Alcoholic beverage idea

[matt216]

I have a great idea and a recipe for an alcoholic beverage. I have a trademark in progress. Where do I go from here?

[Will]

I assume you know how to make it yourself? Try making a good batch of it and see if family/friends like it?
From there you can see if it has potential, maybe make some changes etc.

[matt216]

Everybody loves it. I really think it's gonna go crazy.

[Southern_Lenders]

If you have a business plan, contact some VC's or angels.

floodgate.com
findthatmoney.com
gobignetwork.com
fundinguniverse.com ...try these

[akula]

man, did you just recommend angels or vc for a guy who has "a great idea and a recipe for an alcoholic beverage"?
if people see things like this posted on the forum, the forum loses credibility
it's worse than spam

If you have a business plan, contact some VC's or angels.

floodgate.com
findthatmoney.com
gobignetwork.com
fundinguniverse.com ...try these

[akula]

I have a great idea and a recipe for an alcoholic beverage. I have a trademark in progress. Where do I go from here?

find some case studies on beverage startups and tell me how they got off the ground
that's how you'll find your answer
it's a process of experiential learning
writing to brewers and distillers is a good start...they'll tell you what worked for them
most cases it'll be a mix of customer finance, consumer debt, trade credit and personal savings

[Southern_Lenders]

man, did you just recommend angels or vc for a guy who has "a great idea and a recipe for an alcoholic beverage"?
if people see things like this posted on the forum, the forum loses credibility
it's worse than spam

Does he have millions in start up funds to get this great idea off the ground? If not, then perhaps finding someone with deep pockets and years of industry experience isn't such a bad idea. And by calling my post worse than spam is ridiculous, because I'm simply trying to "help". On the other hand, your response to my post has nothing of value to offer anyone. Ease up off my back.

[akula]

roger that, and I agree...my post about how to bootstrap the OP's project is irrelevant at this time
he needs to find customers first then worry about funding
however, that said, I will continue to control quality and call out bad advice irrespective of who writes it on this forum, and I hope that you can do the same
recommending external equity funding to something completely and utterly unsuited to this kind of finance constitutes the kind of bad advice that I'm talking about
it's irresponsible to offer bad advice to founders. you wouldn't like it if someone did it to you.