i am trying to find money to open up a clothing store. I did get one of matthew lesko books and it helped a little but i need more of selections of grants. Also looked in library but they were so so with their sources

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Peter T Davis
Frixer, Inc.
Helping people make profitible businesses on the web.

Have you considered trying to get private investors to help with start-up capitol?

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Best of Luck,
OhioDave

i figure thats very hard to do....also is it so that i need a business proposal to apply for most grants????

I would say that it's probably MORE difficult to get grants for a "for-profit" business than it is to find a private investor. If you have a non-profit business, grants are easy to find and get. My advice would be to find an investor somewhere...

Yes, I think so too. Private investors would probably be the easiest to acquire, if you consider three major sources of funding, loans and grants being the other two. Notice, I don't say easiest in the long-run, because private investors may turn out to be the most difficult in the long-run.

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Peter T Davis
Frixer, Inc.
Helping people make profitible businesses on the web.

Very true Peter... Pick your investors well and if possible get referrals from others!

btw, great site Peter... I love it!

The big problem with sourcing and applying for grants is the bureaucracy of government departments, and the approved consultants who require fees for screening and writing proposals.

The reality is that you will spend ages looking for a suitable grant, and then longer still tailoring your application to the required format.

Grants are usually not 100% so you will definitely have to find some of the money to make yourself eligible for the scheme.

Finding an Angel Investor for your business is probably more difficult than getting a grant, with overall success rate under the 10% mark.

That does not mean that it is not possible, but you have to weigh up the amount of money you require against the amount of time and effort you will expend, that you could otherwise be using to generate sales or develop effective marketing etc.

For further reading on the reasons why grants are made, elgibility criteria, and finding angel investors click on the link in my signature

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well is there any companies out there that are willing to write a business proposal for a grant, and then help me find one and williing to wait till i get grant money to get paid????? basically like how some lawyers take a case on maybe they might get money if they win>>> its a word for that but forgot what it was

hell i hate to sound like this or even say it but who do i have to pay in the govt for my grants to get approved :-))