Pure millioneare(PM) wrote:@QuickSand. I appreciate your point of view..."that capital looking for business idea is usually not a good thing". However its a possible situation to have a pile of cash lying idle or at best in a 10% interest bearing account; Yet out there, could be someone with business ideas to generate 50 or 100% returns - obviously with higher risks...
@The Associate. I like your idea. Ofcourse it would require an experienced manager. And if the investor has a passion for agribusiness and is available for a personal touch, the success rate will be higher. The implementation will obviously have what @QuickSand called "pits, trenches, marshes and bogs".. Unfortunately, I am not sure to maintain the passion and availability aspects..
Very probably true. Just tread carefully, appetite for large and fast profits exposes you to fellows out to make a quick buck ..even professional business advisers have been known to offer terrible advice ...
i) Do a lot of research. Similar businesses fare vastly differently under different hands
ii) Start small and granular, then keep injecting more capital if there are positive returns.
In closing, agriculture is a tricky business. When conditions are favourable, they are favourable for everybody, leading to a glut in product. My own experiment with wheat led to a disaster.
What is your professional training/career?