There are many people who have different view points about raising money for starting a business and your job is to see what fits for you, if it makes sense and can you take action to make it happen for you, you save money by getting as much information from others in the beginning.
How much money do you want will depend on where you are at in the business.
Do you want to raise money for starting the business?
Do you want to raise money for the middle of the business because you have reached a blockage?
Do you want to raise money for having your first customer?
Do you want to raise money for a distribution line?
How much of the business do you want to give up will also depend on where you are at in the business.
What role do you want to play such as, do you want to be the president or be in the background as the inventor this will depend on your abilities in business.
You have done all the work; you know what is needed, yet to move to the next level your investors ask for over half your business.
How much interest you may have to give up may depend on, your understanding of what is required, the ability to discuss settlement of terms of the company that both parties can live with.
Giving up more of your business for little in return on the money you borrow hurts later on, so it is important that you get more advice before you start.
You pay with time spent in building the business in the beginning or borrow money from investors that is going to want a greater cut for their amount of money put into the beginning of your business.
The more you do in building your business before you have to borrow money the more money you save in the long run that is why the three alternative source to reduce your requirement of investors cash is credit cards, customers, and government grants or tax credits.
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