The Myths Are:
1)
It takes a lot of money to finance a new business. Not true!
2)
Venture capitalists are a good place to go for start-up money. Only if your starting a Technology or Bio-tech Business!
3) Banks don't loan money for start-ups. Actually banks loan money
to an average of 15% of business start-ups!
4) most
business angels are rich (investors). Most business investors earn less than $40k a Year!
5) Start-ups can't be financed with debt. Debt is more common than
equity!
6) Most entrepreneurs start businesses in attractive
industries. The opposite is true!
7) The growth
of a start-up depends more on an entrepreneur's talent than on the business they choose. Completely False!
8) Most entrepreneurs are successful financially. Again
False!
9) Many start-ups achieve the sales growth projections
that equity investors are looking for. False again!
10)
Starting a business is easy. Sorry to disappoint but false!
These
are the Top 10 Myths In Entrepreneurship for any business whether it's on the Internet or a brick and mortar down town.
You need to have the true facts to succeed in your business adventure or failure is inevitable.
Statistics show that 97% of business start-ups fail the first year but don't get discourage there is the 3% that
live a lifestyle that most only dream of. If you do your homework and have the four success ingredients then you will succeed.Thomas
A Edison said success is 1% knowledge and 99% persistence...
It took
him 10,000 experiments to come up with a filament for his light bulb that would work. When asked if the failures ever bothered
him he stated I never failed I just found 10,000 ways that didn't work. Failures are only stepping stones to ones
success.