Five Ways to Get Cash for Your Freelance Business Idea

Because not all of us have a rich uncle

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I’ve never received funding or outside money for any of my businesses.

There, I said it. But one thing I have done is invested in several. As an angel investor, I’ve been one of the folks who have stroked a check for a startup or two.

So in a way, having been on both sides of the table as a founder and investor, I’m a pretty decent source of info for this topic.

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Funding is a crucial part of the business. Only a few profitable business ideas can get started without funds or minimal funds. If you aren’t in the entrepreneur world, be sure your finances and funding are transparent and planned out first.

Otherwise, you will fall into the many other businesses that fail in the first year due to poor cash flow or finances.

Here are five ways to get funding for your freelance business idea and avoid becoming a common statistic.

Use your own Benjamins

Keep a full-time or part-time job until you are fully ready to make the leap.

The most common way people get money for their idea is to save as much of their current dough as possible. Once you…