"Lectures"/"Talk" these do not compute in the real world.
If you know your field then you do not need this.
If you don't it won't make you succeed.
You need a capital, & that's the bottom line!
Without any kind of money which is time you simply can not do a startup.
Now, why people give up money to others? That's the real question.
I confidently can say at least 80% of the time it has nothing to do with the venture itself!
Connections, how you look/sound etc.
If you watch Shark tank you can see this clearly where Sharks bend the "rules" when they like someone.
Money is never an issue for them here, it's why would I give this person my money.
People tend to revert to these things because no one knows the future & unfortunately instead of making decisions rationally they end up going to the other end which is almost like consulting an oracle.
I am doing a Startup & have launched a fundraiser www.9mim.com & will share the process
Please check it out & give me your honest feedback to me this is more important than the $ itself as I'll do it regardless but with the $ it'll happen faster & have a better chance of succeeding.
However, you can agree with me that having plans (& business plans) is not as important as doing something tangible.
Time is money & spending too much time on planning phase is not wise since I already know what I'll do & even the best plans change & they should according to the real time feedback of the users!
I am planning to engage the users from the beginning & will have a detailed feedback system so I can have a detailed feedback on everything from the logos to layout to features etc
I tend to make complex systems out of simple ideas. This detailed feedback system would be very useful for startups & in fact it can be a startup by itself!. Imagine if you have such a system where money or time is never wasted so you can reach your milestones as efficiently as possible.
From experience, if one can not afford the time one shouldn't engage in such complex endeavors. This is why I need to secure the money to be able to do this.
In today's world it's almost impossible to compete without a backing.
Answers:
1) Quora is just a question-and-answer website & there are many like it. KibitzO is focused on friends/family where you specifically solicit from them "opinions" mainly so it's a social thing not just Q and A. Also, what would be really different is the functionality. Today, uniqueness of functionality is what makes any website/startup stands out as there are many copy cat for almost any kind of a website. If I reach beta then you'll have a chance to see the functionality 1st hand.
2)MooZeeKaa is different than anything out there. I can guarantee that to you because on this one I did a comprehensive market research as I tried to get investment for it. You'll be hard pressed to find quality music lessons for free!. Also, could you imagine having a famous musician be your mentor? or give out free lessons/vids!
If you went through the features list you can see that tutorials is just one part of it. The main difference here that it's an ecosystem! it'll have a complete platform to allow anyone from musicians to beginners to 1) have everything related to music in on place (Wal-Mart of music) 2) create an income of it, so you feed the ecosystem & be fed by it
3) Kingdomlove is a social platform to connect people based on what they love (love as a broad term not only as in dating so love of art, money, animals etc) so it has all the social features (like facebook) & a platform that allow useful sharing & growing your love based interest. Example, some people love sports, you ask yourself how 1) allow them to find people based on that love not just interest as someone who loves sports is different than someone who is interested in sports! 2) What tools do they need to allow them to grow this love in a productive way? So, for each love based there are suitable tools! Example, money love> business2business tools/features, lead generation etc, animals love> adaptation features, medical history tools etc
I guess this sums up the lecture :
"How to manage efficiently >irrational< people to get an output"
However I believe my previous comment is on topic & valuable too.