Daily Archives: September 20, 2007

Grab Bag

Wired Kayaker at Blog World Expo 2007

So, I am going to go to blog World Expo and will most likely be attending PostieCon while I am there as well as doing a road trip with the guys from FuelMyBlog. Oh and I also have a baby on the way. The due date for the baby is October 20th. I am hoping for a bit of an early bird for selfish reasons, I want my two weeks with the baby before I head to Las Vegas. It is bad enough I’m going to be there for my 2nd anniversary. I’m going to have to hit it big when I get out there so I can make it up to her.

I think most of my plans are going to firm up in the next few weeks, I am excited and fortunate for some opportunities. There is a great contest being done by FuelMyBlog and Blog World Expo right now where they are giving away a free pass to Blog World Expo. since I am already going I am not entering. But I want to tell you how easy it is to enter. First of all you need to write a post that states “If I win fuelmyblog’s prize and win the ticket to go to BlogWorld Expo, I would like to be introduced to XXXXXXX.” There is a list of people whom you can choose from. You also need to tag or label your post with keywords fuelmyblog and blogworldexpo. Then send a message to fuelmyblog.


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Help for funding your dreams…

The other day I posted about a thought I had for starting a small business to have a mobile media center in a truck or van. I’d go directly to a client’s location to help produce podcasts, convert VCR tapes to DVDs and many other things. That is pretty much a pipe dream of mine, or so I thought. You see, there are people out there who are investors and they want to invest in new ideas. And you may very well be holding on to a great new idea for a business that would be a perfect match for an investor.

So if I wanted to get off the ground with my mobile media center idea I would first have to raise some capital. I could look to RaiseCapital.com to submit my idea to investors in an effort to raise Venture Capital Funding from them. And the networking is done online so I am going to be able to reach a much wider audience than those folks in my own backyard.

If you want to start a business you need money, plain and simple. There are people who have the money, but not the time or desire or plan to put that money into an idea. Match the two people together and a very nice partnership can be formed.

RaiseCapital.com isn’t a place where you present your idea and sit back and wait for the money to arrive. Like any good idea you have to work hard, have passion and drive. And you need some tools to help you present that idea in a professional way. With the RaiseCapital.com website you are going to be able to present your idea in a professional and polished manner, network with investors, discuss your goals and their goals and hopefully enter into a mutually beneficial partnership.

When you sign up for RaiseCapital.com you can create a profile page that has more than just text, you can include photos, a video presentation and other media for the venture. And when you are done creating your profile and submit it, investors are alerted. These investors are people who are in the industry that you selected or who want to invest in that industry. Once matched up you can exchange contact information and the rest is up to you.

Do you have an idea worth funding. Then you should try to raise some capital to get that idea off the ground.

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