| Folks are often scared of big dreams because of the | | | | meltdown, getting bank financing just got harder, if |
| belief that they have to go for it with a big bang, | | | | you think it was not hard enough before now. Don't |
| which is presently out of their control, and because it | | | | throw away control of your business in the altar of |
| is out of their control, they lack the control on when | | | | financing. Start small. Do not be in a hurry to grow |
| to start. They depend on an external event to | | | | big. It will come with time. |
| determine when they can go for their dreams or | | | | Make a quality decision to start. Look at what stands |
| start their businesses. This is the reason many | | | | in the way to your starting now. Scale it down or |
| dreamers are yet to start their small businesses. | | | | find a creative solution to it. The more control in your |
| They need "capital" and the banks are not helping, so | | | | hands, the better for you at this stage. Grow your |
| the dream waits until a fairy godmother comes and | | | | business at your own terms, and at your own time. |
| waves a "capital" wand that will bring their dreams to | | | | You can hire or improvise rather than buy new |
| life. | | | | machinery right now, until you can buy it from your |
| Everything big starts small. Most billionaires in the | | | | turn over. |
| Forbes list started from their basement, dorm rooms | | | | The most important thing is to believe you can start |
| etc. You don't need an office and staff to start a | | | | right down. With that frame of mind, your |
| business, even manufacturing. You can start from | | | | subconscious mind will provide the solutions as to |
| home, build a client base, and finance your growth | | | | how you can scale down and start from your home. |
| from your profits. All that is needed is for you to put | | | | Take baby steps, one step at a time. After months |
| on your thinking cap and scale your plans down to | | | | and years of warming up to start, take a bold step |
| the level where you can start just where you are. | | | | and just do it. |
| In your journey to financial freedom, despise not the | | | | The beauty of small beginnings is that you make |
| days of small beginnings. Start with your savings as | | | | small mistakes which are easy to correct and |
| seed capital. Your biggest asset is your brain. Through | | | | inexpensive to fix. As you master on step, you gain |
| creative thinking, you solve all money riddles you face | | | | boldness to take a bigger step. By the time you |
| on the road to growing your business. You need to | | | | really need more money to expand, you would have |
| think outside the box, and keep an open mind. | | | | accumulated the money yourself, and gained |
| After having done all the market survey and | | | | experience in deploying the capital to maximum |
| feasibility studies, gain back control by scaling down | | | | effect without experiment. |
| your start up plan to fit your budget. This | | | | The funny thing is, by the time you become good at |
| presupposes that while conceptualizing, you have | | | | what you are doing, the banks are now ready to |
| been putting money away as seed capital to start | | | | lend you a helping hand. Only at this time, you do not |
| your business. If you have not done so, this is the | | | | need much help anymore. |
| time to start. Stop depending on the banks or your | | | | Do not scale down your dreams. Scale down your |
| rich relatives for financing. With the current financial | | | | start up plans. Dream big, start small. |