ForumsStarting a Business

If you have not done it yet, take what you put in your post and use that as a basis to begin to create a real business plan with real financial projections. You can search this site for "business start-up help and you will see a lot of good advice from the professionals who participate in this community. Again, it is always a good idea to get your business idea or plan down on paper. It's especially important for start-ups that may be looking for funding or investors.

In general Business Plans are made up of the following:

1. Executive Summary
2. Market Opportunity
3. Vision, Mission, & Objectives
4. Management
5. Business Strategy
6. Competition
7. Risk
8. Financial Plan/Capital Requirements
9. Summary

Unless you have credit and collateral to secure a conventional bank loan that will probably be the surest way to raise money for a start up business of this type. There are a number of online resources designed to help you find investors and are worth trying. But I've invested in, raised funding for, bought and sold a number businesses. In my experience, it works much better if you first try developing interest through off-line contact with friends, family and your current business contacts to get a feel for how your venture is perceived. That way you can see if there is some initial interest in the business. But again before you do that you should first have a well-crafted business plan that fully covers the things of interest most to investors.

Good luck with your business start up plans.

Dennis Lowery

Adducent, Inc.