Recently my wife told me of a new Indian restaurant in town; so i decided to take her out for a
meal..
It turns out it was not Indian but run by Bangladeshi's from Leeds, we had a great meal and as i was interested in a contact in Bangladesh i arranged a meeting with the three owners..
At the meeting i suggested ways they could increase their customer base and use an upstairs room...plus negotiated a discount for all the customers who presented their business card signed
by me..
I needed a Bengali translator for startup-asia and asked them if they could help..Yes ,they could; then i asked if they had contacts in the IT area..Again ,yes they had..one of the owners brothers has a computer shop in Dhaka..a city with good internet connections.
We will see how this contact develops...but there is a lesson here for all budding entrepreneurs,
and that is, never be afraid to use the three letter word if you are seeking help...; you may not always get a yes in reply; but if you don't ask it will always be a no.
Every successful entrepreneur has asked for something and in some cases got it....Google for
example asked for $25 million to progress their search engine which at the time had not made
a cent...They got the money and the investor made a profit...
The three letter word ? "Ask ". ......humbird
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