Hey! compliments of the day. I'm so excited that we've made the most of these times to learn how to raise funds for our business and I'll be glad to see many leverage the [bootstrapping](https://steempeak.com/hive-175254/@uyobong/startup-fund-raise-bootstrapping-through-blockchain-powered-blogging) and [bartering](https://steempeak.com/hive-175254/@uyobong/battering-a-non-conventional-yet-effective-way-of-fundraising-for-business-startup) techniques we've so far covered to have their entrepreneurial ideas funded. As long as our lofty ideas stay in our brains, they won't better humanity. We've got to have them brought to reality and funding plays a crucial role in the process.


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To add to the list of fund-raising alternatives, I will be discussing the **TTP Code** in this post. Certainly, The "TTP Code" is not the very popular terms you'll hear in business funding. I learnt this from my speech coach, _George Essien_. I hope I can break it down to the simplest terms we can relate with.

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### <center>_TTP 	= 	Talk To People_</center>


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TTP is just an acronym for the phrase _"Talk to People"_. Yes! that's what the TTP Code represent. However, before you give it a bash as one of those very simple things, let's get deeper to discuss the tenets of this code for your business funding. 

In talking to people, we should understand that this would not be a casual talk. In business financing, it's called "pitching". Let your investors see the value in your idea as well as the strategy and capacity you have to get the idea tangible.

### Five (5) Tenets of the TTP Code in Fund-raising
The talking aspect is called Pitching.
##### 1. Be  specific 
Always be specific when talking to an investor or a customer. Don't round-up or approximate your financial estimates. Nobody wants to invest in a "guess work". You have to be as precise as possible in your budget summary. 


##### 2. Talk to the right persons
The supposed investors or funders you want to talk to should be those people who would be willing to give and do have a network of friends or associates that can also sponsor. Some people we talk to may just give a valid referral and the funds we need are realized.


##### 3. Don't beg
Always be ready to exchange value for the money you are requesting for. People want to support viable ideas, ideas that when tangible would solve real-time problems. In  achieving this, try to be congruent. Do not present a false identity. Do not showcase an identity which is at deviance with your ideas and words. Let your investors see you as having value to offer if funded and not just a help.

##### 4. Be persistent 
Persistence is a character of an entrepreneur that must not be taken for granted. The persistence of the entrepreneur shows his ability to cope  with the likely tide times of the business. Let your prospective sponsor see that you mean business. However, let your persistence be guided by point three above.

##### 5. Talk to "more" People
I call this the TTMP Code. If talking to 10 people didn't raise the needed funds, then extend the scope to 50, which could still be expanded to reach 100. remember that the more people that contribute to fund, the less risk it is if one had to return the finances.

Every successful business is dependent on the number of persons who wan to sponsor or want to patronize them, the more the better. 

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Take note that you don't have money problem to fund your ideas when you know the strategies to have them raised. The TTP code could be your next breakthrough option for your business financing.

All you got to do now it to make a list of people you want to meet to pitch your business idea to. Be careful of the selection and then start the talk. I'll love to learn from your additions in the comments section of this blog.