Investing in Veteran-Owned Businesses: How can entrepreneurs tap into The Brotherhood?

SGT William Benson — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 15:52:13 -0500

Sometimes the Good Idea Fairy comes up with something worth while. I'm looking for feedback from my comrades in arms regarding investing in my agricultural drone support company; specifically raising start-up capital to purchase equipment. I have a rabid allergy to spam, and anything that looks like spam, but I want to get the word out into the community that I have an investment opportunity that looks pretty lucrative and, if it flies, I would be in the position to hire a few folk.
Anybody want to chime as to the best way to put this out there without triggering the usual "this guy is a spammer" alerts?

Response by SFC Joseph McCausland made Jan 7 at 2019 9:40 PM

SFC Joseph McCausland — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 21:40:04 -0500

Hello William.... I am not sure where you are in this process but perhaps if you could get pr-contract committal letter from prospective clients, this would help your chances of acquiring investor(s)/capitol. I am assuming you have at least one drone (and are proficient in the art of flying) now and could show potential clients the benefits of acquiring your services. Once you do that, then it's just a matter of "scaling-up".
Also, you might think of an off-chute business(s) IE, realtors, roofers, land developers and the like that could also use your services. They could supplement your agricultural efforts until you have enough farmers/growers to go full time.
Rest assure, investors like to see contingency plans in place.
When it comes to private investors, they want to know two things.....
How are you going to use "my" money
How am "I" going to profit from your efforts
Everything else is just. "filling in the blanks".

Be prepared to answer a lot of "what If" questions.

Best of Luck