Think About It, Talk About It, Evaluate It, Do It
I get this question once in a while from youths who I work closely with for my volunteer work. I thought about it and decided to write a simple post on it to share my thoughts about starting your first start up. I’m not here to share about the technical aspect of starting one, but rather, the organic process of starting to do something. It’s really not that tough to start working on it. I’ll be sharing four simple steps.
Think About It
It always start from a simple idea during those eureka moments. When you get the idea, give it some thoughts like what problem you are solving, is there a demand for it? Do some research and see what’s in the market and what others are doing and what’s working and not working. Google Alerts does wonder for beginner research. There are also several other Google products that are great a well, like Insights, Wonder Wheel and more. I’ll talk about that next time.
Talk About It
Next up, once you’ve done some thinking through, have some research done up and some facts, start talking to people who are able to help you. You can start with some of your friends to get your questions in order, then move on to other entrepreneurs, teachers, mentors, target audience, just to start off. Talking to them will help your crystallize your thoughts and understand the problem better and what you are solving.
Evaluate It
So you done your field research, get back to your lab and start evaluating what you have found out with the earlier research you have done. Is there a fit? Does your idea make sense? What are the feedback? Don’t stop talking to people while you are at it, continue to talk to as many people possible about your idea and your research.
Do It
After evaluating your options, and decided to go ahead, start drawing out your timeline and plans. This is where you start planning your action plan. It’s a whole new playing ground from here onwards. But the idea is that once you considered your options and decided this is the path you want to take, sit down and plan your next move. Get a Mentor to guide you through from here on the set up. From here on, it’ll be abit more technical than this post, which I’ll share more in another post.
Here’s the tough part where alot of people drop out and find hundred and one excuse to not do anything. Some are geniune concerns, while some are just excuses. Talk to someone who have started a business and he will most likely be able to spot excuses from geniune concerns. =)
From here, it’s going to be another mental barrier you need to break starting one some serious research again and planning. Start easy a get a feel of it first.
Cheers
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