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Re: prototype financing

gregangulo — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:15:37 GMT

Rayandnay,

Most people in the business community have long memories.

Do you have a business plan? If you submit for anyone to view your plan include a Non disclosure agreement (NDA). I am not sure how knowledgeable you are about the process but there are people here willing to help with direction, writing a business plan and since Luckiest is with Score, he would be able to direct you in many ways. I have used Score resources and they are very helpful, though I believe myself competent in developing plans in the areas I focus, I still attend their workshops.

We all must start somewhere and if you are at the beginning of the process and have a good idea than make use of this forum and I suggest this due to the fact many of us were already there some of us have forgotten and some have not. 'Any help is better than no help at all'

The process of finding risk capital is lengthy, a competent business plan and person to present the plan especially when you are speaking of a 'prototype' is advisable.

Regard,

Greg

Re: prototype financing

LUCKIEST — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:28:34 GMT

Growth Curve, Good answer, HOWEVER I did it with him last year.
"Feel free to contact me offline if you'd like to share more details
that you can not share here.
Perhaps I can point you in the right
direction." Did it, Done It
It is always nice when new members answer and add substance,
That is how this web site grows, LUCKIEST

Re: prototype financing

rayandnay — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:15:43 GMT

thanks, you must be from another country, your intelligence is refreshing

Re: prototype financing

GrowthCurve — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:10:21 GMT

I'm new here, so I'll play along.

How you finance a prototype has a lot to do with what you plan to do with it when it's done. Well, more accurately, is has to do with how risky the business is that will presumably sell the product once it goes into production.

If you have a waiting list of buyers for your finished product, then building the prototype is a little less risky. After all, you already know that people are going to buy it when it goes into production, so you might decide to get a bank loan, if you have the assets and credit and everything else required to secure this financing.

However, most prototypes are for products where you're still not sure exactly how much it will cost to build the final product or whether anyone will actually buy the thing when it's done, so you're probably looking for pure risk capital, not debt. It would not be wise to borrow money for this sort of venture, even if it were available to you, unless you are really willing to gamble that the business will fail and you'll still have to repay the loan.

Before you get to the prototype phase, you need to have a strong plan for what you'll do with the prototype once you have it. Where do you envision having the product manufactured? What might it cost, more or less, to make? And most importantly, who is going to buy it when it's produced, and how will it get sold? Are you going to build a business around the product, or are you going to sell the whole thing to another company and let them grow it?

All of these questions need to be addressed in a business plan, and then you can take that business plan to find the right kind of investor for your company. Phase I of your business plan will be securing funding for the prototype, and you'll probably be best suited to looking for a traditional angel investor as opposed to a venture capital shop.

It sounds like you're not exactly forthcoming with details of your product. I don't necessarily fault you for that, but you have to know that on forums such as these, you have to give information to get information, otherwise we're dealing with a vacuum, and it's borderline impossible to give relevant, actionable advice.

Feel free to contact me offline if you'd like to share more details that you can not share here. Perhaps I can point you in the right direction.

Re: prototype financing

rayandnay — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:52:28 GMT

nice to see we have grownups answering these questions

Re: prototype financing

DomainDiva — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:01:21 GMT

It's a secret.

Re: prototype financing

DomainDiva — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:59:44 GMT

I have never sen anyone ask the same question in so many ways...at least hes......creative?

Re: prototype financing

LUCKIEST — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:23:27 GMT

Lighthouse, Great question. He wont tell. We did this last year.
LUCKIEST

Re: prototype financing

Lighthouse24 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:18:15 GMT

A prototype of what?

Re: prototype financing

LUCKIEST — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:06:57 GMT

prototype financing again. Hi Ray. we go round and round and still looking for prototype financing.
Again, LUCKIEST