The plan calls for a lot of money.

Japanese corporations are slashing their capital spending programs.

I'll give you one very dramatic example of this a study that was done of investments in voluntary retirement plans.

So, we have our Ganges and Yamuna cleanup project.

The company's capital expenditure program is set to be 10 billion yen for this year.

Well their intention was to take these home equity loans and put that money to work, invest it in some way.

The amount of money you get.

Development institutions today are also opening for public scrutiny the projects they finance.

Investing in professional development is not a cost.

How much did he have invested in the film?

I want to remind you again

Acumen's been working with ABE for the past year, year and a half, both on looking at a new business plan, and what does expansion look like, helping with management support and helping to do term sheets and raise capital.

Malibu Equity and Investments. Roger Van Zant.

An acute lack of funds is holding up the plan.

But this investment goes to everyone.

Let me put that.

Investment

Malibu Equity and Investments.

The capital for this plan was prepared.

By the way before we go forward, this is one point I want to mention.

(Laughter) Here's some advice from one of the largest investors in the United States.

It is very brave of you to vote against the plan.

He valued what we already had at 5 million dollars.

They're valuing these assets at 1 million.

As investors flee

Investing.

The plan calls for a lot of money.

Money for the plan was lacking.

Owing to a shortage of funds, our project failed.

Now, I didn't know anything about your husband and Gayle Marten.

Is that something that you are still invested in, that you still believe in the notion of investment?

And we're not just investing in the kids.

And right now I can't afford the attention.

Did you know that 40 percent of the wealth created in Africa is not invested here in Africa?

His undertaking failed for lack of funds.

And I'll show you why that matters in a second.

Big investors.

Investment in what?

Now, the angel investor, if we value this at 5 million, he'll give us 5 million more.

In a situation where you have growth, you put the new money into this.

And of course the pre money valuation is just you just take the pre money valuation plus the amount of cash they're giving us.

This doesn't mean we shouldn't have any planning but it actually means what we need is planning before the plan and what that really mean is you need to figure out how to actually do some planning and then you get to write the business plan.

You can get investors through equity, and we've done several videos on that.

Someday, you maybe pitching to a really young VC.

EBlT in this case would be the operating profit plus this investment income.