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Originally Posted by saintjaq

Masterpiece Magazine looking for joint venture

Masterpiece Magazine will allow men, women, and couples to place their erotic photos and possibly their personal information within our pages for a small price. We are currently in our start up phase. We are seeking venture capitalist or angel investors to help fund our start up phase in exchange for equity in Masterpiece Magazine. We are seeking $800,000 to $2.5million for financing masterpiece Magazine until we become profitable. If you think you would be interested in becoming partners in this venture please contact us at info@masterpiecemagazine.net for more information. Check out our website www.masterpiecemagazine.net

As a woman, I wouldn't want to pay to post my pictures anywhere like in a magazine, where you would be reaping the profits off my imagery, without some kind of compensation. This is a bad business idea... you're hoping to make money off the people who both put their images in the magazine, as well as off the customers who you are hoping would buy the magazine. Given that there are several individuals out there with completely whacked ideas of what is "erotic" nevermind awful photographers, I think this is a bad route to go. You'd end up with some truly awful images, and I am not seeing any indication that this is a well thought out plan either in this post, or in any of the rest of the thread.

Answer me this, if you can. Why should I pay you, to make money off me? If money is to be made off one of my personal images, I'd quite like to be receiving some of that cash.

Originally Posted by saintjaq

Well, believe it or not, this is an ingenious idea. Think about the auto trader. Why would people put their cars in a magazine instead of the internet? How many people you know would put a nude photo on the internet? A lot of them. To me that's not physical evidence. Physical evidence is something you can pack up and take with you. Masterpiece Magazine is that physical evidence. You would love to tell your buddies I was in a magazine, because thats not common in the world. Sure you can put your photos on the internet, but hell you would get lost in the millions of other photos on the internet. Then it really wouldn't mean shit. You would break out of the box with masterpiece magazine. Then, your buddies would envy you because you were in a magazine and now they want to be in a magazine. So you tell them, CALL ME and get ya credit cards ready!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comparing a magazine of images to the Auto Trader, is again very poor business thinking, nevermind business planning. The auto trader first of all is free to those who wish to look at it, (because they are hoping to BUY A CAR) Individuals PAY to put images of their car into the Auto trader, because they are hoping to SELL THEIR CAR. I am not offering up prostitution, so really when I am to reap zero financial benefit from paying for this personal advertising (which is advertising nothing beyond my own arrogance) then there is no reason for me to pay. I can be arrogant elsewhere, and share my pictures through other avenues, for free. (This could very well be why a magazine like this does not already exist, because it is a BAD idea, not an ingenious one)

Originally Posted by saintjaq

Everyone lets not assume so much. I have a business Management degree. If you don't like the idea then don't worry about it. Don't post assumptions to make me look like an idiot. That's not adult!!!!!!

Getting defensive over the fact that people other than you, (and I'm going to add that you're very biased since this is YOUR idea) don't like the idea, is very immature. People are going to post their "assumptions" and their questions and their opinions and we don't have to do that to make you look like an idiot, you're doing a fine job of that part all on your own.

Originally Posted by saintjaq

Jealousy is a deadly sin!!!!! Like I said before if you don't agree, don't worry about it. I'm a legit business person and I have the drive to succeed in whatever I do. I don't have to answer your questions to get your approval, I don't need your approval. Are you going to invest in Masterpiece Magazine? Judging by your assumptions, I guess not. Don't down someone else's dreams. That's not adult!!!! You make me think you were bullied in school so you feel comfortable downing other people from the security of a home computer. That's not adult!!! Let me finish off by saying thank you, but no thank you. You can keep all assumptions to yourself
May you all be successful,
Saintjaq

Your attitude is increasingly unprofessional, and leaves me to wonder whether you have in fact any kind of a degree beyond a high school diploma. If you have even that. Asking questions is hardly jealousy, and pointing out that you are being an idiot is not jealousy either. Its just that we are superior to you, plain & simple. Don't get upset about it, the sooner you realize & accept that no matter how far up the ladder you may climb that there will always be lessons to be learned & someone who knows more than you, then the sooner you'll be able to move up the ladder with the aid of the knowledge of those who DO know more than you. What's more, is that to gain investment as you call it, (or a handout is what it truly looks like you're asking for, and a rather large one at that) ...you DO have to gain approval.

Originally Posted by saintjaq

I'm not upset, I just don't understand if you think my idea sucks why worry about it? Why waste time to type bullshit? Why say im a young dummy? What for? Do you get pleasure? Do that make you feel smart? Just a few questions.

You are not upset, yet you are getting defensive and slinging insinuations of jealousy & idiocy about. Very unprofessional, and not very well received in the *ahem* Adult, world... nevermind the business one.

Originally Posted by saintjaq

You are the type of people, that will find something wrong with everything I say and make a joke out of it. That's cool, I expected that. I can deal with your criticism as long as you don't get ugly. I don't want to post my business plan on here. We are in the start up phase of operation. I, Jarquis McCoy, am the owner of Masterpiece Magazine. I have my business management degree from York technical college, a 2 year school. Yea I've never ran a magazine plubication before. As far as running Masterpiece Magazine, I will hire the right personnel for the job. Masterpiece Magazine will be broken down into two parts customer version and a newsstand version. This way we could get as many people as we want. For ex. Lets say we receive 100,000 customers, we would make different versions of masterpiece mag., we would put 500 to 1000 photos in each version according to the area they live in. So if we have 100,000 customers that send us 100,000 photos then we would have 100 different versions with a 1000 photos each. This is would be our customer version. The newsstand version will be chosen out of our customer version. Contest will be ran for the best photos. Marketing- Adultfriendfinder and all of their affiliates, ect Advertise on all of the adult chat, dating, and personals. Too see a full business plan please email info@masterpiecemagazine.net
I have a sample page for you too

Again you are jumping to conclusions. "You are the type of people.." --You have no idea who we are, you have no idea what our experiences are, yet you come here looking for a 2.5 million dollar handout, refuse to give a business plan, refuse to answer any reasonable questions, become argumentative, and stating elaborate brilliance such as "I will hire the right personnel for the job." That's real in depth. And here I was thinking you were planning on hiring the wrong personnel?

Now, you said it will be broken down into two parts. Newsstand & customer version. I'm curious, who are the people who will buy this magazine off the newsstand, if not customers? I'd think of a different term for this "customer" version of yours.

And finally...

If you assume that all that there is to learn in life, has been learned from your classroom, then you have already failed before you have even begun, and your professors have also failed to teach you that EXPERIENCE tends to be the best method of learning. You're not talking to classmates here, you're talking to superiors & you'd be well advised to take a different approach than the immature & defensive & close-minded one which you have displayed so far. Your determination & ...passion, is a good thing yes, however if used unwisely it can also be a fault.