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         Some Advise for Up and Coming Entrepreneurs  How to Start a Business with No Money

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        be a reader.                      most  business  owners  became  barter  your  services  in
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                                          entrepreneurs  thinking  they  exchange  for  somebody
       If  you  really  want  to  be  a   knew more than what they did.  else's.  There  aren't  many
       good entrepreneur then you         In  fact,  many  businesses  fail  small  business  owners  that
       have to read business related      because  the  person  was  ill-        aren't looking for ways to get
                                          equipped  to  build  a  successful  quality services for little or
                                          business.                              no cost. What you have, they
                                          Before  you  start  your  own  want,  and  they're  willing  to
                                          business,  work  or  intern  with  trade for it.

                                          somebody  in  the  business
                                                                                 Hustle!
                                          already. The experience you gain
                                                                                 Finally, go into your business
                                          will  allow  you  to  start  your
                                                                                 endeavor  with  a  hustling
                                          business knowing what you truly
        books.  A  good  book  can                                               mindset.  Be  ready  to  do
                                          need  to  spend  money  on  and
        change  your  whole  life.                                               anything legal and ethical to
                                          what you don't. You'll also gain
        There  is  much  power  in  a                                            get  your  business  off  the
        good book. Reading a good         insider  knowledge  of  the            ground.  Don't  like  cold
        book is more powerful than        industry and possibly a healthy        calling? Do it anyway? Not a
        attending  seminars  and          customer  list  from  the              graphic  designer?  You  can
        watching YouTube videos.          beginning.
                                                                                 find  templates  online  for
                                          Raise Money by Working Gigs            just  about  anything.  Don't
        There are many books which
                                          Gig  workers  may  not  make  big  want to do any free work? It
        y o u   s h o u l d   r e a d ,   I
                                          bucks, but if you need money to  might be worth it to get your
        personally  suggest  to  you
                                          launch a business, taking on side  name out there.
        some books which may help
        you.                              gigs while you keep your day job  If you don't have the money
         Rich dad poor dad                can help you raise the cash for  to pay for services, you have
         The 4-hour work week             the venture you really want to  to do them yourself or find
         Think and grow rich              start.                                 somebody who can and will do
         Zero to one                                                             it for free. Don't let a lack of
         The 100 start ups                Use Free Services                      funds  discourage  you.  You
          How  to  win  friends  and  The  Internet  is  full  of  high-         may have to work harder to
        influence people                  quality services you can use for       start  a  business  than
        These  are  the  some  books  free. Mailchimp is a powerful e-           someone with more financial
        you must read if you want to  mail marketing platform that's             resources,  and  it  may  take

        be  someone.  I  guarantee  free for the first 2,000 e-mail
                                                                                 longer. But resourcefulness,
        after  reading  these  books  addresses. Wufoo allows you to             creativity,  hustle,  and
        y o u   w i l l   b e   t o t a l l y    make online forms, and although   determination  are  often
        transformed.                      Facebook and other social media        better predictors of success

        Someone says :                    platforms won't put your ad in         than money.
        “Entrepreneurship is living a     front of large amounts of people
        few  years  of  your  life  like                                         by Tim Parker
                                          unless you pay, you can still gain
        most people won't,                some traction by telling people
        so that you can spend most
        of your life like most people     what you're doing.
        can't.”                           Barter

                                          Don't have any money? Offer to
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