How to find ideas for start-ups, without which and without anyone in any way in the implementation of your plans, which address these ideas would be ideal, and where to look for investments - their business experiences in the course of "Startup 9.5 weeks, the intensity for the design and start-up business" Viciebsk residents shared with an entrepreneur, investor, co-founder tut.by, hoster.by and other companies Kirill Voloshin.

Needless to say, any startup begins with some ideas. And here, according to the lecturer, the originality is important in so far as, since everything has already been invented before us. Simply put, the idea may be as old as the world, but it can be submitted in another position in a different way, to evaluate different. Moreover, the idea of ​​not copying the value decreases. It is important to remember that the idea should ideally be such that you personally touched.

So where is the idea that it needs to do? Well, there's nothing new has been invented: to communicate, travel, observe and ask questions, read, write.

As you can see, just like all the very idea. But the subsequent search for solutions to facilitate the implementation of your ideas - here is more complicated, because the need to take into account so much more.

First, in an ideal product that you will sell, it must be of value to the customer. Second, you have to compare all of the "a" to "z", and it is why it is now time to implement the idea. In addition, it is necessary to take into account all the risks, market size, and particularly to calculate a price that will attract customers. Ideal as Voloshin said, this price is below the average, or similar to the market.

Go ahead. An experienced entrepreneur advised to think carefully about who and what team you are simply necessary, and without whom, and what you can do. For example, you can easily give up, at least initially, from the secretaries, marketers and analysts, elegant corporate office and equipment, from the steep site.

- Do not rush to hire employees. But if you still need to, or investor insists, or more than nobody to replace if any little situation - hire someone who is stronger and smarter, and look for "last minute" like-minded people - recommends Kirill Voloshin.

Staff, but not get to leave without this team. Of course, you can be sure that will cope with everything themselves, but the businessman said that the best option - a two person team.

- According to statistics, better survival startup still with two people, and the investment attractiveness of higher start-ups. However, keep in mind that friendship poorly aligned with the business, staff recruitment - friends, too, is a very big issue.

With regard to one of the main points - where to find the money, there is the decision paths are not so little. The most common - it's friends, family and yourself; as investors and investment funds; grants, the State Fund for Support of Entrepreneurs; accelerators; various competitions; and someone cannot do without credit or loans.

Telling all this, Kirill Voloshin was based not only on world examples, as well as on their experiences, which he admitted was not always positive. For example, some projects run out of steam over time, some have died, and did not fly, and this year he is the second bankruptcy. And that made an entrepreneur decide to narrow the portfolio and maximize focus on where it can actually do something.

Consequently, one of his main advice to those who are interested in developing, launching a startup or expansion - not sprayed, and choose a few, 2-3 startup, which will fully control. Voloshin also not recommended to select just a lot of areas, as it will bring more losses. Third, but not least important piece of advice - you need to double-check, and everything, and preferably quickly. These three factors, in fact, are the key to create a success story.

Kirill Voloshin Lecture - just the beginning of the course. In the future, for nine and a half weeks of school participants, divided into teams, will be, as they say, in practice, create your own start-ups, of course, under the watchful eye of experts who have experience in starting and managing a business.

Organized school Viciebsk business center, Society for Promotion of innovative business and is supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).