Comments on: Six Reasons Why Capital Raising Is A Bad Idea

By: Dale Beaumont

Dale Beaumont — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:56:00 +0000

In reply to Kerrie Redgate. Nice. Love the title " Ingenuity Without Compromise". Best-seller for sure :-)

By: Dale Beaumont

Dale Beaumont — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:12:00 +0000

In reply to Sam Nicolosi. Thanks Sam. Glad to see you take the information and apply it to your not-for-profit. Looking forward to hearing about where you go from here, Dale

By: Dale Beaumont

Dale Beaumont — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:11:00 +0000

In reply to Patrick Bright. Thanks Pat. Glad to know you liked it. Chat soon, Dale

By: Kerrie Redgate

Kerrie Redgate — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 18:35:00 +0000

Great advice, Dale. And the stories one will be able to publish later, on how one achieved success through ingenuity without compromise, will probably be best-sellers! So ultimately, it’s a win-win!

By: MichelleC

MichelleC — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 07:04:00 +0000

In reply to Dale Beaumont.

Thanks very much Dale…

We have actually started drafting a campaign – I just wasn’t sure if it was the best way to go. You can see our draft here http://www.pozible.com/project/174881/-1/312c8d5ede8223ad6c1548fec06e350d
Thanks for any feedback you can provide,
cheers
Michelle.

By: Simone Novello

Simone Novello — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 03:54:00 +0000

I believe in most cases it’s much more powerful and sensible to create strategic alliances over ‘joint ventures’ in the true sense of the word (i.e. giving away part ownership of your company). Unfortunately in most cases it over-complicates things and can end up emotionally and financially draining. I agree with you Dale – isn’t the freedom the reason most of us got into business in the first place?

By: Peter B

Peter B — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 02:32:00 +0000

Dale, I agree with you if you’re establishing a service-related or retail business. However, if you want to move into the very large businesses such as Zappos, Amazon, Facebook, Google, large manufacturing and farmimg businesses, then there will probably be a time when you will need to raise capital. However, I support your idea for small to medium businesses in the service and retail areas and this is where the vast majority of people play. Thanks for the article.

By: Patrick Bright

Patrick Bright — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:22:00 +0000

Great points, made well.

By: Sam Nicolosi

Sam Nicolosi — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 21:17:00 +0000

Hi Dale, I agree, it is very important to consider the strings attached to any capital raising. As a not-for-profit community organisation, pure grants and philanthropic funds are drying-up, hence it makes more sense to steer away from grants and philanthropic contributions (after checking the conditions attached to these funds) and build capacity within and reinvent not-for-profits using Business Blue Print strategies.

By: Dale Beaumont

Dale Beaumont — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 05:21:00 +0000

In reply to Jeff Banks. Thanks Jeff. Yes a lot of people need to hear this message, Dale