Find The Investor online? Market to them how?

I'm not real well versed in this area, but PPC gets out in front of a huge audience when you use the right keywords. Maybe start a small website that lists all the details about what you have to offer, and then put it out there for people to see.

Just a thought. I could be way off

Believe me when I say that investment in the kind of things that you're talking about are alive and well! We do it all the time. Yes, even now.

But perverse as it seems the more you're looking for the more success you'll have in finding investment.

A $5-10K investment in a start up is a complete waste of time on both sides. You can walk into any high street bank and get that level of personal loan or put it on your credit card. If you're not prepared to do this, which indicates that you do not have sufficient belief in your own product, why the hell should I give you my money to play at being a businessman?

Most people who play at such a low level don't understand the rules of the game. They vastly overvalue their idea's potential and believe they have a billion dollar idea and only want to give away, say, 5% equity for the keys to making their fortune!

So what's in it for an investor if you fail? Or even if you make a success of things? It's loss loss for me. Win win for you.

Right now you have nothing but an idea and a dream because you have no finance and insufficient belief in your product to finance it yourself.

This is hardly an attractive investment proposition.

I'm not trying to piss on your dreams, but a dose of reality is required. If I saw merit in your idea and potential for return in your forecasts, a common sense equity offer and even exclusivity, I still wouldn't invest in it because you won't. I would imagine that most angels would see it the same way.

Come back with a developed product, backed up by low level market metrics and testing data, escalated into realistic projections and forecasts over at least three years, a realistic accurate profession valuation, a heap of passion and commitment, proven by putting your own money into the project and an educated expectation of equity on the table and people will talk to you...maybe even me.

This may sounds harsh, but I am trying to help. I've been through it.



Thomas

[edit] You'll also have be a much more attractive proposition if you have a partner or advisor to actually run the business side of things, as opposed to approaching angels on a solus basis as the guy who will actually be the product developer. This is particularly the case with technology/software based investment.

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I am working out a deal to get 100k in 2009, and everything is looking good so far