Taking the silk route-Startup
"Ara he left his job and doing some app"
"More than one year he is saying he has started a company. I don't see anyone using it"
"Every time he talks something related to his startup I stopped talking to him oly"
"Ara he is my very close friend yaar...We keep meeting up"
"Ara his crappy app got investments? I can do a 100 apps better than that. They are going to loose all their money"
After he turns super rich
Friend applies for a job in his friends companyWe all are busy reading, talking and cursing about the people who got investments for their startup. And we end up just talking while some people just go past and succeed. There are some serious issues startup founders face as they start which helps them understand people more than ever.And how others can understand this and take it up to support these wonderful creatures.
The beginning
When you start you tell your idea to your closest friends. And they will definitely say it is a nice idea and give extra ideas too if they are little open minded. Then it all begins to crumble as you get more involved in the idea.You start discussing more and more on the idea with your close friend who is more interested in checking which concert is this weekend than your idea.As times passes he is going to get really irritated and tries to escape meeting you. It is not his fault as for you it is interesting but it is just not his area of interest and you are now forcing it on him
Wait for few days
As you start developing your app / company you get no time to meet him
also anyway and they ll be happy now that the weekends don't go waste
with a startup discussion and you are also not bothered mostly as you
are too busy doing sales and promotion work for your Company. Now as
days go by you start having one or two friends who might be involved
with you or are there genuinely to support you.
While at this same time your old friends meet up and talk about how
jobless you are and how you think you have a great idea that can change
the world
You just keep going as your family and some friend will still back you and you make a new set of friends too
A year passed
Your parents still support you because they want you to be successful
anyway. Your friends do too but not at the expense of their time. They
too have their own personal problems going on while you have both
personal and professional. Now you are in heavy pressure to show results
before everyone starts mocking at you. They do mock at you then because
the product you have look the worst and doesn't have any hope
You start to meet new friends who are into startups and now things start
getting better. Now you are hit rock bottom and now you need just one
client who can buy your product at least so that you can tell someone.
But guess what you wont or if you find one he will make your life hell
You discover a Gold mine
Right when you have lost you will find hope right there. It is all about one question 'Are you going to give up or just keep going'.
You just are in a position now where nothing has gone right and no one wants your product. Be positive and happy because you have experienced your first failure, which is said to be the stepping stone for many other failures. Now see why did you fail than giving up and you you will realize that that problem can be solved
Right when you have lost you will find hope right there. It is all about one question 'Are you going to give up or just keep going'.
You just are in a position now where nothing has gone right and no one wants your product. Be positive and happy because you have experienced your first failure, which is said to be the stepping stone for many other failures. Now see why did you fail than giving up and you you will realize that that problem can be solved
Step by step you start
Start solving the problem one at a time for one client at a time. Don't
charge or do it for free if needed because you have a place to test it
out now. Give a call to the fellow startup friend and collaborate.
Resolve the problems the client has in the working prototype.Get a
marketing company like mine www.sensationfilm.com and build a product
demo video. (Internal marketing completed lols).
Now you are all set to go my friend. Start meeting small clients and
start business. Do heavy research on the market, question yourself
sitting in a clients chair and get the answers ready, build up your
confidence on the product, spend some time with your girlfriend(not
irritating ones :p...and if you have one at this time ). When you go
fully prepared like this your client has only one thing to do understand
the product and how does it add up to his business growth.
You are there
Roads to success are always the tough ones. There were times when people
crossed the silk route to do business here and if you visit the place
you will know exactly what a silk route meant. You can see your goal
ahead but you have no shortcuts but a very narrow twisted road. You will
lose a lot in the way but it is up-to you to host a concert one day
where your friend proudly walks in saying " the guy who hosted this
concert is my friend and he started his company while we all were having
a drink together". And it is time for you get ready for a few
interviews on your struggle to the top and you have your first failure
to have a awesome start to your interview
These are from my personal experiences and experiences I collected from
a few very successful people who dared to take the risk and are
venturing into various cities now walking proudly with their head held
high as Business man. Business people do not care about gossips but
honest opinions, leave the gossips for the other IT people. I did fall
when I chose to get friends involved in business and that lesson has
today motivated me and have come so far and expanded my services to 4
states so far without any funding. This is the best feeling as what I
started out to be is now becoming a reality and I am more ready to face
it now than before.
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