IMPORTANT -- PLEASE READ
This answer is not finished until you're satisfied with it. If you
choose to rate this answer, I ask that you do so *after* giving me the
chance to make it satisfactory to you. Thank you for your
understanding.
Greetings -
In my estimation, you're going to need to take a pro-active approach
in locating and securing relationships with equity investors, venture
capitalist firms, and related organizations by pitching your company
to them directly. This is going to be your first step in establishing
capital for your business. I've assembled a list of organizations
below that should be workable contacts for you to pursue.
Finding a "dual-hat" individual to invest *and* run the company may be
a difficult proposition, but not an impossible one. The reason for
the difficulty here is that the roles of primary investor and company
executive don't always intersect. Traditional approaches to finding
someone interested in filling both roles would be to post classified
ads in your local newspaper, national newspapers, entrepreneurial
magazines, or online classifieds in the "business opportunities"
section. Finding someone to run the company [sans equity] will
involve the same thing, except "help wanted" would be the section
here.
I have located a web site, however, that looks like an excellent
resource to find everyone you're looking for. Please see
businesspartners.com at http://www.businesspartners.com/
Here are some additional companies/gateways that do this kind of
business:
Equity Partners/Venture Capital Firms/Resources:
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vFinance
http://www.vfinance.com/
http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?ToolPage=venca.asp
Advent International
http://www.adventinternational.com/
Capogee Venture Advisors
http://www.capogee.com/aboutus_investment.shtml
Capital Solutions Network
http://www.capitalsearch.net/
American Venture
http://www.avce.com/
Help Finance
http://www.help-finance.com/
BIZFIN.COM
http://www.venturedirectory.com/
Equity Partner Consultants
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H.A. Incorporated
http://www.hellercap.com/
Equity Partner Consultants
http://www.dilanchian.com.au/sol_01.htm
IRA Network Corporate Office
http://www.businessplanfunding.com/home.html
Venture Planning Associates
http://www.ventureplan.com/
Additional Links:
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Entrepreneurial Resources at MIT
http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/services_resources.php#portals
Venture Capital and Intellectual Property by Michael Henos (10/24/93)
http://www.atv.com/static/intellectual_property.php3
Finding Money - General list of Venture Capitalists
http://www.findingmoney.com/vc.html
www.findingmoney.com
Open Business Directory of Venture Capitalists
http://dmoz.org/Business/Financial_Services/Venture_Capital/
Search Terms
"intellectual property" equity consultants
business partners
equity partners
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Request for Answer Clarification by
quovadis-ga
on
18 Jan 2003 06:53 PST
Thanks for your prompt response. With regard to that portion of your
reply which reads "IMPORTANT -- PLEASE READ This answer is not
finished until you're satisfied with it." I guess the answer isn't
finished. Have you confined your search to America or have you
considered foreign sources who might be interested in having a
business here? Also: there has been a great deal of corporate
downsizing and there are also a great many semi retired or retired
people and inidviduals with extensive experience who don't have a job
and are looking for business oppoortunities. I thought an answer would
include specific web sites and other ways to post my information to
get "in front of" these people. Thanks again.
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Clarification of Answer by
jbf777-ga
on
18 Jan 2003 13:18 PST
quovadis-ga -
Thanks for your clarification. Yes, as per my message, the answer is
not finished until you're satisfied with it [within reason, of
course].
I did not confine my search to America, but it would seem that way
since most of the sites I located seem American oriented. However,
the Internet is a global medium, and is accessible to every locale.
On businesspartners.com, there may be foreign individuals looking for
business opportunities here.
I will do some additional research.
Thanks for your patience thus far.
jbf777-ga
GA Researcher
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Clarification of Answer by
jbf777-ga
on
18 Jan 2003 18:52 PST
Hi again -
The following are sites where you can specifically target individuals
looking for business opportunities. Some may require a fee for
posting your ad. If you need additional contacts, please let me know.
In terms of finding foreign individuals, these sites, being on the
Internet, are worldwide. So foreigners have access to them if they're
interested in business opportunities in the states. I don't have any
specific resources for finding individuals in foreign countries who
are looking for business opportunities here. I know that USENET
newsgroup discussion groups have a high mix of worldwide participants,
and there are some business groups you can check out there. You can
visit
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=alt.business.ads
for
these.
Business Opportunity Classifieds
http://www.boconline.com/
http://www.boconline.com/placead.htm
Business Opportunity Classifieds
http://www.vpp.com/boc/
Business Opportunities Classifieds
http://classifieds.bizweblinks.com/bizops.html
Instant Classified Ads - World Business and National Business
http://www.usaworld.com/ad_this/index.html
FranchiseSolutions
http://www.franchisesolutions.com/index.cfm/fa/searchMain/google/1
See "Franchise Solutions Media Kit" http://mediakit.fransol.com/ for
advertising.
TheAdNet Business Opportunities
http://www.theadnet.com/oppx.htm
Income and Business Opportunities Classifieds
http://wwbcity.com/incop.htm
1st Stop Business Opportunity Classifieds
http://www.suzton.com/1stopbus/
BusinessBroker
http://www.businessbroker.net/
Someone contacted through here might be interested in becoming an
equity partner.
Here are several more sites at this link:
Yahoo! Asia Classifieds
http://asia.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/Business_Opportunities/Classifieds/
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Request for Answer Clarification by
quovadis-ga
on
19 Jan 2003 07:00 PST
Thanks for all your help. Was the last response meant to answer that
protion of the question which read "Also: there has been a great deal
of corporate
downsizing and there are also a great many semi retired or retired
people and inidviduals with extensive experience who don't have a job
and are looking for business oppoortunities. I thought an answer would
include specific web sites and other ways to post my information to
get "in front of" these people. Thanks again."
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Clarification of Answer by
jbf777-ga
on
19 Jan 2003 09:56 PST
Yes... those sites are all sites where you can find people looking to
be involved in business opportunities. There's all sorts of people in
different places of their life perusing those sites. The most
important part is they're all looking for business opportunities, and
you'll be able to tailor your ad to attract exactly who you want.
I'm hear to help -- please let me know if you need anything
more/corrected.
Thanks,
Jordan
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