About ActSeed

                                                                                      

ActSeed Exists to Serve You.

Have an idea or a new company?
Find investment funding & expertise here.

Looking for the next company to invest in?
Discreetly search for qualified deals here.

Want to work for / with / mentor a young company?
Find one that needs your skills here.

If you’re part of the new business creation ecosystem, we want you to be involved in the ActSeed community.  ActSeed exists to serve the common interests, common challenges and reciprocal needs within small business and new business creation.  ActSeed is designed to double or triple the success rate of emerging businesses through simple but effective preparation combined with a community of others who matter to your success.

The ecosystem that drives new business creation in the US centers on the initiative and tenacity of the entrepreneur, but the entrepreneur must engage others to survive and thrive.  Success depends upon the right mix of labor, capital and services – coupled with a well-planned and highly-prepared leadership team.  A significant symbiosis must exist within our community.  

Survival and success depend upon connecting your needs with appropriate resources, having a clear idea what those needs actually are, and succinctly defining your value proposition to meet the needs of your clients.

Entrepreneurs need a framework that addresses critical factors for preparing their business for market while being involved in a dynamic community full of people who want to contribute.  They have enough topical advice blogs and self-organizing professional networking sites. What they need most is to communicate preparedness to those who matter and get things done quickly and efficiently.

Investors don’t want to waste time talking to unprepared entrepreneurs. They want deals ready for dollars. Matching prepared business owners with relevant investors should help many of the 98% of startups not currently securing funding. We need to at least double or triple the success rate of new businesses in the US.

Service providers want to engage businesses at inception and become the trusted incumbent.

Education and public outreach programs that are dedicated to business creation constantly look for tools that can (1) expand their customer base while reducing transaction costs of reaching qualifying businesses and (2) increase the success rate of small business.

The rest of us just want to work. Over 15 million of us are jobless at the moment. Millions more are greatly underemployed. Part time, full time, for a salary, for experience, for equity, etc. – our professional needs are as different as our desire to work is common.

 

“The key to creating lasting growth through social networks is real life connections, which is one of the primary missions of our community. ActSeed is a new market maker in the idea economy. It’s not about how many people are in your network, but have you found the “ideal few” who are ready to contribute?

We look forward to helping people create disciplined businesses, jobs and networking opportunities so they can personally and professionally thrive.

We reap what we sow, and five years from now, we’ll consider ourselves wildly successful if we are serving 50,000 of the 8 million entrepreneurs in the US and helping millions of others find work.”

                                                                                                              - Bill Attinger, CEO

 

The Seven Most Frequent Questions We Hear
(in no particular order)

1. What is ActSeed?

ActSeed is an online business service and professional community dedicated to helping seed (early) stage companies. The mission of ActSeed is to:

1. Bring together all relevant individuals and resources that are dedicated to new business creation and seed stage growth into a dynamic community,
2. Provide a scored/rated profiling process to guide seed stage preparation and planning, and
3. Give each member the means to efficiently connect with other members.

 

2. Who should join?

ActSeed is for everyone who participates in or derives a livelihood from new business creation and building businesses at the seed stage through their investments of time, expertise, capital and entrepreneurship.  We emphasize our intent to provide a valuable service to everyone, everywhere - not just hi-tech companies in Silicon Valley.  ActSeed is committed to helping create and build businesses in all 50 states and around the world in every market – from manufacturing to retailing; from hard goods to services. 

Entrepreneurs are at the center of the ActSeed community.  Experienced entrepreneurs will find value in the efficiencies we create within business-building.  First time entrepreneurs will also benefit from the structure and guidance.  The rest of us should join because we each have some value to contribute to seed stage growth, including labor, capital, services and mentorship.

 

3. How do I use it?

ActSeed is simple in concept and in application:

1. Register
2. Join one or more of ActSeed’s five Groups
3. Complete profiles for Groups you’ve joined
4. Review your ActSeed Scores for insight on your state of preparation and core value proposition
5. Anonymously search for other ActSeed members who can help you with your defined needs and goals
6. Communicate with them using your ActSeed username; reveal your real identity only when you believe there’s a fit for professional interaction
7. Constantly utilize the other professional resources: library, forum, events calendar, blog…

 

4. What problems does ActSeed solve?

Strategically, ActSeed addresses the 2 greatest challenges that seed stage companies face:

1. Proper planning and preparation: making sure you’re addressing all the right issues
2. Finding the right resources: labor, capital, services, mentorship, etc.

This strategic focus includes helping everyone in the “seed stage ecosystem” (see image in FAQ #2) find and engage startups and emerging companies that best fit their interests and capabilities.

Tactically, ActSeed confronts these challenges by:

1. Providing an online template that enables every member to articulate their value, identify strategic gaps and evaluate the completeness of their preparation through a proprietary scoring process and
2. Maintaining a growing, comprehensive community of seed stage resources that can efficiently search for and connect with each other based upon profile information, scores and other preferences.

 

5. How much does it cost?

It costs nothing to join ActSeed’s membership.

Members can join ActSeed’s Investor Group, Available to Work Group and access the Events Calendar – all without paying any fees.

If you are building a business or have a business idea, the ActSeed Entrepreneur Group gives you unlimited access to all of our planning tools and resources - including the ability to search for Investors and people in other Groups - for only $39 per month and no long term commitment.  A year’s worth Entrepreneur Group access is benchmarked to roughly one billable hour from an attorney and costs less than a registration fee for a typical entrepreneur seminar.  If $39 is unaffordable, email us at GroupAdmin.Entrepreneur@ActSeed.com; we have “charter member” programs that allow some entrepreneurs to have fees waived.

If you provide professional services or products to small businesses (e.g. legal, accounting, insurance, office supplies, etc.), the Service Provider Group enables you to profile your business and search for entrepreneurs who may need your services.  The fee for this Group is $30 per month with no long term commitment.

Six select sponsors per US region help support the costs of our operation. We don’t push advertising, nor will we ever sell or barter your profile details (see privacy policy).  Running a sustainable business ensures our ability to evolve and serve you.

 

6. Why should I join before the community has thousands or millions of members?

There is significant value right now with the tools that are immediately available, including profiling, scoring and other informational resources.  This value will grow as others join.  During our first few months, we will be able to provide a much more hands-on approach with each member, including the possibility of some 1-1 strategic coaching and personally connecting prepared entrepreneurs with our personal networks of investors, service providers and professional talent.

 

7. Where do I sign up?

CLICK HERE

  

 

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