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Most of us, when we go to a casino, decide in advance how much we are prepared to lose and then make our bets accordingly.
It’s not that investors are not prepared to gamble on your idea; it’s the size of the bet they are willing to make. You can see hundreds of people on a casino floor but only handful at the high stakes tables. Does it not make sense to modify your approach to solicit the hundreds of people willing to gamble for smaller stakes? You can still continue to solicit the handful of high rollers.

The question I am most often asked is - Can a person with no money get their start up business funded? The answer is unequivocally YES. Of course, they quickly ask the next question HOW? How do I find these investors? How do I explain my idea to them? How do I do it legally?

Have you profiled your potential investors yet?

  • They will probably be self employed entrepreneurs themselves.
  • They will sympathize with your difficulty to raise capital.
  • They themselves are risk takers.

What else do you think is in the investor profile?

Remember, you should make your investor profile, project specific.

How good is your business plan?

  • The quality of the plan directly reflects on the originator. An unprofessional plan will always result in a default NO.
  • You must be in compliance with all the Federal & State Securities Laws, Regulation D (Reg D)
  • You must give each and every investor a disclosure document that complies with both Federal and State Securities Laws.
  • This document is usually referred to as a Private Placement Memorandum or PPM.
  • Failure to provide a PPM is a violation of Federal Law and can result in severe repercussions.
  • The business plan you prepare must also be incorporated within the PPM? If you compromise the business plan you also compromise the PPM.

If you are deciding whether to proceed or even how to proceed in raising capital for your business or a new start-up; you will find that there is a great deal of free information on this website. If you intend to take your project to the next level you may want to consider reviewing our audio seminars. These seminars not only provide much higher level of knowledge and information but on completion allow you structure a “game plan” of what needs to be done and how to do it.

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