Hey everyone, I'm new to the boards and excited to get some input. First of all I would like to explain my problem. I've worked for a company called Mellow Mushroom (pizza restaurant) for about 3 years. I started working in the kitchen and worked hard to get to management. I made it to management and decided that I wanted to go even further. Me and my wife wrote a business plan to open our own store. We took it to Suntrust bank and they said it was one of the best business plans that they've seen. They agreed to finance our project. Here comes the hard part. We have to come up with 35% down which is $280,000. We've been trying to round up investors and we just keep losing all our leads. We've tried friends, family, etc.. and no bites. Every time we almost get there, something happens and the deal falls through.
I was just wondering if anyone had any advice on how to find investors. We've got the loan, we just can't get the down payment.
Thanks for any help.
