Hmmm..
Kinda shady.

I think i will take the $2500 and launch a TGP
Pay one of my designer friends $1000 for the design. Buy a $500 domain from another friend. And buy $1000 in advertising on a friends sites.

Then in four months i say i failed and turn over a shitty TGP. While getting $500 back from my designer. $250 from the guy i bought the domain for and $500 back from the guy i bought advertisng for.

Seems too good to be true.

I might be a bit too involved for you to pull that off. Besides, working for a VC, I can typically smell a scam when I bump into one. But, that's indeed one of the risks. Good thing that $2,500 isn't a lot of money.

bump for the morning crowd

This is funny in an ironic way... my sweetheart and I have our own home-based business (adult is my day job) and have spent several thousands of dollars of our own cash getting it going. In the very early days, when we could have really used some cash, nobody would invest -- but now that we have things up and running, opportunities for investment dollars keep popping up.

Murphy's Law is very cruel at times! LOL

I'm sure it's a good opportunity for alot of newbie :)

$2500 can go a long way. One of my earliest mainstream projects was self-funded for less than $2000 in 1998. It still generates $85K to $120K a year. I'm a 1/3 partner in it now.

Noam, good idea re small scale venture capital, man!

Thanks bro, can't hurt to try new things...

Are you still running webmaster labor?

Interesting offer, but personally I am intrigued more by using this as a way to gather a load of business ideas for the mere 'possibility' of funding.

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However, I do feel this may be a great possibility for someone. 2500 can do quite a bit actually.

lol
Not Jack I can do with $2500 ... smallest cities to open with our network would cost at least 4x that.

Yep and many other projects :):thumbsup

Noam,

How should someone contact you?

heh. Maybe add 4 more zeroes?

That's kinda why I asked. Most of my experience with inventment has been with venture capital firms and muuuch bigger stakes. But there is a big difference between an individual's pet project and a massive media play that requires teams of developers, office space, etc.

Good luck to all! :)

I need $500,000.00 for a new website....got the talent and the shooters......but no cash......any takers......

Best way is e-mail, as stated in my original message.

noam [at] kadanit [dot] com

We all do.

If you don't have a measly $2500, chances are your 'entrepreneurial' idea is worthless and you are a loser.

There was a time in my life when I was barely covering my living expenses and eating mostly ramien, I did not have a measly 2500.00 let alone 250.00.
Only thing I really did have was a crap load of bills coming in, little income, and a few ideas. I did everything I could to borrow, beg, pawn, and save so that I could scrape up a few hundred to try and make it out of the shit storm I was currently in.
I was far from being a loser and my ideas paid off. I just was unfortunate in my life at the period and had to fight my way out.

When your back is to the wall you would be amazed at what you could do with so little.

Do you go any higher than $2,500?

Yes, I just threw that number out there for a ballpark. If the project is right and I'm comfortable with the person I might fork over around $10K. Might have to be in milestones though to reduce risk.

I invested $2500.- in my own project and got in return $10.000.-
That is what I call good investment!
And the best part is, I didnt do anything!

Risky ideas require risk-willing capital. You don't have to be a loser to prefer risking someone else's money and make sure you can still make rent, food and baby clothes. At some stages in life even the most entrepreneurial of us will not be willing to risk much of their own, no matter how low the risk. You can gamble with what's your own, but once you have a family you will always think twice before taking bigger chances.

Noam, if you have ICQ, please contact me, 1566665. I might have something for you.

i am interested, please contact me. e-mail [email protected]

high yield investment programs LOLOLOLOL

Intriguing investment idea - albeit with inherent risks.

Those who say $2,500 isn't a lot for startup, obviously haven't been there/done that.

We launched KastleArchives.com for far less than that back in '99. The major investment was primarily my time and labour for creating content and handling the marketing.

Granted, we didn't roll over our initial investment into a 200% profit in the first four months. The momentum took a while.

But then again, it was still more hobby than a money-making endeavour from the beginning.

Let's see, for $2,500? I would have to spend that on advertising like a new toon site. My overhead is low so first sales are profit. Bottom line would be the value of the advertising.

I heard GrimShawn needs investors.

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