No we're not making dirty movies, but, we've created a neat way to syndicate them.
The problem is, we haven't really liked (or felt that we could trust) any of the investors that we've spoken to thus far.
FOSS, CC, Design. These concepts seem foreign to many that we have spoken to.
We would rather not take money from a traditional pornography company or an adult investment firm such as AdultVest. We see ourselves as technologists, artists, and writers who happen to have a clever idea that could change the porn industry.
We don't want put ourselves into a position where we're forced to promote content that we find unseemly.
Our mantra is: "Don't be seedy." And, we aren't.
Mixing money and sex has always been a recipe for disaster. We believe that we can walk that line, but, we want to hedge our bets by finding like minded investors.
How do you go about finding respectable investors for an "adult oriented" start-up?
I've also noticed that some of the consumers of the more specialised porn and upscale swingerclubs are wealthy individuals in their 40's and 50's. Naturally these people have a very open view on pornography and adult-oriented startups. If you try networking a bit in the upscale swingerclubs in the big cities and/or the well-run specialised sites you might find an investor. These people are mostly very open and very nice. Probably because they, like the gay community, are an outcast niche that has to constantly defend their sexuality.