I have a site right now that is going to be huge, a few kinks need to be ironed out and the hosting needs to be better... it's not like I need $10,000,000 in Venture Capital, I just need a small investment of $10k to $100k, can anyone point me in the right direction for smaller investments?
You could do anyone of the following; 1) Get a bank loan. If you show them your idea, have assurances that you will bring in sufficient monies to pay off the loan and interest in the x amount of months they require, i cannot see why they would refuse. 2) Contact large businesses that have a similar target audience, or product to you that may wish to invest for a small equity stake. 3) Come to the United Kingdom, go onto the television show Dragons Den and pitch your idea to the Dragons
Google up Venture Capital and some of them will appraise your business if they find that there is an opportunity that you can make things big in the future.
I was trying to avoid Venture capital, because I don't need millions, after doing a little research, I need $80-100k. I'll try the bank route.
The suggestions of bank loan, or credit card is best.. FYI, those that invest money tend to look at investing the 10,000,000.00, not the $10,000.00. In order for an investment to pay off or be worth while, the larger commitments are generally necessary. I'd ask family/friends, or get a loan.
Criaive. Please if your plan is not secretive in any way, PM and share with us. We are also located in Californpa Southern. Logic... This way we can A direct you to some contacts that can do your size deals, or B though rarely look into your project for ourselves?
just my opinion but the recent credit crunch and down turns in the global echnomy i think you might find it difficult to get a bank loan. IMHO.
VC's aren't going to touch a $10K or $100K deal - and they are going to want to see strong management and proven track record. They will pass on a great idea without management and go with an ok idea with great management. I've done it before. Bank loan or friends and relatives are going to be your only good chance.
Its "an investor" not "a investor" remember back in 6th grade english to not use "a" with words that start with a,i,o,u, you use "an". lol, that sounds terrible.
Ask a friend or family member to take a loan out for you. But you better make sure your website is going to be huge like you said it would.
Investment is always risk ; better not us family members or friends. Statistically speaking, with web based projects you probably won't be able to pay them back fast or ever (nothing personal ; most projects that get funded fail). Better from a bank or investor.
What you're looking for is a business angel. Venture capital firms don't typically touch anything lower than $1m. Hundreds of thousands of dollars is usually quite hard to raise from the friends, families and fools category so business angels fill the void. I'm guessing http://www.vuit.us/ is your site (because it does have really bad hosting). Just some quick feedback, it looks like a just another YouTube clone with a Flash widget and grey text on grey background is quite hard to read. For your sake I hope this isn't it or the site isn't complete yet as I could make that site (but a better version) on a $300 budget.
Sorry for not replying in quite some time, but the site is vuithd.com, a stage6.com replacement which was in the top 100 sites on the internet, and enjoyed over 17,000,000 unique visitors monthly. The site abruptly shut down, leaving a huge hole in the market with a lot of potential revenue streams left unexplored. Currently, vuithd.com is 19 days old, and has already seen around 8,000 visitors, and 50,000 pageviews, with no paid marketing, just posting on a few forums. There is huge interest in it, and I truly believe I can make it a profitable website. If you're interested in investing, please PM me so we can discuss. Thanks!