Investing in Start-Ups or Business Growth?

**Mark** · 04-26-2007 01:01 PM

I have recently begun to invest money into other people ventures, so far have invested into 3 projects and thought I would ask anyone else that is keen on investing into new start-up business or growing businesses to contact me.

There have been some ventures I have liked and some I have not, the ones I have not been so keen on does not mean they are bad ideas etc... So maybe I could forward these potential investments onto you?

I think it would be nice to be able to guide these rejected investments onto other people or places on investment.

Get in touch...

markpearson1980@aol.com

**jasaunders** · 04-26-2007 01:09 PM

Hi Mark,

Feel free to forward any potential investments to me: josh@joshuasaunders.net

However, please don't send me anything related to internet marketing, web hosting, or any other over-saturated, high-risk, non-unique opporunities.

Thanks,
Josh

**Mark** · 04-26-2007 01:18 PM

ok, Josh will do.

would you be interested in possible joint investments when the investment is higher?

Are you a silent investor, or like to help out on the ventures?

**jasaunders** · 04-26-2007 03:34 PM

It would depend what the investments are.
Typically, if the company/person/management is very experienced and it is in a field I am not very familiar with, then I will be silent.
If I am investing in a company that I think could use some help and advice, then I would be more hands-on.

At the moment, I have a lot of current investments and am very busy being a part of a new business launch, so I would prefer to be more of a silent parter and to serve more as a mentor. But that doesn't mean I am restricting myself to this should the right opportunity arise.

**unzo** · 04-27-2007 04:30 AM

This is an area that I am also interested in.

I am looking to make smallish investments in start-ups at the moment, but hopefully in the future I should have sufficient resources to consider other opportunities.

I am not against being hands-on with a company but as I am very inexperienced, I would be looking to play perhaps a background role in order to gain some experience.