Entrepreneurship and startups go very well with barter trade. They go very well with barter trade, because at the start, barter can help these fledgling businesses save cash - at a time when they really need it the most.  

Most of the time when you want to start a business you normally end up using alot of your own savings and sometimes before a business can actually make it pass its initial phases of breaking even, they sometimes don't make it because of cashflow problems. Barter trade helps businesses improve their cash flow, and provide much needed assistance, when financial assistance is normally not readily available. Banks are only willing ot extend loans to companies or businesses when they have passed their 3rd year of operations or have shown signs of breaking even shortly. Prior to that, it is normally not possible to get any loan from the bank - without a personal guarantee or asset  mortgaged as a collateral. 

By bartering, a startup can start spending and buying immediately before they start selling. This is only possible if  the exchange (like Ozone) has an interest free barter over-draft facility. With this interest-free over-draft facility, startups can spend immediately and then pay back with their future barter sales. We advise startups to use the over-draft carefully, spending only on business critical services and products - like company registration, accounting systems, web design and hosting, corporate identity design are just some examples.

Ozone has experience in helping and mentoring startups and fledgling entrepreneurs achieve that dream of owning their own business. Through the use of barter as a financial tool to finance purchases  without causing unnecessary out of pocket cash expenses by the new business. 

Its not just about us that says barter is good for startups - see what this article on Entrepreneur.com has to say about barter trade