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For Startup Funding, Use Your Job As Your Bathrobe
Job has a lot of use case
Over the call, my friend Danny seemed super-happy after the next day of our meet. He wanted to come over our house. I agreed.
— “Hi Danny. Welcome. How are you?”
— “Hello there. I’m doing awesome. (he seemed thrilled.)
Hey, I have got my startup idea. Planning to make learning fun, what I enjoy doing the most. I am very excited but worried too.”
— “Ohh, amazing. What’s wrong?”
— “I’m unsure how to get funding for my startup.”
— “Okay, let’s go swim.”
We Were Done Swimming…
— “I loved it, Shajedul. The water is very relaxing. I am very refreshed now. Thank you for this.”
— “Cool, wear that bathrobe.”
— “I’m fine in this underwear. Thank s.”
— “So, you aren’t sure how to get funded?”
— “Yeah...” (frowny face, he looks very tense.)
— “You already have your job, right?”
— “That salary isn’t enough for my survival. I can’t run my startup with that money alone. I am wondering how will I handle the job along with my startup as well.” (he is now…
