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Where Have All the Venture Capitalists Gone?
artlu asks: "I have a great idea for a dotcom company, and I just started to execute the initial stages of my business plan. I developed the initial website, gained a user base, and am about to incorporate in Florida. Now I need to find a venture capitalist! However, every capitalist I approach is fearful of dotcoms. I ask the Slashdot community: How do I find a post-bubble dotcom investor?"
While standing in the front of your venture capitalist, turn 180 degrees so that he can see your back. So, put your pants (and underpants down) and try to touch your feet with the tips of your fingers. You can slightly open your legs to make it easy for your to touch your feet. Now wait for your new "venture" to start and enjoy. Good luck.
The Future of Internet Investing is Coming.
With that aggravating beauty, Lulu Walls.
Day trading?! Day trading?!!!
This isn't the eighties you know. The banks have computers as well now. Day trading was a fancy get rich quick scheme that reduced the real value of a lot of shares. If you want to make money patent online day trading or something. You can do it regardless of any prior art here
May the Maths Be with you!
1 - Ask Slashdot ...
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3 - Profit!
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Where's the money... seems like you're missing the basic idea, they want to make money. Unfortunately it's a big waste of my time to explain this to you, so.. good luck.
A fool throws a stone into a well and a thousand sages can not remove it.
Get a .org domain :)
.org domain is inappropriate/not correct use/no one will find you yada yada yada... sheesh)
Steve.
(BTW Its a joke comment. If I don't say this I will probably end up with a shed load of replies saying that a
And that gives us the answer to why no VC will give him money. VC's don't like owners of "Pimped out 2000 Oldsmobile Aleros". They prefer people with much more car and far less sticker-fast quotient.
"I made a website, where's my fucking money???"
I've just started [link]a company[/link] and I'd like some free exposure from a heavily trafficked Web site. What question should I asked on Ask Slashdot to generate this exposure?
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Where have all the VCs gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the VCs gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the VCs gone?
Dotcoms fleeced them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
No real plan. No unique concept. No market differentiation. No pressing need being met. No users clamoring for you to open. No revenue streams. No team to make it happen. No real business background. No exit strategy.
If I were a VC I would bill you for wasting my time. There are plenty of VCs out there dying to invest their money as it has a shelf life that is coming due, but no one is stepping up with a good idea. And yours is not a good idea. A good idea had a $5-20 Billion market. A good idea can capture at least 5% of that market. A good idea fills a void in the market. A good idea has high switching costs for the end user, is hard to duplicate, is expensive to get into, has large margins, has the ability to block competitors through things like patents, leverages an already installed base, and makes you wet your pants it is so good. If you don't believe in your idea to invest your own money, money you may not have, put together a team, do the research, etc. - then why would a VC invest?
I, for one, can't believe this got posted. Oh, wait, yes I can. Perhaps my next submission will be an Ask Slashdot: "How much will you pay for this turd."
Foot in the door? It sounds like this guy hasn't even found the door yet...
Slashdot quality declines as the number of hot grits posts decreases. - Provolt's Law, Apr-09-2005
Looks like his free ad on Slashdot is doing pretty well
There are still plenty of VC's around
No kidding! You even tried Baystar? They will apparently invest in anything.
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