Why not simply collect money an donate it, instead of investing?
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Why not simply collect money an donate it, instead of investing?
With today's possibilities of raising money, it could also be possible to setup a project on a platform like Kickstarter to raise the needed cash. The raised money could be transferred directly to the company that needs it for a clinical trial. The whole fundraising could be done under the company's name. Therefore, the legal effort for such a campaign would be simpler than establishing an organization, that raises the money and invests it.
However, we would lose the possibility to make a profit and then to reinvest this profit into new projects.
So, is it better to just donate the money - therefore making the existing shareholders happy - or should we prefer to take an extra effort to be able to grow the investment?
However, we would lose the possibility to make a profit and then to reinvest this profit into new projects.
So, is it better to just donate the money - therefore making the existing shareholders happy - or should we prefer to take an extra effort to be able to grow the investment?
HansjoergFromBEF- Posts : 27
Join date : 2015-07-10
Location : Switzerland
crowd funding vs investment company
This a very good question. The chance to make money from an investment in a startup looks tempting. However the step to establish and run an investment company is something completely different than organizing funds on a crowd funding platform.
Why not starting with crowd funding and check the echo? A dedicated company with accounting, auditing and other overhead could be established as a second step.
Why not starting with crowd funding and check the echo? A dedicated company with accounting, auditing and other overhead could be established as a second step.
bhunziker- Posts : 1
Join date : 2015-09-21
Re: Why not simply collect money an donate it, instead of investing?
I've been thinking about that too. If there are enough supporters, then there would also be enough money to establish such a company.
But the question I ask myself is, would other people take such an approach seriously? How could we build up enough credibility, so that people have trust in this project? Moreover, could we do this prior to contacting a company we would like to support?
Is it enough to just launch such a project on a site like https://experiment.com/discover/medicine?
But the question I ask myself is, would other people take such an approach seriously? How could we build up enough credibility, so that people have trust in this project? Moreover, could we do this prior to contacting a company we would like to support?
Is it enough to just launch such a project on a site like https://experiment.com/discover/medicine?
HansjoergFromBEF- Posts : 27
Join date : 2015-07-10
Location : Switzerland
Re: Why not simply collect money an donate it, instead of investing?
Hi,
I think the work of collecting different crowd "*" (sourcing, funding, etc.) plattforms and their mechanics would be worthwile. There are many different plattforms now. Investigating which plattform to use is quite a work package.
Then, running a campaign is another big block of work.
IMHO , the crowd"*" plattform alone is not enough. There should be a well thought out economical model, that can be explained to the people that we want to give their money or that we want to work for the project.
In the end, the best approach might not be a pure altruistic, people help themselves one. For example, you would need a lot of people to devote lots of working hours to the project. You may want to pay them, or even grant profit options on the monetarized medicaments developed.
Otherwise it is maybe not possible to bring the required know how for the project on board. Talking about a good idea is one thing, but many people prefer to spend their nights on Netflix instead of bashing volunteering hours.
Cheers, Markus
I think the work of collecting different crowd "*" (sourcing, funding, etc.) plattforms and their mechanics would be worthwile. There are many different plattforms now. Investigating which plattform to use is quite a work package.
Then, running a campaign is another big block of work.
IMHO , the crowd"*" plattform alone is not enough. There should be a well thought out economical model, that can be explained to the people that we want to give their money or that we want to work for the project.
In the end, the best approach might not be a pure altruistic, people help themselves one. For example, you would need a lot of people to devote lots of working hours to the project. You may want to pay them, or even grant profit options on the monetarized medicaments developed.
Otherwise it is maybe not possible to bring the required know how for the project on board. Talking about a good idea is one thing, but many people prefer to spend their nights on Netflix instead of bashing volunteering hours.
Cheers, Markus
mhorisberger- Posts : 6
Join date : 2015-10-09
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