XPost: sci.electronics.design, comp.dsp   
   From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   Robert Baer wrote:   
   > Joerg wrote:   
   >> Robert Baer wrote:   
   >>> Le Chaud Lapin wrote:   
      
   [...]   
      
   >>>> My small company will likely do this the old-fashioned way:   
   >>>> bootstrapping.  We have a consumer product to get us started. The   
   >>>> revenue will not be large, but it will be a start. This method is   
   >>>> treacherous also, but at least, after our products are exposed, there   
   >>>> will be a clear point of attribution, which can be valuable in itself   
   >>>> for the next venture if things go sour with this one.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> -Le Chaud Lapin-   
   >>>   Bingo!   
   >>>   Develop other consumer products as the more there are, the greater   
   >>> the possible income and Moses (profit).   
   >>>   They do not even have to be directly related to your idea; what you   
   >>> need is $$ to fund that idea.   
   >>>   If i was rich like i used to be, i would give you $100K to start   
   >>> with; the catch being 10 percent of gross sales over a 10 year   
   >>> period; keep the initial amount (by which time the initial amount   
   >>> would be pocket lint).   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Only 10%? That's pretty generous of you.   
   >>   
   >   Think about how LARGE the market is; ten percent is a very large   
   > amount of money; at a few megabucks payback, i would tear up the contract.   
      
      
   IF the whole plan pans out, and that's usually a big "if". I have heard   
   from Japanese VCs that on average one out of ten make it. The other nine   
   just burn through an awful lot of cash and then fizzle.   
      
   --   
   Regards, Joerg   
      
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