​I didn’t expect much, but last week I turned an idea into startup funding

Opportunity knocks only once, is something I remember being told and I’m sure I experienced it just last week. I went to this business boot camp just for the pure purpose of learning from people; nothing else. The plan was to simply sit and listen as much as I could. As it was one night before attending one of the sessions, I was reflecting upon what it would be, to have something up and running. I had thought about three potential business ideas up to this point. That night I was stuck with just the one. The thought of selling bedding sets on line. I stayed up most of the night reading blogs, calculating costs on Alibaba, and making rough drawings of what and how it would function. Would people buy it, who knew but that’s what I wanted to do. When the boot camp begun, I set out to attend dressed casual. However, half way there, an odd feeling came upon me of confidence, and I turned back to the house to get dressed up, as if I were ready for what I wished to aspire to become. Eventually came the last session, which would require each business attendee to ‘pitch’ their idea with supporting financial facts. I have no clue how, I ended up at the front of the audience but none the less I decided, this was my chance. I presented my bedding idea talking through the logistics of pricing and potential development based on the facts I had gathered. I anticipated nothing of it. In the end, out of the final three, I got 3rd position, and my business idea won startup capital to start developing the project. I went away that night not with just the prize but a lesson; that the one little preparation step that is often dismissed, might bring something far greater than one had predicted.