Hi Ashley,
I deal a lot with private investment capital and startup deals.
$1000 isn't a substantial enough amount to start a business with where you would expect a high end investor to fund it. You're better off going for something higher.
Post a link to your business plan or e-mail it to me and I'll give you some pointers.
I also help secure private investors for deals, and we fund things as well, but its got to be something totally unique and with extremely high profit margin potential, not just something where the backers are going to make a normal ROI
Usually only 1 in 500 deals that get sent to me even meet the basic criteria but you never know.
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