Very interesting for all content distributed through entrepreneurial which, though referring to a particular situation (in this case seek help from the American investment company to seize resources) distills valuable lessons for those in the waiting desired monetary injection to grow your project.
For the author of the letter, a person with a passion for software (and for that matter, for his project) does not care about funding, gets down to work and start programming. No software project that is too expensive, and if so it has not reduced its characteristics to something manageable and can be as soon as possible available to users.
No enterprise should be subject to Jan or ye get money for their continuity, the world is full of things possible and if you get stuck on something that can not be achieved, it is not more than a “dreamer.” If your product / service is good, probably through word of mouth will disclose, and otherwise is simply not something that people want, serve and interests you recommend, however painful it is heard. Even with more money and marketing that can not change it. As an example the case of the failed network Keteke, Telefonica (that even Paris Hilton was out of her bubble to promote it) . to end up buying Tuenti.
Is it better to invest time in getting funding or continue working to make your project more interesting to people? The recommendations that follow are suggested:
- Test your product or idea with as many people possible.
- Define the range of people interested in using / buying your product / service.
- Shorten it to something feasible and that people are willing to pay for it.
- Develop the product / service without relying on the income it earns you.
- Sells.
The author concludes that business is trying to create something of value to others, and selling it to people. Stay focused on it, and just working is achieved. If done correctly, will achieve success.
Incidentally, the above ideas, released under certain circumstances, also fit together with other peculiar context, expressed by Alexander Smith in his article Back to the garage, in the heart of theological points.
Today we do not spend time “looking for money, literally, unlike 10 years ago when the previous generation or raised initially make a Business Plan? They just wanted to start showing its concept, its execution-with their means, often rudimentary, “and its capacity. Enough material to stop and reflect on how we are doing and know how far. The decision is in the hands of everyone.