneur will hear when asking for money: “Let’s see your business plan.”
Even if your business is to be an in-home affair and you’re the only employee, you need to be able to answer two questions before any lender or investor will write you a check:
- What will it cost?
- Who’s going to buy it?
These are the questions that a business plan answers. Step one is …read more at How to finance a business start-up – Examiner.com (http://www NULL.examiner NULL.com/x-8145-Portland-Starting-a-Business-Examiner~y2009m4d19-How-to-finance-a-business-startup), published 19 April 2009.
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