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Looking for an investor? Understand how the two cycles involved work

Capital

One of the best ways to finance your business is with your own money from savings or from selling personal assets, especially during crucial first steps of the business.

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The word capital is derived from the Latin word caput, meaning "head,” and in this case, not any other synonym but that part of the body supported by your neck that does all the thinking. The head is the source of all money-making ideas, and good ones get funding quickly whether virgin or already tested in the business environment for a long period of time. So, next time you tell people that you don’t have capital, you might as well be saying that you’re not thinking.

I wish to emphasis that there is enormous difference between the original business which you mooted and the eventual business concept you will have on the ground. The journey in between the two phases is a series of iterations, a topic for another day.