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Starting a Business
The pre-revenue founder — is my idea any good, should I quit to start, how do I get my first paying customer, pricing, and raising money.
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- Finding and working with a co-founder
- Finding my first paying customers
- I have an idea but don't know where to start
- Naming, registering and setting up (ABN, structure)
- Raising money or bootstrapping
- Should I quit my job to start a business?
- Turning a side hustle into a real business
Finding and working with a co-founder
Finding my first paying customers
- “How do I find clients as a brand-new freelancer?”
- “How do I get my first customers with zero marketing budget?”
- “How do I get my first paying customer?”
- “How do I get people to pay for something I used to do for free?”
- “How do I price my product or service when I'm just starting out?”
- “How do I sell my product or service if I hate 'selling'?”
I have an idea but don't know where to start
Naming, registering and setting up (ABN, structure)
Raising money or bootstrapping
- “How do I ask family and friends for startup money without ruining the relationship?”
- “How do I raise money for my startup / find investors?”
- “How do I write a pitch deck that actually gets funded?”
- “Should I bootstrap my business or raise venture capital?”
- “Should I take out a loan to start my business?”
- “What small business grants exist in Australia and am I eligible?”
Should I quit my job to start a business?
Turning a side hustle into a real business
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