Originally Posted by
ROKrecycling
Funny thing about that saying that it takes money to make money. I have started numerous businesses over my career, including one that made the INC 500 as one of the fastest growing companies in America. The ones that I started without money all ended up making far more money than the ones that I started with money. The INC 500 company the employees were happy when they got to move from a card table to a desk. The company started with money the employees spent a full day deciding if the new furniture had to all be the same type for everyone's office, just the same type or if they could each furnish their office however they wanted. Not having money forces you to figure out how to make money.
There is an old story that NASA spent $30,000,000 developing a pen that would write in outer space without gravity. The Russian used a pencil. If you learn to use a pencil, you rarely really need money.
As for spending a year on a business plan, once you launch you will find that your business will change (or should change) constantly as new opportunities arise etc. For example, I did not plan to buy boards. However, that is one of the things that my suppliers want to sell me. Buying boards is now a significant part of my company. Being flexible and responding to the changing conditions is the hallmark of a good entrepreneur.
Best of luck.
I agree I have been working on this for a while and it seems to just keep picking up momentum. An object in motion... I have never had a lot of money to start anything. I believe opportunity arises from hard work. I started slow and now am overwhelmed by what I take in. My wife thought I was crazy when I started coming home with truck loads of computers. I had to break them down on the tail gate. I had no place to work. Now in a few weeks I will be moving into a location and buying off a scale. Those who can DO. Those who can't.., well Ijust don't know I never waste time, energy or resources on them.
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