This is about people who want to start a business.

Millions of articles have been written about HOW TO START A BUSINESS. All these articles start with what the WRITER THINKS about business. They tell you what the attitude should be or which item to taken for doing business. It is purely writer-centric. It is like telling how to grow mango trees when the reader is interested in making nuts and bolts. Let us give importance to the person who wants to venture into a business.

If you ARE interested to start a business- where do you want to start? Simple.

Start with a pen and some sheets of paper to write. Go to your room, sit down comfortably and think about the things, topics or items which are of interest TO YOU.

Take your own sweet time to do this. Spend an hour on this job. Jot down every item which interests you most. Close the job, keep the papers in a folder and go ahead with your normal duties of the day. The next day or the day after, go to the same place and look at what you have written. You feel damn silly at many of the items listed. Strike them off. Again start where you had left and go ahead and add many more items to the original list. Again call it off.

Do this for about 15 days or more. Now is the time to review the list after (AT LEAST) a week. The week after, review the list. Carry out this exercise for at least 3 times. Lastly pick one item above others. At the end of the whole exercise you will have identified your natural talent.

To convert your talent to hard business is the next step.

The whole exercise is about being comfortable.

1. Keep the quantum of your investment money at a level you are comfortable. It is the amount that you can afford. This does not mean you should not invest more.

2. Never look at this as the money spinner. Treat it like your child. The child needs a lot of love and care.

It needs you to prop up to stand and after being comfortable, take a few steps. Guide this business child through many stages to reach the stage where it starts taking care of itself.

3. Each business has its own special features which have to be addressed. Each person reacts to a situation in his own characteristic way.

4. Every business do not make large amounts of money. One has to keep in mind that the child may grow in varying degrees of height, weight, intelligence, cleverness, health etc. After all it is one*s own child and whether the child is successful or not, it remains one*s own child.

4. For the next step, I will give an example. Say, you want to start manufacturing food items. Prepare the food item in small quantities and distribute among your friends. Tell them about your venture and ask their opinion. Everybody loves to give an opinion. Give them a patient hearing and thank them. These opinion gives you many new ideas. Many of the opinions are outright silly and impracticable.

5. It may take some time from the preparation stage to manufacturing stage (or any suitable stage).

6. After this stage the business has to take care of itself. However keep in mind that there are tiny, small, medium and large business. Your business will fit into one of this category.

7. Do not be disheartened if you do not see great improvement.

8. The catch word is ENJOY. You should enjoy doing the business. It may also give you money. When your business does not give you enjoyment, it is time to quit.

9. Accept the business as you accept your child because it has COME OUT OF YOU.

10. Go ahead- the world is waiting for you.