Making good ideas into good things is an enterprise that tends to require large sums of money, and short of extortion, fraud or a trust fund*, large sums of money can be hard to find.
But fear not! We have relentlessly compiled a list of ways and means to gather together the cash to make your much-beloved dreams come true. So hold out your hot little hands, and read on…
How exactly do you convince investors to take risk on a great idea? It’s the question that plagues inventors, designers, creatives and entrepreneurs everywhere – the frustration of having limitless potential, and no capital to back it. But maybe we’ve been looking at this the wrong way – instead of begging up the ladder for acceleration, should we leave our future in the hands of our potential customers?
Continue reading Crowd-funding: the future of investment? Natasha Hodgson investigates.