what do I need to do to get money to invest in my company?
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You can fund any investment by redirecting your purchasing dollars on ever thing you buy through your own store, Then you simply isolate the money that is normally retail profit in your own bank account. This take time, but is is money your are already used to spending. In the process you will create a substantial income on the side because you have a store that your friends can shop at. Email us for more info. We are here to help.
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With £30,000 to invest you have to add some work or knowledge and then you can make money. An on line business would probably be a good idea. But put some money in to a savings account and some in to the on line business. maybe £20,000 in a savings account at 5% bringing you in £1,000 per year and £10,000 in to an on line business that is riskier. You have to take a risk, but a calculated and educated risk if you want to be rich.
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through networking, you can present your business idea and business plan to a group of investors and try to convince them that your idea is actually a viable investment.  you are going to need projections, a DETAILED business plan, a GREAT idea, and great people skills.  Also, having some competency in the field you will be entering is a huge plus.  start with family members and close friends, and if they cant invest, maybe they will refer some friends/associates of theirs to invest.
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You can go to the company's home page and find out if they have direct investing options.  You see some companies allow you to buy stock directly through them McDonalds is one such company.  Buying common stock this way allows you to save money on brokerage fees.  Some companies sell for a small fee for 1 or two dollars and others for free. \n\nYou can also talk to a financial advisor.  Your local bank is a good place to start.  You can also find a financial advisor the American Express.  You can also open an account with one of the online trading companies.  However, research these carefully/.  I also suggest setting up a special bank account if you are going to do this.  This will prevent someone from using you online account to completely wipe out your savings.  \n\nOne last thing remember the market is an extremely volatile and you need to research any company prior to investing in it.  And any investment you make may bring larger rewards are extremely large disapointments.\n\nGood Luck!
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Place an ad in the paper saying you are looking for investors. Some vent caps place ads in tha paper saying they are Angels (No idea why).\n\nObviously you want to look into their history as best you can to know you are not being snowed. Ask them for folks you can contact to find out about their history of investing in projects.\n\nCheck to see if they have had alliaces or have declared banckruptcy. Check with the better business beuro BBB as to business history.
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Get registered as self employed with the tax office. Go see a business startup specialist in a Bank.  One of the best banks out there from personal experience were Barclays they have a team of business specialists they can provide loads of info including Starting and running your own business guides on CD Rom and information fact sheets, there are other sources of information you can obtain through Business Link too. \n\nBanks usually lend on a matched funding basis to new businesses, ie 50/50 but only if you can provide a cashflow projection and business plan up front.  If you have already bought equipment to use for your business and can produce receipts this would be included in your 50%\n\nYou sound like a hardworker, working for yourself is not always easy and does demand your time and effort, from what you have said you have no objections to doing this.  The benefit obviously being that any money you make (less any deductions) is your own clear profit not someone elses.\n\nAnyhow, best of luck!
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Here is a company that is growing fast. You dont even have to invest anything. you get a free website and all the support. It has residual income.  Check it out.    http://www.my.ws/trythis
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I don't understand your term "investment" what are you investing in? \n\nYou should call the Better Business Bureau and tell them the name of the company, see what you can find out about them. Some are scams. Be careful.
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Be a realtor or stock broker.\nUsed to do be a stock broker.  Now, I am a private investor investing in private companies, publicly traded companies, real properties and lending people money.
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figure out who some wealthy people are and approach them. take them to lunch, tell them about your industry experience and your business plan, the investment required, the equity received, and the anticipated return. If you have a sound plan with decent returns, people will invest. If you don't, they won't. It is actually pretty straightforward. Also, if your plan looks bad, people will tell you its weaknesses. The meetings you arrange will only be helpful to you.
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You may want to take a class on investing at a college.\nNot one of those fly by night things.\n\nAny ways you can buy stock directly from a company on a dividend reinvestment plan.
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None.  Use a debit card, save money, invest.
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If you are serious then you can make this happen.  Two things you need to focus on.  Given your age and only have 5 years to go you need to focus on the first which is your earnings ability and then secondly best ways to invest your money.  Look for a multi level networking company that is new (less than 1 year), that has a great product and one you believe it, research the management to make sure they know what they are doing, research the compensation plan and then spend several hours each day growing your business.  Take your earning and invest it in several different vehicles - stocks, notes payable, oil and gas, real estate etc.  Keep focused.  Don't listen to naysayers (aka dream stealer's).  You can do it!!  Good luck and welcome to the next Millionaire Club!
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I would try to find a local investor. I've started 3 companies and you do not want capital venture firms giving you money. Find a local businessman or company to invest. 200-500k is a very small investment. Just make sure you have an attorney look over the documents before signing anything if you find an investor. If I didn't have a law degree, I wouldn't have noticed many of the stipulations. You can get screwed pretty easily and end up only owning 30-40% of the company you worked so hard to start.
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just check on the analysists or join in to some companies who give details on investments. I am giving names of 2 sites where u can log on. But play safe as markets are very volatile at the moment.\nHappy Investing
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Attracting investors is one of the hardest things to do in business.  Success atracts success.  What you need more than anything is a complete business plan that shows the realistic potential for growth and a profit and loss statement that shows you are meeting your stated goals.  \n\nNext, lets back up here.  The first thing an investor is going to see is that your time is too divided.  Starting a new business takes insane amounts of energy, time, and overall dedication.  Trying to start three at one time you might as well shoot yourself in the foot. The best thing for you to do is pick one of the above to focus on.  Personally, I like the bake shop the best because it is a real business and it is franchiseable if it is done right. \n   \nWhen an investor looks at your business they will look at potential for growth and what assets are available in case of liquidation to cover their losses.  In all three of your business ideas there is very little in the way of either.\nI understand the other two ideas are "real", but an investor is going to want to see cashflow, transperancy of books, real potential, and will want to have a member of his team on your board of directors for oversight.  Investors will want to see a well planned out business plan that shows them how they can realistically expect a 20% to 30% equity position and return (minimum) on their investment.  \n\nIn order to attract an investor you will probably need to incorporate.  A corporation is its own identity, IE an unnatural person.  It can own property, be sued, and sue.  You don't own a corporation, you work for one, even if you own 51%+ of the stock.  A "C" corp is the most common and most likely the best choice for you.  Most businesses incorporate in Nevada or Delaware, and there are pluses and minuses to incorporating there, but that is more research for you at a later time.  Incorporating allows you some levels of protection from personally being sued and it allows you to divide up ownership with investors cleanly by selling stock.  \n\nAt this point stock is free to you.  You, as President, treasurer, and secretary authorize X number of shares at par value (usally 50,000,000 shares at .001 cent each).  Then you sell it to an investor based on some calculation. Wihtout using any multipliers a stock would be worth profit divided by the number of shares.  So $250,000 in profit divided by 50,000,000 is a value of $.005 or half a cent per share.  You can sell the stock for this amount as a true value, you can discount it as an incentive, or you can raise the price if you have a strong enough argument to show that the cashflow will be significantly higher in the following quarters or years.  In order to attract investors you will need to show huge dollar signs and it has to be realistic. This can be shown by eventually (<5 years) taking the company public.  \n\nDon't be worried that you are selling off millions and millions of shares.  If you can go public at $5 in a few years and you still have 10,000,000 shares in your name...hmm...that's still $50,000,000.  Not bad.  Now you can go tinker with inventions and do it right.\n\nOne of the reasons going public is a good strategy is that the investor will need a clear exit strategy before they invest.  If they have a ton of private stock that no one wants it isn't worth anything to them.  They need to be able to liquidate eventually.  The business can buy back the shares as well, but it is going to have to have the cashflow to do it.  \n\n\nDon't even waste time trying a bank.  The old saying "A bank will only lend money when you don't need it" has certainly been true for me.  Personally I would stay away from family because when things dont work out it messes up more than financial situations.  For you to find an investor on your own would be incredibly lucky at this stage.  Maybe you just happen to get paired up with someone on the golf course that has th
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If you own a company and want to raise money, to raise the money you can go to a bank or a stock exchange. the difference is that in bank, \n\na) the money they give, will be limited, since the banks want to make sure you will return their money, and will only give as much as what your enterprise is worth (in terms of assets etc..)\n\nb) and they will give you the money, only if the risk of default is low. They banks ensure this by asking for a collateral (or security (like lands, equipment etc..)) so that they can recover the money incase of default.\n\nIn a stock exchange\na) the amount of money you can raise is not limited, by your networth, since the investors/fund managers who give your money to buy your shares, understand the risks.  they can give you as much as 10 times your networth, if they feel your enterprise is in a sunrise sector.\n\nBy valuing your share, they value your company on a day by day basis, and it is possible that they value your company far more than what your actual net worth is (i.e. worth as determine by the assets you own). This would  be helpful in preventing take overs of your company or using this inflated worth to buy other companies  having higher networth than yours, (but whose share price is low)\n\nIn short compared to banks, stock exchange is a bigger source of money, and is a way to quickly increase the valuation of your company\n\nOffcourse all this advantages in stock exchange, is possible only if your company is profitable and shows a consistent track record in a sunrise sector (a sector which is growing)