创业过程中最重要的一步——也是最困难的一步——是为实现创意筹措资金。以什么方式为企业提供资金可能对其今后的增长和盈利情况产生长期影响。
你可能与很多刚开始创业的人一样，认为风险资本是最佳方案。正如科技企业家及天使投资人英格丽德·范德维尔德（Ingrid Vanderveldt）所言，筹集资本意味着寻找“不止是在资金方面的合作伙伴，他们具有能大大提高你的企业价值的途径、关系和资源”。
但对一些人而言，自力更生或自行筹资可能是更可行的第一个步骤——可以在正式寻找投资人之前以此证明“你的产品能够打进市场”。范德维尔德说这样做可以“提高价值并减少你为获得新的资金而需要拿出的资产的数量”。
你想就创业是应当自力更生还是寻找风险资本提出问题吗？请于11月17日参加英文网谈活动，让范德维尔德、风险资本投资人费塞尔?索海尔（Faysal Sohail）和自力更生的创业者戴尔?纳尔瓦尼?法伊弗（Dale Nirvani Pfeifer）为你解惑答疑。
欢迎你于11月17日美东时间上午11点（北京时间午夜12点）参加这次网谈互动（interactive webchat）。你可以使用#GISTTechConnect标签通过推特提前提问。
你准备好提出你的创业方案了吗？欢迎你参加11月16日至22日的全球创业周（Global Entrepreneurship Week）活动。?
Bootstrap funding or venture capital: What’s right for your startup?
One of the most important — and difficult — steps in starting a business is finding the money to turn your idea into a reality. How you fund your business can have long-lasting effects on its growth and profitability.
If you’re like many new entrepreneurs, you probably think venture capitalis your best option. After all, raising capital means seeking “partners that go beyond the money and who have access, connections and resources that can exponentially increase value for your company,” explains tech entrepreneur and angel investor Ingrid Vanderveldt.
For some, bootstrapping, or self-financing, may be a better first step — a way to prove “that the market wants to buy your product” before seeking formal investors. And that, Vanderveldt says, “increases value, reducing the amount of equity you need to give out to bring that new money in.”
Have questions about whether your startup should bootstrap or raise venture capital? Get the answers you need on November 17 from Vanderveldt, venture capitalist Faysal Sohail and bootstrapper Dale Nirvani Pfeifer.
Join the interactive webchaton November 17 at 11 a.m. EST (16:00 UTC). You can tweet your questions in advance using the hashtag#GISTTechConnect.
Ready to test your business ideas? Take part in Global Entrepreneurship WeekNovember 16–22.