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VBE Is a startup enterprise offered to small industrial corps (10-30 individual players) who intend on growing and expanding their corporation but lack the necessary funds to do so. The TL;DR would be; I value your company and offer to buy up to 49% of its stock from you.

I used to run an indy corp and know it can be difficult but rewarding and I also enjoy the idea of helping small startups potentially grow.

For the time being, as this will be running as a trial for the first investment of 500mil ISK (maybe 1bn, depends on demand), it will act on a first-come-first-serve basis. Usual application forms apply - once the 500mil or 1bn is filled I will post in this thread.

Any questions please let me know, any issues please let me know and I will try and iron it out (hence only a test run at 500mil / 1bn for now)

To reiterate, this is not a loan, it is an investment. I will value your company and if I think you've got what it takes to grow the corp and offer me an investment, I will invest.

I'd rather service 10 small companies than 1 large one to try and build a portfolio and trust. I may branch into other corps of EvE but given its most "business like" approach would rather stick to indy for now.

Thanks and I can't wait to hear from you! (and have holes picked all over this, will be good to iron them out and I'm sure there'll be some)

Do I need VBE?

If your plans to grow and expand are restricted only by a lack of liquid ISK or an inability to purchase the necessary capital such as ships, equipment and/or POSs, then yes you could benefit from VBE.

Do I qualify for VBE?

If you wish to apply for a VBE investment you must meet the following criteria;
• Your corp must contain circa 10-30 individual players Not including alt accounts
• You must be investing over 75% of all profits created by the corporation back into the corporation
• All funds relative to the corporation must be transacted via the corporation wallet and not the player wallet
• You must agree to a full audit of your corporation’s funds & assets

What happens when I apply for a VBE investment?

1) Your form will be assessed and an appraisal will be made as to whether your corporation would be fully elligable for a VBE investment.
2) A full audit will take place of your corporation.
3) If successful, your corporation will be valued and an investment will be granted.
4) In return for the investment, shares of the corporation will be issued to Paul VonBel.

How do I apply for a VBE investment?

Please fill in the below application form. Fill in all fields and submit the application to Paul VonBel via evemail and await a reply.
Please fill out the below Application Form & evemail it to Paul VonBel.



NAME OF CORPORATION:


1) How many individual members are in your corporation?
2) Are you investing 75% or more of your corp’s profits back into the corporation? If not, why not?
3) Are you transacting all corp finances such as purchases, sales and ISK transfers via the corporation wallet? If not, why not?
4) Do you agree to a full audit of your corporation’s funds and assets? If not, goodbye.

Personal

1) Why did you start a corporation?
2) What is your intention with your corporation?
3) What has been the most difficult and, also, easiest aspect of running your corporation?
4) Have you run other corporations in the past? Why did you close them? (Provide list & reasons if applic.)
5) What is your leadership approach?
6) What if your corporation fails?
7) Why should I invest in you?

The Corporation

1) How do you advertise your corporation?
2) Do you API check your applicants?
3) Do you have a businessplan written?
4) How many members do you take on each month?
5) How many of your first 3 members are still with the corporation?
6) Do you have a corporation structure, hierarchy and/or set roles?
7) How many members will the corporation have within 30 days of this application?
8) How many members will the corporation have within 60 days of this application?
9) Does your corporation make a profit or loss?
10) How will you make ISK in the event of a war?
11) Do you own any POSs? If so, how many
12) If not, do you intend on investing in any? If not, why not?
13) If you own POSs and you get wardecced, what will be the consequences for your corporation if they are destroyed?
14) How do you intend on combatting the inevitability of suicide gankers?
15) What will you be spending the loan on?
16) How much time do you spend mining?
17) Do you run mining ops? If so, how often?
18) Do you manufacture & sell items on the market?
19) Provide your full corp API details, here:

The Numbers

1) How much investment do you want?
2) Does it need to be in the form of ISK? Will capital suffice? IE, BPOs or POSs.
3) If ISK, does it need to be paid in one lump sum? If so, why?
4) How much ISK will the corporation have within 30 days of this application?
5) How much ISK will the corporation have within 60 days of this application?
6) How much ISK did you invest into starting the corporation?
7) What rate of growth do you predict for your corporation?
8) What if you don’t grow at the rate you predict?

POST THIS APPLICATION FORM TO PAUL VONBEL BY PRIVATE EVEMAIL – NOT IN THREAD

T&C IN NEXT POST

Good luck!

Thanks and I'll take this on board.

If it's a common response I'll make amendments but I'd rather there were T&Cs so corps take it seriously.

You absolutely need T&Cs, but I think you should attempt to simplify them.

You should also consider that many of your potential customers will be time wasters, so you should be careful about the amount of work you sign yourself up for. Reviewing application forms, performing full API audits and carrying out accurate valuations will all be time consuming. Indeed, these are all services that people charge more for individually than you will expect to receive in proceeds from any moderately successful outcome to your scheme. So, you are going to be doing a lot of work that will stack up very poorly against the meagre income you will get.

Aside from that, the core of your offering is a non-starter, since you are proposing to charge way more than the going rate for what is likely to be a much poorer service (from the end user's perspective) when compared to a straightforward loan. Indeed anyone who can jump through half of the hoops you are putting out will easily be able to meet the minimum requirements for an uncollateralised loan at a more competitive rate than you are proposing. Aside from that, an industry corp is highly likely to have some kind of collateral to put up against a small loan, meaning they would only have to make a three line post on this forum in order to get the money they need at a fraction of the cost.