Good morning,

The purpose of this email is to seek for help in building a business I am trying to open. A little bit about myself. I am 42 yrs old unfortunately after working as a regional sales manager for almost 10 yrs, the company I worked for decided to part ways with me. I was hurt and felt betrayed by this company who I was so devoted and loyal to. I had to think quick as far as what was I going to do with my bills. I have a 21 yr old son who still lives with me. It’s just him and I living in an apartment my son is still in school and has a part time job. I became unemployed a little over 45 days ago. So what I did at that time was I took and paid all of my bills for the following month to hold us down and what ever I had left in my savings account I took it and put it towards school for myself. I invested my money in a home inspection class and attended for a month. The 1st 2 weeks was in a live class where I had my hands on training and the remaining 2 weeks taking online courses. I have completed my certification for that so I am now going for my state test in a couple of weeks. I have registered and LLC already for my business I’ve invested in some tools already. I thought this process was going to be simple but not that simple. There are still things I need to do to open my business as far as further education, advertisement for website and business cards, more tools are needed, software for documentation of the business, tax ID for the business I have a vehicle currently but not adequate for my business since I will have to travel with a ladder. All this is needed and I have run out of money to keep investing in my dream. Iv kept looking for work on the meantime but my experience with my old job just throwing me out to the curb because they no longer had any use for me anymore and basically overlooked all my years of dedication and left me  feeling unappreciated. That made me realize I need to work for myself and found it in home Inspections. Iv exhausted all my meads trying to do this on my own and now I’m in a bind where now my bills including my roof  are falling behind on payments. I’ve been through my bank and other financial institutions seeking to obtain a personal loan or a start up loan and have been unsuccessful. I dont have bad credit but dont have great credit. So iv been denied all ready. I do uber and deliver food just to get by but it’s not what I had in plan to things going just south. Iv worked hard to be where I’m at and I’m not stopping now. My focus is to open my business and never feel that experience again what i felt the day i was let go of my job that i loved so much doing. I dont trust anymore companies like that. And dont want to spend another 10 yrs working for someone that can just let you go like that when ever they feel like it because they dont have any use for you anymore. I want to work for me. I cant rely on any company to take away from me and my family just like that and not take care of you in anyway for all the years iv invested in them as a loyal employee. I am looking for $20,000 to continue working towards my business, get it completed with all the requirements I still need and at least cover my bills for the next month or 2 securing my roof for me and my son. Withing those months I will be able to finish everything and have my business open by the 1st of 2020. I’ve never done anything like this ever asking anyone for help. I’m just exhausting all my efforts. I dont want to put my dream on hold and want to keep pursuing it and just make it happen to secure my future here on out. Any help is gladly appreciated

Good morning,

Attached you will see a flyer for the online bookstore I started in April, 2019.  The main purpose I started this bookstore is to provide my special needs son, Christopher, with a source of income for the future.  He’s developmentally delayed and has severe medical issues that prevent him from ever having a drivers license, functioning in a capacity to where he would be hirable in most places of employment, and requires regular doctor’s appointments and tests that would interfere with a regular work schedule.  He’s able to help with the bookstore, which he loves and derives a great deal of pleasure from.  It makes him feel more independent and ‘normal’, like his older siblings.  Christopher will require a lifetime of care and will always have to live with someone else.  His siblings are more than willing to step in and care for him when I’m no longer able to.  What I don’t want is for this to ever be a financial burden for them, hence the motivation to create the bookstore.

I have a GoDaddy website where all of our inventory is hosted and available for sale, along with Amazon, then branched out to eBay and Etsy to be more visible to online shoppers.  I’ve had a moderate level of success as a new business, however the competition is such that I now need to advertise to grow.  I’ve put every penny that I’ve made from the bookstore back into it; paid advertising on Facebook, which is one of my leading sources of advertisement, and paid advertising on Etsy, a website where I list books, but know I need to invest more to drive customers to buy from our website, which is where I would truly realize a profit because there wouldn’t be the fees being deducted from each sale like there is with Amazon Etsy.  The cost per month for the additional advertising through GoDaddy & Google is $500.00/month.  I anticipate needing 6 months of solid advertising to realize a profit increase that would allow me to sustain the advertising without additional capital while still seeing a profit.

I am a successful businesswoman by trade, as my day job is running the acquisition department of a residential building company.  The pay from this job is enough to keep a roof over my family’s head, food on the table and pay for Christopher’s medications.  I just need a little help to grow this business so I have the peace of mind that there’s financial security for his future.

Thank you for taking the time to read my post.  Below is a flyer we use both digitally and door-to-door.  My PayPal address is:

PayPal.me/frenchiemom2016

 

Hi. My name is Mark and ever since I was a teenager, God has gifted me with the skills and passion of building and fixing all kinds of things. As the years have gone by, I’ve continued to help others in repairing and building different things for them (from time to time). The passion and joy I get from helping others has never left me…, but only increased as I’ve gotten older. I have recently decided to fuel this passion of mine and follow my heart into a small business and an opportunity to bless and help others by providing quality and reliable handyman service.

Unfortunately, many contractors won’t return calls or are not interested in smaller jobs. Some begin a job, but don’t return or can’t be found for long periods of time. This leaves homeowners frustrated and often left having to work around unfinished remodeling and repair jobs. Also, I’ve found that there are an increasingly amount of “Honey Do” lists, with (possibly) no “Honey” available to complete it (this is especially true for single mothers, Seniors, and those who live alone). I’ve found that there is quite a market for an honest, affordable,  and reliable handyman service in my area.

Long-term, I envision being able to build a team around me of like-minded and skilled individuals who are also searching for employment or an outlet to use their skills to make a living and serve others. Most importantly, my ultimate goal is to be a blessing and help to others who are needing these services, but sometimes unable to afford to get things done. I am hoping to also be able to donate some of my time to those in need.

While I have all the passion and drive in the world, I am still in need of the proper equipment and tools to provide the best services possible. 100% of the funds raised will go directly into the business, as it will allow me to fulfill my passion to do what I love, provide the necessary resources to meet people’s needs,  provide additional income,  and be a blessing and reliable resource to my community.  I have chosen this platform, as I do not wish to seek a business loan and carry the burden of  debt.

More specifically; this would include: helping to purchase a more-suitable work vehicle (like a truck ) and possibly a small cargo trailer for tools and equipment. I also aim to purchase additional tools, so that I can increase the scope of services I provide. Again, this will allow me to fulfill a life-long passion that I have put off for far too long and the appreciation and gratefulness for making this dream come true will be immeasurable.

https://paypal.me/tmarkbuchanan

Hello everyone. I’m Damian. I’m a 31 year old trans guy. I was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder back when I was 29. As I am getting older, doing things that used to be easy for me are getting harder and harder. Recently, I was let go from my job that I had for 90 days- thought everything was going good but they were being nitpicky about metrics, so they fired a bunch of people who had low scores in August instead of training to correct the problem.

I have been on several interviews and I keep getting the “We will be in touch,” or “We will go with another candidate,” or “We have other interviews.” No direct offers, nothing that indicated they really wanted to hire me. I am up to my neck in frustration trying to find work.

My wife does not make enough to sustain us. Our rent is $850 a month. Our internet bill is behind; it is at $305. My last big paycheck from my old job went to paying September’s rent- then I got another small check that was used to pay my wife’s car note. That bill is around $360 a month. She currently does not have car insurance because it was too expensive and we weren’t able to pay it when I lost my job. She only makes $10 an hour at her job. We were relying mostly on my income, thinking things would be set. I  live in Michigan, and here, companies can fire anytime they please without a reason why. I am getting unemployment, but it is only $234 every two weeks, barely enough to help with anything.

I am super frustrated with this job search. I’m an entrepreneur at heart and the only reason I have continued to try and find work is to support my wife. I could just go out there and try to start up on my own, but I have bills and I need a roof over my head. If I can get up to at least $10,000 to $15,000 in donations that would be enough to pay down the rent, pay off all these back bills, get my wife her car insurance and purchase needed equipment to start my business work right. The computer I am typing this on is a broken laptop. The screen is busted but the computer works. I have a monitor plugged into it with an HDMI cable. This means I am confined to to my apartment’s living room to work. I can’t work in the bedroom, or take the computer out the house to a coffee shop to meet with potential clients.

I don’t know where else to turn- my credit is shot so I can’t take out business loans from the bank. I want to get my business going so I will be able to start paying down all this debt and get my credit cleared up. I have around $50k in debt including student loans and credit cards. My score is around 540. I have a bank account in the red, and the bank has been harassing me for the negative $438.00 that I owe them, it’s all overdraft fees and such.

Anything anyone can do to help will earn my gratitude. If I can raise up to $60k that would free me from debt and I can get things going as a business owner. I am trying to make a better life for myself and my spouse. This struggle to please people to get a job is not working for me like it used to. Don’t tell me I’m not trying. I have. I’ve been trying all of September only to keep hearing that nobody wants to hire me. If I can make my own work, I won’t have to worry about this anymore.

Anything you can to to help, I will appreciate that. Please send donations to paypal.me/chaoticspectrum1987. They will reach me there. Thank you.

My name is Jenasis Richardson, I’m a 19-year-old visually impaired Christian and abuse survivor trying to make it in the modeling industry. I graduated high school a year early due to my outstanding GPA and academic accomplishments, I was a literal straight A student throughout high school and now I’m currently in my senior year of college pursuing a bachelor’s degree in IT with a membership in NSCS (an extremely prestigious academic program for hard working scientists, doctors, and lawyers). I am also sponsored for my college tuition by Vocational Rehabilitation because of my hard work and visual impairment. While I love IT very much, I’m extremely passionate about my artwork in digital painting platforms and on canvas which I would love to do full time as well as modeling.

I was recently selected to be on a roster for a huge expo and set of 3 competitions in November 2019 which consists of only 250 people in the entire U.S. who get to be in it and I was selected in their final 10 pickings because they see so much potential in me. it’s a very big deal with a promising future for myself and my family. My dad has worked so hard to try and make a better future for his children and I really want to give him a comfortable retirement so that he can spend the rest of his time here raising my younger sister.

My story is long and depressing so ill try to keep it short… I grew up with a mother who was mentally incapacitated (legally crazy) and she was extremely abusive due to her sickness. My father did everything he could to try and protect us from her but ultimately her fits of rage got the better of her and when they divorced my middle sister and I were stuck with her due to the fact my father didn’t have a stable home for us because of the recession that occurred in Atlanta Georgia where we lived. So for years my father fought to regain everything after bankruptcy and spent over 10,000 dollars in attorneys fees to get us back and have her reevaluated for her sickness. He won us back upon proof of his financial stability when I was 16 (6 years after the divorce). Now I’m working hard in school and to become someone great and share my story and testimony. I love Jesus Christ with all of my heart, and I thank him with my life for rescuing me from that home and I just want to pay it forward to him and my dad by following my true calling.

If I’m able to gather the funds I will be in 3 high-ranking competitions and get to attend 5 consecutive preparation workshops during the expo with Discovery Spotlight which is a talent discovering organization that allows select persons to get noticed and featured with companies such as Disney, Nickelodeon, Top Model, and Vogue. It’s been my dream for years to become an actress and model and this is, as cliché as it may sound, the opportunity of a lifetime for me, it’s something that I want to do and feel like I need to do so bad that it hurts, not just to help my family but to make a name for myself as well.

The total cost of the trip will be roughly 3,000 to 3,500 dollars and I will give the breakdown below and explain further what this will do for my family and I.

The Discovery Spotlight Expo provides the opportunity for me to get recognized by large agencies looking for talent as mentioned above. Madison Iseman from the new Jumanji movie became famous because of this expo. Also, just a fun fact: the trophies and medals used for the Discovery Spotlight Expo ceremonies come from the same shop that the trophies for The Voice do.

WHAT THE FUNDS WILL DO FOR ME

Upon paying my fees, the expo will consist of 5 workshops to train me to perform in front of a live audience during the 3 competitions and will further guarantee me a signed contract by the end of the week of the expo.

I will be assigned a scout to introduce me to agents of the companies and train me on how to be charismatic in the industry setting.

I will get a custom package with online classes with videos, textbooks, and exams, to prepare me for the next month before the expo as well as my personal trainer available to me anytime to video chat for hands on training.

I will receive a resume and photoshoot package to promote myself to agents at the expo and after.

I will receive admission to an exclusive gathering for top agents and actors from TV production agencies including, Disney, Nickelodeon, FOX, ABC, SONY, Paramount, Warner Brothers, Illumination, Columbus and many more where I can be picked up by any of these agencies to be featured in magazines and even possibly on TV.

I will receive a room for the week at the hotel the expo is being held at which is at the Hilton on Myrtle Beach in South Carolina.

I will receive a round trip plane ticket to South Carolina and back to Florida.

It will cover food costs for me for the week.

Breakdown:

$2,099.97 = Discovery Spotlight package and admission.

$547.49 = round trip ticket for myself and possible accompanying adult passenger FOR PROTECTION of myself as a young woman

$250 = food for myself during the week

$595.99 = hotel room for the week at the Hilton where the expo is

Total = $3,493.45

WHAT ABOUT YOU???

Between now and the time of the expo in November I will send my donor(s) a HAND SIGNED photograph of myself in a beautiful package with a bonus surprise gift just for saying thanks for all your support!

IN CONCLUSION…

This is the opportunity of a lifetime for myself and coming from a not so fortunate family I must ask for some help with the funding (which I’m not happy about I’m very hard working and would rather pay it myself). I just hope that there is someone out there willing to help me make this dream come true for my family and for myself since I do have to ask for it.

paypal.me/jenasis

Below is an image of myself :)