Going Beyond the Investor Fund: Direct Business Involvement

By Aella Abbie

One of the burdens of owning your own business is generating a profit for you and your investors. With your investor fund it was able to help you on your operating expenses now the burden of generating the profit to pay then off is another issue. This is common fact that most businessmen must come to accept.

On the investors point of view they have a choice on which business they will investment based on the profitability of the business. But there are some investor fund who will invest based on their instinct and can afford to have a substantial loss. They based their decisions instincts and wait on fate to do their work.

The businessmen in you will need to weigh the pros and cons in approving an investor fund for a certain business. To help you out on making the right decisions here are some helpful tips.

One of the first things you should consider when placing an investor fund on a third party project, is the actuality that you are not going to be able to make any calls and decisions pertaining to the procedures within the company. In this regard, your money would be placed in the hands of the business manager running the business.

This is where the next fact that needs to be accepted when being an investor fund, putting your investment in business owner?s hands. Unless it has been agreed by the both of you, your investment will be managed by the business owner. Your role will be to wait for the return of investment.

The third thing to consider are the three market based risks. These are the technology, market, and company risks. These three are the immediate affected parts of your investor fund once it is used. For the technological risks, you may ask yourself if the gadget used has a technological value, and if it is capable of being successful. This in specific is applicable with research and advancements in technology and machineries.

If you have agreed with the business owner that you will take part in the operating decision after being an investor fund, then making sure that the technology and market risks are controllable. Make sure that the new technology used will give the business leverage in marketing the product and service.

Finally, the least of your concerns, but still significant nonetheless would be the company risk wherein you would assess if the company that you would be putting your investor fund would have or be able to comply and adjust to the ever changing needs of creating new strategies to keep profits and potential growth in the limelight. - 29970

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