Business ideas with no money: The Data That Destroys the "Need Money" Myth.

Bhidé's problem was that he looked only at winners. So stop looking at winners, because they are not your population. Look at the population you are actually in, which is the people who started something, the ones who made it and the ones who did not and the enormous number in between who are simply still going, and ask what proportion of them ever raised the money you believe you need.

From chapter 1: The data that destroys the "need money" myth

Write your number at the top of a page, in your own handwriting. The amount you believe you need before you are allowed to start. Do not soften it, and do not round your number down to look reasonable.

From chapter 1: The data that destroys the "need money" myth

That is how the book looks at “business ideas with no money”: one idea at a time, with a step you can take right away. Of course, this is only one idea from the book. So, if this passage speaks to you, the full chapter goes further, and it ends with an exercise you can do the same evening.

In short, the book has 11 chapters, and each one ends with a practical exercise. Therefore, you can read it in order, or you can go straight to the part about “business ideas with no money”.

1. The data that destroys the "need money" myth
2. What actually kills undercapitalised businesses
3. The bird in hand: you already have what you need
4. Customers are better investors than vcs
5. The first dollar
6. The float: how to get paid before you pay
7. Why you will price too low
8. The service to product pivot
9. Money you did not know existed
10. The growth loop
11. How many days you have left

Finally, you can get The Data That Destroys the "Need Money" Myth: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent in the stores below. Because every title of this book shares the same text, you can simply pick the one you like best. Also, the book is available in 19 languages.

In addition, each title below highlights a different idea from the same book. So, pick the one that speaks to you.

• Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• What Actually Kills Undercapitalised Businesses: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• The Bird in Hand: You Already Have What You Need: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• Customers Are Better Investors Than VCs: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• The First Dollar: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• I Want to Start a Business but I Don't Have Money
• The Float: How to Get Paid Before You Pay: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• Why You Will Price Too Low: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• The Service to Product Pivot: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent
• Money You Did Not Know Existed: Get Paid Before You Spend a Cent

See all 19 titles. Go to the book page.