For instance, right now I have some GROSS amount of capital of around $60,000 to invest over the course of next 3 years. It necessarily involves a business in Romania since half of those money are government grants. And I can't employ myself both due to legal constraints on that grant and the need for the other half, we've a word here "you can't steal your own hat" I'd say that's a non-trivial amount of capital even in the "first world", if concentrated on a short enough period of time on the right choice of business. Diluted over 3 years it's not so great even here although ultimately if I really decide to go for it, it's still within achievable territory but would need a greater element of luck in finding a competent guy to work on my projected business than fishing in the pool I could fish should I have additional capital available. It's a traders forum and I'm talking a capital markets business but the investment DOES NOT INCLUDE TRADING CAPITAL, just R&D and setting up the business. If the business is successful in it's non-trading-capital requirements, having reserve capital for trading wouldn't hurt of course, but it would be completely superfluous. So who's in?
That's not what I have in mind but as long as first requirement, they're legal (don't wanna end up in the documentary posted by you on the politics forum and second of course, pass my 80% constraint... anything goes Which leads us to my next concept, I'm not interested in crowdfunding since it obviously dilutes my equity way below my constraint threshold. I am interested in co-founding though and, magic of maths, it's possible that in a single business both founders get 80% In math terms, 2 x 80% = 100%. In profitability terms they're necessarily >= 160%, of course. Interested or at least curious about such next generation Fordewind & Aquarians totally not schemes but legitimate businesses? Did I tell that apart from an engineering (sort of rocket science) degree, I also have a humble accountant's one?
Yeah, me too, as much as I like to keep the spirits up by joking about it (like calling it a Ponzi scheme) I'm actually serious about it (don't do jokes on $60k) but it's 23 PM here and I'm awake since 6 AM, plus tomorrow's announcing to be a horrendously stressful day. So I'm calling it quits for tonight, will continue this talk later, probably the day after tomorrow when I'll have recuperated enough energy.