Comments on: Finding an Angel or Venture Capitalist http://blog.venturenavigator.co.uk/2009/12/finding-an-angel-or-venture-capitalist/ Charting your path the business success Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:51:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Paul Griffin http://blog.venturenavigator.co.uk/2009/12/finding-an-angel-or-venture-capitalist/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Paul Griffin Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:03:03 +0000 http://blog.venturenavigator.co.uk/?p=54#comment-10 I am involved with a Social Enterprise project that reached the second stage of the BIG Lottery Living Lanmarks programme back in 2005 but did not go ahead because of the way the programme was structured; Stage 2 was supposed to provide the funding (up to £250,000) to carry out a feasibility study but this needed to have been done in order to be successful at Stage 2! As a consequence, no community based projects were selected. My question is, as this project is still 'live', where can feasibility funding be obtained? We estimate a minimum of £20,000 will be required but possibly as much as £70,000. I am involved with a Social Enterprise project that reached the second stage of the BIG Lottery Living Lanmarks programme back in 2005 but did not go ahead because of the way the programme was structured; Stage 2 was supposed to provide the funding (up to £250,000) to carry out a feasibility study but this needed to have been done in order to be successful at Stage 2! As a consequence, no community based projects were selected.
My question is, as this project is still ‘live’, where can feasibility funding be obtained? We estimate a minimum of £20,000 will be required but possibly as much as £70,000.

]]> By: Paul Jobling http://blog.venturenavigator.co.uk/2009/12/finding-an-angel-or-venture-capitalist/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Paul Jobling Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:02:08 +0000 http://blog.venturenavigator.co.uk/?p=54#comment-9 Hello again Doug, Once again another great post. It's funny (well, no it isn't actually) but I wonder if other readers are like me. In many instances I know what I should be doing but don't it for whatever reason. It's not unitl someone like you writes it down and I get to read it that I think... "I knew I should have done this, that or the other" and simply reading the advice somehow fires the starting pistol and off we go. Anyone else out there find this to be true? Anyway, that's it from me. I'm now off to click the link to Dougs' Business Startup School. ATB, Paul Hello again Doug,

Once again another great post.

It’s funny (well, no it isn’t actually) but I wonder if other readers are like me.

In many instances I know what I should be doing but don’t it for whatever reason. It’s not unitl someone like you writes it down and I get to read it that I think… “I knew I should have done this, that or the other” and simply reading the advice somehow fires the starting pistol and off we go.

Anyone else out there find this to be true?

Anyway, that’s it from me. I’m now off to click the link to Dougs’ Business Startup School.

ATB, Paul

]]> By: Gay McDonald http://blog.venturenavigator.co.uk/2009/12/finding-an-angel-or-venture-capitalist/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Gay McDonald Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:49:20 +0000 http://blog.venturenavigator.co.uk/?p=54#comment-8 Hi. When we started in 1997 we did not borrow money because without a certainty of knowing the future it appesared a risky thing to do. Since then we've kept going without borrowing a penny. I know this is not possible for most who incur major expenditure in order to operate but it has made things easy. Now we would like to find like minded business brains to join us and who can see success in what we're doing and importantly without asking them for cash. Thank you. Hi. When we started in 1997 we did not borrow money because without a certainty of knowing the future it appesared a risky thing to do. Since then we’ve kept going without borrowing a penny. I know this is not possible for most who incur major expenditure in order to operate but it has made things easy. Now we would like to find like minded business brains to join us and who can see success in what we’re doing and importantly without asking them for cash.
Thank you.

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