You don’t have the money to start

Most people don’t have money saved to fund their brand new business idea. Most businesses require some start-up capital. The solution is not to wait until you have the money saved.

If you wait, you'll have to weigh every financial decision against your dream for months or years. Do you fix your car or invest in your business? Send your kid to summer camp or invest in your business?

I know close to 200 entrepreneurs.

None of the entrepreneurs I know saved responsibly over months or years to fund their dream – because that is the hardest, riskiest way to do it.

They all did something like this: asked friends or families for loans, took on credit card debt, used their savings, cashed out 401ks, or got scrappy (one sold t-shirts on etsy, another sold her family's camper van, another asked her teen to get a job to pay for their own extracurriculars).

Waiting until you have the money saved is the hardest, riskiest way to build your business.

Don’t wait. Get resourceful, raise the money, and start right now.

Resourcefulness is a scale.

Level 1: I dropped my pen and won’t pick it up unless I can reach it without bending over. I don’t need a pen right now and don’t care that much about getting it.

Level 10: I’m willing to search my house, go to the store, go to another store, try another store, order a pen online, and if none of those things work, I’ll call my friends, my family, and go door to door if I need to. I’m willing to do almost anything to get a pen.

Feel the difference?

1 is: if this is not convenient, easy, or immediately available to me, I won’t do it.

10 is: I’m going to make this happen no matter what.

Be a level 10.