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One obvious point - startupbritain is about general startups (there's no requirement for tech-only startups on their site). @jot's jfdibritain has a decidedly t
by IanOzsvald 16y ago
One obvious point - startupbritain is about general startups (there's no requirement for tech-only startups on their site). @jot's jfdibritain has a decidedly tech focus, it doesn't help with e.g. manufacturing (when someone wants to make something physical), retail (regular selling/buying like most of the country are used to) or other conventional routes.
Maybe the sites aren't trying to achieve the same thing?
- jot 16y agoI put the site together with all kinds of startups in mind not just tech. Why not create other kinds of businesses through this approach?
- petercooper 16y agoEven with manufacturing, you can still make a prototype and "sell" it (in the form of promised orders or the like) before committing to significant capital outlay, contracts, factories, filing patents, designing a logo, etc. There are a lot of Kickstarter projects that have done well with this approach, such as http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danprovost/glif-iphone-4-tripod-mount-and-stand http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danprovost/glif-iphone-4... In retail, you can hire a concession, work out a deal to temporarily use someone else's space, or get a market stall. Anything to prove you can sell whatever it is you want to sell before committing to premises, branding, and the like. There are cheap, scrappy ways to prove the market in most areas without significant capital outlay, unless you're into pharmaceuticals, energy, or similar areas with sky-high infrastructure or standards costs.