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by RaiseCapital.com | Posted on November 3, 2008
If you are an individual investor, unless you have been shorting the market, you have suffered losses at historic levels over the past two quarters. Commodities and equities have both been hit, and interest rates are so low that finding reasonable returns on your money has become extremely difficult. The frustrating part of this mess is that this historic downturn has been caused by the risks taken by companies that were largely undisclosed or not understood by the public.. When investors were buying AIG or Lehman or Bear Stearns shares they had no idea that their balance sheets or income statements were toxic.
As an investor in a public company you must rely on the information disseminated by the company and the subtleties of the company’s business are often lost in translation. However, the dynamic investment opportunities offered by the entrepreneurs posting at RaiseCapital.com offer the opportunity to be a hands on player with respect to your investment dollars.
The opportunities presented by the entrepreneurs at RaiseCapital.com are so diverse as to fit the investment profile of any individual looking for an opportunity. You can find a business in your state or region and be able to “kick the tires and smell the vinyl” on any venture that captures your interest. You can also be a passive investor as RaiseCapital boasts such opportunities as a real estate ventures in a developing countries. If you are looking for an alternative to a sick stock market, you will find it at RaiseCapital.
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MY NAME IS ROB FLINN I AM WORKING ON A NEW PRODUCT IDEA AND NEED FUNDING FOR THE PRODUCT SAMPLE SO WE CAN PRESANT IT TO THE TARGETED COMPANY.CALL ROB AT 925-229-1729/PWORLD777@AOL.COM THANK YOU
I need $100,000 to start a custom picture framing business in Reno NV. For the past two years I have worked on the biz plan. Will start with 8 employees. I have organized a LLC, under the laws of NV. The company name is Wrightway Art Framing (WAF). WAF will also have three art galleries, one for my own work, (have sold 32 paintings in Wasoe county, all awaiting to be framed). The second for the "Artist of the Month" Each artist will give 4 free art classes. The third will be for the "Youth's Art Contest". Four finalists in each four age groups will recieve cash awards. Winner of the high school entries will recieve a 300 hour internship. Being my target conumers are Home Engineers with 2.4 school-aged children, I feel this would be great for marketing.
The Internal Combustion Engine is "Killing Us, Our Planet and Our Wallets" I am seeking $500k to bring to market my Magnetic Repulsion Engine design. This engine may propel a car without an input aid such as Gasoline, or Electricity, also power large & small Generators, Golf Carts & Boat Motors while expelling "0 emissions". We can reduce the costs of building Cars, so they are more affordable, while using NO GAS, and expelling ZERO EMISSIONS. We can reduce Air, Water and Noise Pollution, by using the Z-Mag Engine. No Gasoline, Oil, heavy & expensive Batteries or Electricity. A Personal Generator can be Manufactured for each House, to provide all the Electricity required to power the House, allowing us to stop being controlled by the Public Utilities Companies. Boat Motors are polluting our water systems as they dump their oil and gasoline emissions into the Lakes, Rivers and Oceans. Please read my Listing here and contact me to see and hear more. The Z-Mag Magnetic Repulsion Engine.
I own a lighting distributorship, offering retail sales to the general public, wholesale to the trade (architects, designers, and contractors), and lighting design and dimming specialization to commercial and residential remodel and new construction clients in the Pacific Northwest. I have been in business for three years as a distributorship, 12 years as a lighting designer, and have been in this industry for over 20 years. (www.dpalightingfixtures.com) My immediate needs are for cash flow, in order to pay vendors, and sustain my business’ daily needs. Ultimately, in the long term, I want to open a showroom in the Bothell, or Woodinville area, whereby I can provide, not only the services I currently offer, but educational seminars and demonstrations of proper lighting designs, green technology, and to show the advantages of smart home control systems in order to educate designers, architects, contractors, and those in the community, that these techniques can be used residentially and commercially and still provide the light output that is necessary for comfort and reality within the daily schedule, without breaking the budget. LED is a new technology, and is largely unknown amongst the community, let alone those that work in the architectural and design arenas.
you are right about investing in wall street products...sometimes you don't know the real truth about what they're feeding the media and the stock investors. Enron? I provide first lien mortgage investments that pay 14% interest for up to 24 months. When youcomplete the up to date due diligence on the property and the borrower(s) and there is at least 30% or more equity in the deal, it's a safe investment. The first lien and the deed of trust is in the financial investors name soif the borrower decides to walk away, we can foreclose and sell the property for a profit. I only invest in Texas property because the foreclosure laws are in the financial investors favor. If you want to double your money every 5.4 years, this is the product for you while having real estate as collateral the entire time!
We are real estate investors that locate properties from $10,000-20,000 sale price of which is far below the after completed sale price. We purchase and rehab these properties and sale them much below market value so as to move them faster and we are able to assist in the finance process all done in house. We are seeking investors with a minimum of $20,000 to invest with investment secure by a promissory on a property and when sold investors share in 50% 0f the profit. email us a eugene@axiomcapitalfunding.com or call us at 866-421-2274.
With such a tough economy, I am surprised so many people are asking for such high start up funds. It makes me question how many people are legit on here, and not here to just rip off private investors. I'm an at home mom with something to work hard for -- my family! I will do whatever it takes to succeed for them. I am looking to start a home-based and on-location children's photography business. As a social mom, I already have tons of customers waiting! My business has a very low start up cost of only $5,000. I want to do everything digitally so that moms can have edited pictures of their kids the same day! Also, a unique feature of my business is shared rights to the photos so that they can have the photos printed themselves wherever they choose. If you are interested in talking, please email me at sugarsnapphoto@gmail.com Thank you for your time and interest.
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I think what we all have to focus on being an invesotor or entrepreneur is the value or liquidity of smart investors. In all reality smart investor don\'t put their eggs in one basket and what they did, was pulled out at levels instructed and just put their losses in a search mode for investment. Their only error if any is depending on VC\'s or others that don\'t really perform due diligence for the actual investor. They have to take the time to do the home work and with the use of the Internet, this speeds up the process with check and balance all over the place. As an Entrepreneur that has a startup that will be the brighest online star that hasn\'t been seen in 5 years, has received 4 offers for funding. All to date have been turned down and two were fraud and the other two were just bad deals, like hiring a son inlaw that had zero experience but to pay him $100K per year. Right now we\'re looking at the 5th investor and so far they check out and we\'ve noted that they received $50 Mill insertion, have had a legal suit but looks like it was favorable their end. Investor have to do their own due diligence and entrepreneurs also have to do the home work. Ed Burns Sr. VideoSuspects.com