To start or The start

1. (vti) to begin doing something or begin something. 2. (vti) to begin happening, or to make something begin happening. 3. vt to bring something into being as an entity or operation 4. (vt) to commence work on something. 5 . (vi) to begin at a particular level

or

1. (n) the first part of something that proceeds through time 2.(n) the place or time at which something starts

Hmmmm, I think it is going to be a slow start.