At the end of this post, you'll discover. You should not in any way
terminate your business ideas for the excuse of not having a capital. In a book I read long ago in how to start a business with Zero capital, shared a simple concept which I will pass in here. If you can't make money without having any money, then you won't make much when you have access to funding. I've spoken with a number of persons who tell me that they are stuck. They have a business idea but they don't have capital. So I say "what are you doing about it?" and they go. "I'm waiting for capital" You might as well wait forever. True entrepreneurs don't "wait" for things to happen. They make things happen.
A true entrepreneur will find a way to make things work even if he has zero cash. Vusi gave an example that a made a lot of sense to me. So a lady came to his VC fund kini Kan looking for funding so she could buy up a poultry farm. Vusi asks her a question "How do you know the business will be cash flow positive?" "Any knowledge on birds?", "Ever managed a farm before?" Answer was no. And here she was, looking for 1 million Rands. So Vusi tells her. I will give you 50,000 Rands so you could go buy eggs and start selling, Go to the roadside, markets, etc sell the eggs until you double the money, triple the money, make your first 500k just selling eggs, After you make 500k, we can talk about linking you with a farm who will supply you eggs and then you make sure to keep it up and sell million up.
At his stage, you will want to consider partnership with a poultry farm with your experience. Note that while selling eggs, you've built a customer base. It becomes easy for you to sell your eggs if you start a farm. You want to start a car wash? No capital? Start doing home service first. You can raise money that way. Id you are an entrepreneurs, you will understand that you have nothing to do with laziness and excuses. An entrepreneur will always find a way to make things work. That is the true spirit of entrepreneurship. make sure to go get yourself a job if you can't do the hard work and invest in time and strength as itis needed. Then go get a job. Even job sef no easy too. You can always start somewhere. Don't let capital stop you. This quote will make sense now. Do what you have to do, so that you can do what you want to do.
