What is business start up funding?

Put simply, business start up funding is the initial capital needed by a new business to get the ball rolling. A company can not make its product or service a reality until it has received enough capital to get started. A problem many start up businesses can run into is not knowing where to begin their search for funds. This is where Invstor.com comes in.

How do I get funding for my start up?

The Invstor.com Network is a great place to find the funding you are looking for. If you are an entrepreneur with a great idea you can directly contact a venture capitalist or angel investor using The Invstor.com Network. Venture capitalists and angel investors alike join the network in order to find a start up that they are willing to invest in.

Although The Invstor.com Network is a great place to find the funding you need, it is not the only place. It is still possible to come up with a great business plan and go to the bank and ask for money, but that doesn’t necessarily guarantee you the start up funding you need. In today’s extremely competitive global market you usually need more than a great idea, you need customers! Usually a business won’t have customers until it has already begun providing its good or service to the market, this is usually hard to accomplish without funding or employees.

Alternatives to seeking funding

There are other ways to get your business off the ground then just seeking money. For instance The Invstor.com Network has thousands of postings from individuals that are ready and willing to work for equity in a start up. It can be very difficult to find these individuals on your own, but just go on Invstor.com and you can search through thousands. This is just one alternative.

Another way to go about proving your business will be profitable to investors is to go out and actually get letters of intent from future customers. If you have a service that will be a great value added to a current business, ask them if they would be willing to declare that they would in fact use your service before it has even begun. This is just a brief introduction to the world of funding.

You can also use The Invstor.com Network to simply ask questions of members to get a better handle on what types of capital options are available to you. Many investors and business angels will be happy to answer your questions and even provide some basic guidance through the process of raising capital.