Well, not entirely from the dead. Over the past three months I have had my head down with designing, building, and debugging the new digs at FundingUniverse.com. As a company we have learned a lot about building a successful subscription based service, and working as a team to get it done.
Just this last week we had a speedpitching event where we had some of the best companies ever pitch to the room of investors. While there I tried to find out if any of these investors were using our website and not surprisingly there was no one that said they used it regularly. What these investors fail to realize, is that these plans are all available on our site, and their plans are rated so that the investors can see the most complete deals. To not use the service yet continue to come to the speedpitching events seems strange since they can get the same deals any time they want. If anyone you know is wealthy and wants to get involved in startup companies but doesn’t know where to start, encourage them to sign up for FundingUniverse. It is a good first step where they can look at pre-screened dealflow instead of getting burnt the first time they attempt at an investment. Many of these companies have a huge upside and some could possibly be the next YouTube etc., you just never know. We enjoy seeing all the plans on our site because of the amazing amount of ingenuity and talent in this country. We owe it to all these hard working entrepreneurs to help them find the capital they need to grow their companies.
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