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Be ready to seize opportunity<\/strong><\/p>\n Timing is key for starting a business. If your startup isn\u2019t ready for prime time, keep learning and working, says Alejandra Bazoberry, a strategic planner at Bolivia Rural, a digital communications company that seeks to address the needs of rural Bolivians and the local development organizations that support them.<\/p>\n Bazoberry advises getting more experience while you work on your product. For example, take classes to develop new skills or work in a company while saving money for your startup. \u201cBe prepared to take the opportunity\u201d when the right time comes to start your business, Bazoberry says.<\/p>\n Prepare a business plan<\/strong><\/p>\n When Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1nchez founded his startup, he was so focused on building his platform that he didn\u2019t think about how he would make money. He neglected to map out a formal statement of business goals, reasons the goals are attainable or plans for reaching them \u2014 key ingredients of a typical business plan. Focus on creating a solution that solves the problem at hand, but also \u201cthink about the money,\u201d says Sanchez, who co-founded Poliglota, a platform in Chile that connects people worldwide to learn languages via conversation groups.<\/p>\n Defend your product<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cKnow your product and be willing to defend it tooth and nail,\u201d advises Triston Thompson, who is a partner and information systems architect at Intellect Storm, an IT and marketing solutions provider in Guyana. If you don\u2019t believe in your product, Thompson says you\u2019ll have a hard time getting others to believe in it. It\u2019s also good to surround yourself with positive people \u201cwho will build you up and not tear you down,\u201d says Thompson.<\/p>\n Assess your product\u2019s impact<\/strong><\/p>\n Consider the potential impact of your product or solution before you launch it.<\/p>\n \u201cThink about and listen to every actor that\u2019s going to be involved, whether it\u2019s the environment, the community or politicians,\u201d says Sofia Cruz, the founder of Mexikatekatl, which connects local artisans with businesses in Mexico that buy and sell their goods.<\/p>\n \u201cTry to create a project where you can see the benefit to everyone from the beginning,\u201d Cruz says.<\/p>\n Find a mentor<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cSearch for a mentor who will push you toward your goal,\u201d says Kheston Walkins, founder and director of Raiora Data Services, which provides digital publishing and marketing solutions in Trinidad & Tobago. When Walkies was working on starting his company, most of his friends didn\u2019t understand what he was doing. Looking back, he thinks having a mentor would have helped because that person will look after your best interests and give you advice. \u201cThe more advice you have\u201d the more confident you\u2019ll be in starting your business, says Walkies [vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,40,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-marketing","category-webiste-development","category-website-design","category-3","category-4","category-40","category-39","description-off"],"yoast_head":"\n
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