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2. Agenda
•Comprehensive information to meet all needs of entrepreneur on three important aspects
–How to start business
–How to grow business
–How to close business.
•Customized information as per the need of user i.e. Indian, NRI & Foreign National.
•Innovative calculators:
–Tools to help decide the best business form.
–Business Set-up process in India
–Approvals & Registrations required for setting up business in India
–Foreign Direct Investment Limits for Foreign Nationals
–Suitable Location for Industry etc
•Business specific zones for user.
•Platform to young entrepreneurs to market their business ideas.
•Platform to buy/sale businesses
•Complete business support services post business set-up.
•Help Desk to assist entrepreneurs & lots of otherexciting features
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3. Going Self-employed vsStarting a Growth Business
Self Employed need :
•To turn a pre-acquired skill/know-how into a service
•Portfolio (Evidence)
•USP
•Easy access to customers (i.e. contacts./ networks)
•Self-Confidence
•Basic business know-how
•Relatively high profit margin’s
•Cash flow
Entrepreneurs need:
•Ateam
•A large market opportunity.
•A WOW
•Key Partners/ Early Evangelists.
•A solution/ offer customers will buy/use.
•A “Market Validated Business Model” that is both repeatable, predictable and scalable.
•Profits
•Resources and Investments.
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4. Traditional Start-Up Model
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Have an Idea
Get Idea Validation
Develop a business plan
Source Funding/ Resources
Launch Business
Valley of Death-See if anyone will buy my product.
Get Set-Up Guidelines
Post-Start
Pre-Start

5. See Steve Blank, Four Steps to the EpiphanyNew Start-up Model
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6. Whose the Customer?
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7. Value Proposition-The hypothesis
•I intend to offer ( insert product/ service) to a ( insert name/type of customer) so that they will be able to (insert the benefit/value to the customer).
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9. Step-Know the different types of finance available
•Bootstrapping through Personal resources (time and money = sweat equity you are investing)
•FFF-Family Friends & Fools –People who will give you funds with little questions asked including reward based crowd funders such as Peoplefunditprogrammes.
•Government Grants
•Customers and Suppliers-“Build slowly at low risk by obtain credit from suppliers and growing business through profits from paying customers”
•Loan providers-“Increase business growth ambitionsby increasing investment by taking out debt”
–Banks ( Overdraft-unsecured and secured loans)
–Community Finance Institutions( Soft/ unsecured loans for riskier ventures)
–Leasing Companies.
–Invoice lenders (Factoring, invoice discounting)
–New loan markets such as Market Invoice and Funding Circle.
•Investors-
–Private Investors-Business Angels such as Angel Capital
–Venture Capitalist
–Crowdfunding
–Government Backed Investment Funds(make in India )help
Matching the right mix of sources to the right stage and type of finance is the key to successful fundraising
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•SERVICES BY CS GAURAV +919990694230
–Business Tools to help decide the best business form.
–Business Set-up easement process in India
–Approvals & Registrations required for setting up business in India
–Foreign Direct Investment Limits for Foreign Nationals providing comprehensive services
–Suitable Locations for Industry setup help from CS GAURAV
•Business specific zones for user by CS GAURAV
•Platform to young entrepreneurs to market their business ideas.
•Complete business support services post business set-up.
Step : So remember –What’s important
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