Site for submitting/viewing/reviewing and discussing business/operational plans/docs
here you go guys...
a small business opportunity. allow people to post their redacted business/operational plans for funded/non-funded entities.
allow people who are looking for live plans to be able to search through abstracts/text of the plans to get a feel for what's there... charge people something small, like $10/year for the rights to access/view x number of plans.
charge them something less if they post their own plans...
also, have the ability to have plans (anonymously) reviewed by given trusted people within the site...
to deal with someone's fear that a given idea might be "stolen" the actual idea portion of the doc can be left out... for the purpose of this site, it wouldn't be that important/critical...
thoughts/comments...
if you want to build something like this, let me know.. i'd probably be willing to personally throw a few grand into something like this....
-bruce
caliventures@yahoo.com Check out AngelSoft: http://www.angelsoft.net and http://www.open-deals.com. thanks... but 1)
the two sites you posted, are really the same site. and 2)
i'm not talking of a site to bring investors/entrepreneurs together.. just a simple site to really refine/nail down the business/operational plan. any other benefits would be great!!! thanks -bruce
caliventures@yahoo.com Bruce, I think you're on to something, but I wanted to provide some insight. I work at Angelsoft and we have found that Angels do NOT read business plans until much later in the funding process. However, they are extremely interested in a company’s one-page summary, and will usually make their decision on whether to purse further talks based on that. If you want to build a site around refining something, I would recommend focusing on the one-page summary. It is a less onerous thing to read and comment on for your community, and it is what investors really care about. If you want a good template for a one-pager, goto http://OPEN-deals.com and register. Fill out all the questions and click Preview at the top of the page to generate a one page PDF summary. You can do that for free, you don't need to pay the $250 fee to submit to OPEN-deals to get it. Hope that helps. -jason at angelsoft.net Ok... Let's start from the start. What problem are you trying to solve here? And how do you know the problem actually exist? Hi Bruce, Please check out www.ES2F.org. The ESF is the kernel of a larger project. If it's interesting to you, let's talk. Best,
Kevin Johansen