When you watch this short video, titled “Less Than 1% Get Funded,” you will see a key issue in the mindset of a lot of businesses. Businesses will come up with an idea and then go out, get a bunch of money, and it will GO BIG. This mindset leads to 99% of people not getting funded. It takes a lot of grassroots to get you to where funding is the appropriate next step.
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Joining the 1%
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A Grassroots Strategy
Many people look at growing a business as a task of how to reach the largest audience and make the most sales as quickly as possible. From my perspective, it takes time to grow a business and get a product or service out into the market. You can start big with lots of capital, or you can grassroots your product to a small group and let it manifest from there.
If you have capital, and can spend it, go for it. Venture capitalists and other investor types tend to introduce a lot of control and other issues if it’s something they take an interest in. Grassroots is the way most of us will either make it or break it in the marketplace.