Question of my own now: what is with this spur of people wanting ultra fast turn-arounds on small amounts of money? Genuine question, as maybe I come from an antiquated method of thinking, but if you want to invest with a turn around of two years, you might be investing for the wrong reason.
I have some programming skills, so i make an iphone app spend 5k on development tools and then another 5k on advertising. Selling my app for $10 and trying to make 10,000 sales. I think 1-2 years is a reasonable timeframe for this. To me this is what business is all about. Finding a way to take a small amount of money, applying your skills and turning it into a larger sum.