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I Want to Invest in Your Idea--Mine Sucks
If you have money in the stock market,
then most likely you'rethinking about other places to invest. If you have any cash, you may bekeeping one ear open to innovative ideas in green energy, webtechnology, or education. To a twenty-nine year old like myself the idea of launching a start-upglimmers with infinite possibility. I think about those prodigies LarryPage and Sergey Brin who founded Google while they were only incollege. An original idea, if properly implemented, could lift me out of these merciless economic times.I actually have some capital to put toward my idea. My mother diedabout five years ago and I have money from the inheritance. But thatmoney is disappearing fast; on average $20,000 a month. "It will goback up," my friends reassure me, but I'm getting squirmy and I'm alsonot entirely convinced by their rosy projections.If I can find the perfect investment idea, I will do it. If you, dear reader,have any smart investment ideas, please let me know.I work as a freelance SEO consultant. I serve law firms in mycommunity and also companies and individuals over the Internet. Tothose comfortable enough using the Internet to find work, there arenumerous contract bid sites out there. Whether you're laid off or notmaking enough money at your job and want an additional stream of income, the following sites can help boost your monthly income:Odesk.com, Guru.com, Limeexchange.com, Workstir.com,HotGigs.com, FreelanceWritingGigs.com, Elance.comAnd that doesn't include all of the specialized job boards out there suchas:Mashable, Craigslist, ProBlogger, SimplyHired, CodeGuru . . .Based on my success from using these sites, specifically Elance.com, Istarted to think that my best investment would be a similar venture.Elance.com makes 6-7% on every transaction through their site. If there are 10,000 online users per year with the average job costing$1000, at a 6% transaction fee, the site's revenue equals $600,000.Now these are rough figures, but you get the point. There is money tobe made in a contract bid site, especially during a recession.
 
Early on, however, there were some errors in my judgment. First of all,Elance.com has been around since the early nineties. And the other bidcontract sites have glutted the market since then. Just to have acontract bid site does not guarantee revenue. It was recently explainedto me that building a website is like putting up a gas station in themiddle of the desert. The difficulty is not putting it up; the difficulty isbuilding the six-lane highway to get people there.So how much would this cost me? If the website cost me $15,000 tobuild, I would have to spend about 3 times as much on marketing.Furthermore, simply creating a contract bid site would not be enough.As I've already pointed out, there are plenty of these types of sites. Mysite would have to be unique--a purple cow amid the herd--and it wouldhave to offer something new. So I went back to the drawing board andbrainstormed what features might draw unique traffic to my site.
Contract Bid Site start-up idea: “Create a Dream Team for WebDevelopment”
I want to harness the power of social technology on a contract bid sitegeared toward web developers. I would like to create a site based onthree skill sets:Content (Web Content, SEO press release, bloggers, writers, editors,etc.)Design (Web designers, illustrators, graphic designers, etc.)Promotion (SEO, SEM, Internet advertising)Users opt for a single freelancer in any category or to build a team. Thecommunity would also offer advice on bid projects. The site would sell the idea: Build your own web team. It would createa social environment for outsourcing and idea generation.Core objective: Team-building advantage and cross fertilization of ideas:A) building a team to do a project and B) managing that team The site is less focused on the individual and more focused on theteam.
 
I want the site to be a cross between a social network and an onlineworkplace. Right now Elance.com has a system where buyers can hookup with providers and there are plenty of applications for them to usetogether. I would like to expand the online workplace to include andfacilitate:Buyer to buyer conversationProvider to provider conversationConversation between teams and individualsI would like to mimic the actual workplace using a) incentives foroutstanding work b) competition between teams and individuals c)collaboration between teams and individuals while at the same timeserving as a legitimate site for buyers to contract providers. Think in terms of tools: I would need a mash-up of tools from twodifferent types of sites, a contract bid site and a project managementsite. Some examples of project management sites include MicrosoftOffice Live, BaseCampHQ, Wiggio, Google Docs.I am merging the tools of a bidding site and a collaborative projectmanagement site. The team aspect is emphasized. What are the mostcost-effective, highly useful tools to people in three skill sets: WebContent, Web Design, and Web Promotion? What collaborative toolscan you offer for building a team and managing a team?Secondary objective: Knowledge community advantage The site is a way for users to differentiate themselves from others. They could show that they know more than other bidders, that they area better match for an investor's project, or that they understand aninvestor's vision. For example, the site could be an initial "freeresource" which hooks first time visitors. If the provider has theknowledge/ideas an investor is looking for, then the buyer would bemore likely to go with them.Before a project begins, there could be group-brainstorming throughforums or a private message board. Potential providers brainstorm withthe buyer for his or her project. The provider who shows the mostinitiative and the most insight wins the prize.In addition, the site would organize people by specialty, helping toconnect people with similar skills. For example, programmers whoknow Asp.net or Joomla. We would organize their profiles with tags.
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I have four patents. One is the first and only universal electronic system for couponing (which is huge now). The other 3 are products. My email is ssimplot@gmail.com.

reply04 / 17 / 2011
Raju Roy

looking for someone to invest on a IT project with execution time of 1 to 1 1/2 year and investment would be of the tune of Rs 20 Lacs (Rupees 2 Mn)... if interested mail at roy.raju@gmail.com

reply02 / 01 / 2011
7milerd

Looking for someone that wants to invest in a Chemical or Sales telemarketing room as a silent or working partner contact lee optimumleads@hotmail.com

reply05 / 03 / 2010
7milerd

We are looking for someone that would like to invest in a Chemical or Collection Agency sales room. Immediate profits!! Contact Lee at optimumleads@hotmail.com. Looking for silent or working partner.

reply05 / 03 / 2010
marksynservice

hello there you can make 100 ROI on any investment that you have with us we are into mining of metal ore and we have client all over the world who want to buy from us. if you like to invest u can contact marksynservice@gmail.com for more info

reply04 / 16 / 2010
marksynservice

hello there you can make 100 ROI on any investment that you have with us we are into mining of metal ore and we have client all over the world who want to buy from us but we do not have enough finacee

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550000

I have an idea that is a ecommerce/socialmedia/paypal hybrid.We can talk further if you are interested. My email address is webgeek09@yahoo.com

reply01 / 14 / 2010
aontruk

Hi, we have some project. the return is 7000$/month. It s a very kool idea that u hav to say WoWW!!! cuz the one who got this idea is very smart!!. The fund u hav to invest is 70000$ and u can get all ur fund back within 2 years...Interested pls contact teychin@gmail.com (Australia)

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