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7 Ways to Fund Your Startup
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In this day and age there are less barriers than ever to starting your own business, but one of the strongest barriers which still exists is that of funding.
Any business will require at least a bit of seed capital to get started and the question of how to finance your business is one of the first you should consider before even beginning to write your business plan.
Ultimately the question of how to finance your business depends on your circumstances and what kind of business you’re starting.
There are quite a few different roads available, some can be simultaneously walked down whilst others may give you all the capital you require plus a bit extra. Let’s take a look at some of these avenues.
1. Bootstrapping
From the old saying ‘pull up your bootstraps’, bootstrapping means to finance your business yourself, without any outside help.
