Great news for me not so good for Andy in Koh Toa.....He's working ...but Rachel is home with us for a few weeks ..................... this will give her time to progress her idea..scuba diving ladies at http://divingmaster.com ....she will give you her story.
This will help those of you who want to see an example of..... starting with an idea to full trading status; can monitor Rachel's business ( we have a 30 % stake in it ! ) Just check her site from time to time.....she has the "x" factor to make it a success ...if you dont check you will miss what she does..!
From TMI's stand point we now have a worker who will help us pull things together..especially the office protocol we will use in Mian Channu....( just a little insider information ..we can rent out part of our office space , because the building is huge )
We will be producing a " white paper "on the coming revolution in helping the poor.. It may be called " STARTUP POOR.....THE REVOLUTION TO HELP THE RICH GIVE THE POOR THE MEANS TO ENTER WORLD MARKETS "........... watch this space...
We also want her to write a story about" Jasmin" The Asian women entrepreneur ........see this in a future blog.....
Monday, March 17, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
BILLION DOLLAR STARTUPS ---------part .1.
So you want to use your great idea to ..a.. Change the world, and .. b.. Make some money ?
Well before you start to to do this ask your self.."Am i prepared to spend 1. 2 or even 5 years on this project ? Is there a market for the product or service i will offer ? How big is the market ? How will i will i sustain myself and team whilst building this world beater ? If you have a family do you have their support ? If not you are heading for a very stressful future !
These questions are important to answer because no matter how much you wish otherwise , day to day living goes on..and this must be catered for plus the extra pressure of doing some thing very different from the norm....to build a global company takes immense resolve and requires a certain type of personality to cope with all the range of problems to overcome if you would succeed.
It is not true to say anyone can build a business of their dreams...but if you have what it takes ,and there is only one way you can find out...get started and meet and beat each problem..
The mindset you need accepts that basically you are solving small problems as they come up so you can solve the big problem......
One great help is to find a mentor if you can...this often is very difficult at the start because you have no track record, why should a busy successful business person help you? .....
THE SECRET....find out what your chosen mentor needs and offer to give it to him/her...This often requires creativity....more on this in a future blog... ( finding a mentor )
To help get you started lets consider what criteria "billion dollar ideas " have to meet if they are
to change the world ( and they have to have such credentials to be seriously considered by the "money men "........ )
We will take "startup-poor.com" as an example .......................................... What's the big idea? ...."To help the 4 billion poor on the planet by getting the rich to gift the poor the means to generate revenue by connecting them to world markets "
There is no doubt there is a market there that wants help and above all to be given the dignity
to do it themselves ..... ( not given just food aid...welcome tho' that is .. )
To solve the problem of how help poor people enter world markets ,you need to give them free information in their own language; plus free internet access; plus, initially a mentor,
We are opening an office to give free internet access , then will supply free online and offline information on how to generate revenue from the internet...then later use that system to build offline businesses if required.
The mentors will come from trained individuals in the various charities..our first one is in Columbia...more on this as it comes on stream.....
In China the program will start with social entrepreneurs from the colleges..we have already started to do this ... they have a " best idea "challenge ..with a prize .
The obvious question now is " Where is the money to come from ? " Initially this will come from all entrepreneural students who are eco friendly and socially concerned ..these are local to our office in Mian Channu ;even though the basic internet marketing programs are free many will buy the more advanced marketing strategies and digital products , such as DVD's CD's and Video's.......... The increase in traffic will attract ad revenue...because ..having a base of student entrepreneurs , a % of whom will be very successful is the ideal market for banks ; internet marketing companies ; loan organisations etc..to target.
Obviously this will all take time but the foundation is there ..when you have a revenue generation stream you then roll out to other countries...We intend doing this partly by country specific blogs..
..eg startup-singapore ; startup -pakistan; startup-california.com.. startup-india.com.
So to sum up...........You need the right mind set.
Must have global reach.
The market must be ready for your product.
Find a mentor.
Build alliances
Build first class technology.... tmi is now building final version of test bed.
Get investors to monitor your project ..this builds a relationship, so they can see your progress, and are in a much better postion to understand your concept and your thinking process...and will be much more receptive to your request for early adoption.
Get an education in internet marketing.
Produce a marketing plan.
Please ask your questions on any aspect of the above..we have gone through much research and hassle, which we can help you to avoid....
For this personal free service you need to have an idea posted on... testmyidea.com and refer to it in your email .......
.Take care...... humbird
Well before you start to to do this ask your self.."Am i prepared to spend 1. 2 or even 5 years on this project ? Is there a market for the product or service i will offer ? How big is the market ? How will i will i sustain myself and team whilst building this world beater ? If you have a family do you have their support ? If not you are heading for a very stressful future !
These questions are important to answer because no matter how much you wish otherwise , day to day living goes on..and this must be catered for plus the extra pressure of doing some thing very different from the norm....to build a global company takes immense resolve and requires a certain type of personality to cope with all the range of problems to overcome if you would succeed.
It is not true to say anyone can build a business of their dreams...but if you have what it takes ,and there is only one way you can find out...get started and meet and beat each problem..
The mindset you need accepts that basically you are solving small problems as they come up so you can solve the big problem......
One great help is to find a mentor if you can...this often is very difficult at the start because you have no track record, why should a busy successful business person help you? .....
THE SECRET....find out what your chosen mentor needs and offer to give it to him/her...This often requires creativity....more on this in a future blog... ( finding a mentor )
To help get you started lets consider what criteria "billion dollar ideas " have to meet if they are
to change the world ( and they have to have such credentials to be seriously considered by the "money men "........ )
We will take "startup-poor.com" as an example .......................................... What's the big idea? ...."To help the 4 billion poor on the planet by getting the rich to gift the poor the means to generate revenue by connecting them to world markets "
There is no doubt there is a market there that wants help and above all to be given the dignity
to do it themselves ..... ( not given just food aid...welcome tho' that is .. )
To solve the problem of how help poor people enter world markets ,you need to give them free information in their own language; plus free internet access; plus, initially a mentor,
We are opening an office to give free internet access , then will supply free online and offline information on how to generate revenue from the internet...then later use that system to build offline businesses if required.
The mentors will come from trained individuals in the various charities..our first one is in Columbia...more on this as it comes on stream.....
In China the program will start with social entrepreneurs from the colleges..we have already started to do this ... they have a " best idea "challenge ..with a prize .
The obvious question now is " Where is the money to come from ? " Initially this will come from all entrepreneural students who are eco friendly and socially concerned ..these are local to our office in Mian Channu ;even though the basic internet marketing programs are free many will buy the more advanced marketing strategies and digital products , such as DVD's CD's and Video's.......... The increase in traffic will attract ad revenue...because ..having a base of student entrepreneurs , a % of whom will be very successful is the ideal market for banks ; internet marketing companies ; loan organisations etc..to target.
Obviously this will all take time but the foundation is there ..when you have a revenue generation stream you then roll out to other countries...We intend doing this partly by country specific blogs..
..eg startup-singapore ; startup -pakistan; startup-california.com.. startup-india.com.
So to sum up...........You need the right mind set.
Must have global reach.
The market must be ready for your product.
Find a mentor.
Build alliances
Build first class technology.... tmi is now building final version of test bed.
Get investors to monitor your project ..this builds a relationship, so they can see your progress, and are in a much better postion to understand your concept and your thinking process...and will be much more receptive to your request for early adoption.
Get an education in internet marketing.
Produce a marketing plan.
Please ask your questions on any aspect of the above..we have gone through much research and hassle, which we can help you to avoid....
For this personal free service you need to have an idea posted on... testmyidea.com and refer to it in your email .......
.Take care...... humbird
Thursday, March 6, 2008
STARTUP--Q & A
Q..what is the blog about ?
A..A blog giving information about a startup aiming to help all student entrepreneurs .
Q..What information ? What startup?
A..Information on some aspects of building our startup..which is partly the blogs .. "startup-asia ";" startup-california.com" and the website" testmyidea.com.".this is the test bed for business ideas with traffic fed to it from the country specific blog.
Q..How will it help other startups?
A.. By understanding what we did and how we did it..it can help save time and money..especially finding high quality team members..at little or nil cost..This is one of the most vital of all things to do ;if you do not have a good team you will almost certainly fail.
Q..But i am only going to have myself or one or two in the business !
A..Most businesses start with only one or two people..but if that's your limit..you are on the wrong site! We are setting a lead for entrepreneurs who are very ambitious and will want ultimately investment funding..
Q..What is so special about startup-poor.com ?
A.. We are aiming to do the impossible , which is to get investors to seriously consider the billion poor and gift them the means out of poverty.
Q.. That is impossible..investors are only interested in viable ideas with some valued asset!
A.. Most investors are not interested.but some are monitoring the project..it only requires them to see the concept proven by results to engender more interest..we will be sharing with you the reasons why this is possible, with examples of other entrepreneurs successful projects using some of the ideas we are implementing; and how you can use the information in the formulation of your business model.
Q..When will you be giving proof your business model works ?
A.. We aim to launch in Mian Channu Pakistan in July/August..we will keep you informed via the blog; it will take time for the whole system to come on stream ..but we will give these details as we start to trade.
Q.. Why Mian Channu ?
A.. Because my business partner is from there and he and i had assets which complemented each others...this story will be told ...on the blog...
Q..What are you doing now ?
A..Other than typing this blog! I am writing up a business agreement;.designing the homepage for the upgraded site due to be finished in May;negotiating a deal to produce revenue
generating websites in specific niches;registering a URL; starting the outline of a story which will be used as a viral marketing tool..the story will include much of the lessons and contacts i have made over the past 9 years...It will be called ;" Jasmine "! Watch this space it will be unique..
Send it your questions and we will have another answer session .....
Take care humbird
A..A blog giving information about a startup aiming to help all student entrepreneurs .
Q..What information ? What startup?
A..Information on some aspects of building our startup..which is partly the blogs .. "startup-asia ";" startup-california.com" and the website" testmyidea.com.".this is the test bed for business ideas with traffic fed to it from the country specific blog.
Q..How will it help other startups?
A.. By understanding what we did and how we did it..it can help save time and money..especially finding high quality team members..at little or nil cost..This is one of the most vital of all things to do ;if you do not have a good team you will almost certainly fail.
Q..But i am only going to have myself or one or two in the business !
A..Most businesses start with only one or two people..but if that's your limit..you are on the wrong site! We are setting a lead for entrepreneurs who are very ambitious and will want ultimately investment funding..
Q..What is so special about startup-poor.com ?
A.. We are aiming to do the impossible , which is to get investors to seriously consider the billion poor and gift them the means out of poverty.
Q.. That is impossible..investors are only interested in viable ideas with some valued asset!
A.. Most investors are not interested.but some are monitoring the project..it only requires them to see the concept proven by results to engender more interest..we will be sharing with you the reasons why this is possible, with examples of other entrepreneurs successful projects using some of the ideas we are implementing; and how you can use the information in the formulation of your business model.
Q..When will you be giving proof your business model works ?
A.. We aim to launch in Mian Channu Pakistan in July/August..we will keep you informed via the blog; it will take time for the whole system to come on stream ..but we will give these details as we start to trade.
Q.. Why Mian Channu ?
A.. Because my business partner is from there and he and i had assets which complemented each others...this story will be told ...on the blog...
Q..What are you doing now ?
A..Other than typing this blog! I am writing up a business agreement;.designing the homepage for the upgraded site due to be finished in May;negotiating a deal to produce revenue
generating websites in specific niches;registering a URL; starting the outline of a story which will be used as a viral marketing tool..the story will include much of the lessons and contacts i have made over the past 9 years...It will be called ;" Jasmine "! Watch this space it will be unique..
Send it your questions and we will have another answer session .....
Take care humbird
Thursday, February 28, 2008
STARTUP UPDATE
STARTUP UPDATE ........
Yes! We did get the laptop..a top of the range"Toshiba"..with carrying case...This has now been handed over to M.Y. (my Pakistani business partner ) We will upload all the material needed for the Mian Channu computer center.. .more next blog...
News from China. .....our " creative" David there is running a competition for entrepreneural students for ideas we can test on TMI... This will be the first stage ..then we will send information on progressing the ideas... We might offer a money prize for the best idea.....
In California we are hoping to involve some of the students from Berkley University in TMI...
..We have offered editing and writing work in the blog.. We hope to have this finished in March..
There is now the possibility of further country specific blogs.....we have" Startup-Singapore.com"
In the UK we are bringing our two translators together..Meeting them at the Bangawli restaurant i described in an earlier blog....I need to find out if the contact in Dakha will translate the free starter into Urdu . The girls ....Luxing and Jenny...we hope they will run our blog " testmyidea.com.cn ". In Chinese of course !
Our webmaster to be B.J... is looking forward to his new job..we are building a website and this, with other material ,will be ready to roll when we present him with his new laptop..which we are getting tomorrow...toys for the boys ! ( see above )
We are thinking of finding a research assistant for the webmaster who we can engage in April..
let us know if you are interested in living in Mian Channu..and have a real interest in ecology and enterprise education..involving writing; editing; blogging; making dvd's; cd's; ...
Do comment on the blog..any questions ? Take care
Humbird
Yes! We did get the laptop..a top of the range"Toshiba"..with carrying case...This has now been handed over to M.Y. (my Pakistani business partner ) We will upload all the material needed for the Mian Channu computer center.. .more next blog...
News from China. .....our " creative" David there is running a competition for entrepreneural students for ideas we can test on TMI... This will be the first stage ..then we will send information on progressing the ideas... We might offer a money prize for the best idea.....
In California we are hoping to involve some of the students from Berkley University in TMI...
..We have offered editing and writing work in the blog.. We hope to have this finished in March..
There is now the possibility of further country specific blogs.....we have" Startup-Singapore.com"
In the UK we are bringing our two translators together..Meeting them at the Bangawli restaurant i described in an earlier blog....I need to find out if the contact in Dakha will translate the free starter into Urdu . The girls ....Luxing and Jenny...we hope they will run our blog " testmyidea.com.cn ". In Chinese of course !
Our webmaster to be B.J... is looking forward to his new job..we are building a website and this, with other material ,will be ready to roll when we present him with his new laptop..which we are getting tomorrow...toys for the boys ! ( see above )
We are thinking of finding a research assistant for the webmaster who we can engage in April..
let us know if you are interested in living in Mian Channu..and have a real interest in ecology and enterprise education..involving writing; editing; blogging; making dvd's; cd's; ...
Do comment on the blog..any questions ? Take care
Humbird
Saturday, February 23, 2008
TRAFFICJAM.COM
The essentials for starting a successful business, irrespective of the type,include firstly getting the attention of your target market...In most cases this means words on some website ...The big question then is what words ?
The only sure way is by testing "on the fly ".That is why"testmyidea.com " is such a help as you can test ANY IDEA you have at nil cost..including WORDS ..used for titles ;headlines; label; split test ad words; surveys; names ..( I tried.." Sir Richard branson "recently) ...celebs .....
;animal names. ....you may need to know which animal is most" keyed in "...endagered specie.?
When we used voroo.com as an experimental test bed we found over three years that the most
sought after creature was..wait for it ! "Poisonous snakes "!
Another site using my idea ! Is: http://trafficjam.com/ with this tool you can get great information on words plus its focussed on blogs...the highest traffic ones ..very useful because of the high traffic it receives and collation of blogs by topic.....
. ....... Thank you John Reese !
...............................................................................................................................................
If you live in USA we will be giving you your own startup blog soon.....starting with California...
............................................................................................................................................................
Our webmaster Basharatt is getting married in March and will be living in Mian Channu..new bride, new home, new job;new startup........ Welcome to the team......
.............................................................................................................................................................
We have contact with a college in Columbia who we hope to form an alliance with to pilot TMI
..this may center on eco education coral life....
Rachel will give us the latest images on her new site ........
http://divingmaster.com She will be launching this in April 08.....
Have a great day or evening... .humbird
The only sure way is by testing "on the fly ".That is why"testmyidea.com " is such a help as you can test ANY IDEA you have at nil cost..including WORDS ..used for titles ;headlines; label; split test ad words; surveys; names ..( I tried.." Sir Richard branson "recently) ...celebs .....
;animal names. ....you may need to know which animal is most" keyed in "...endagered specie.?
When we used voroo.com as an experimental test bed we found over three years that the most
sought after creature was..wait for it ! "Poisonous snakes "!
Another site using my idea ! Is: http://trafficjam.com/ with this tool you can get great information on words plus its focussed on blogs...the highest traffic ones ..very useful because of the high traffic it receives and collation of blogs by topic.....
. ....... Thank you John Reese !
...............................................................................................................................................
If you live in USA we will be giving you your own startup blog soon.....starting with California...
............................................................................................................................................................
Our webmaster Basharatt is getting married in March and will be living in Mian Channu..new bride, new home, new job;new startup........ Welcome to the team......
.............................................................................................................................................................
We have contact with a college in Columbia who we hope to form an alliance with to pilot TMI
..this may center on eco education coral life....
Rachel will give us the latest images on her new site ........
http://divingmaster.com She will be launching this in April 08.....
Have a great day or evening... .humbird
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
INTERNET MARKETING RESOURCE
You may find it difficult to find good quality contacts and online tools to help you develope your
business idea ..the following i have found very useful ... and most are free !
1...........
alexa.com ...... this gives ranking and traffic details of websites. .plus other info. like overview..contact details page views; ..Its great if only to see who is number one..and how far
yours has to go !
2.........
coolwhois.com.........great for checking if a url is taken..and for trying out your url combination to match keywords..
3 ........
wordtracker.com..the best place for finding which are the top key words..and how many will be effective in your niche. .. overture.com is also one of the best to research keywords .
4 .......
marketing tips.com without doubt one of , if not the ,website for real quality free information
on internet marketing....one of the pioneer sites turning over $ millions and helping 1,000
become successful online...
5 ......
blogs are becoming an essential means of building relationships....a new man on the blog is giving out a series of blog traffic building reports < yaro@blogtrafficschool.com >
6 ......
nichereports.com for very good value niche reports and free business ideas try this site..
Maujhuri..India.....
7 .......
godaddy.com ..... i have always found this a good quality service at reasonable rates....especially for bulk buying domain names.
8 .......
getting answers to questions ..?..try google answers and elderswisdomcircle.com
9 ......
strategicprofits.com..for high quality free information eg ; "attention age docrine 2 ". plus advanced internet marketing strategies.
10 ....
income.com this site is run by John Reese..the "$million in one day man.".excellent quality newsletter.
11 ......
For an up and coming resource try http://qassia.com/ ..this is in beta but is building original content and gives high quality backlinks as part of your inputting information.
12 .....
Let me know what you think.....any resource you would like to have give us your request..
humbird .........
business idea ..the following i have found very useful ... and most are free !
1...........
alexa.com ...... this gives ranking and traffic details of websites. .plus other info. like overview..contact details page views; ..Its great if only to see who is number one..and how far
yours has to go !
2.........
coolwhois.com.........great for checking if a url is taken..and for trying out your url combination to match keywords..
3 ........
wordtracker.com..the best place for finding which are the top key words..and how many will be effective in your niche. .. overture.com is also one of the best to research keywords .
4 .......
marketing tips.com without doubt one of , if not the ,website for real quality free information
on internet marketing....one of the pioneer sites turning over $ millions and helping 1,000
become successful online...
5 ......
blogs are becoming an essential means of building relationships....a new man on the blog is giving out a series of blog traffic building reports < yaro@blogtrafficschool.com >
6 ......
nichereports.com for very good value niche reports and free business ideas try this site..
Maujhuri..India.....
7 .......
godaddy.com ..... i have always found this a good quality service at reasonable rates....especially for bulk buying domain names.
8 .......
getting answers to questions ..?..try google answers and elderswisdomcircle.com
9 ......
strategicprofits.com..for high quality free information eg ; "attention age docrine 2 ". plus advanced internet marketing strategies.
10 ....
income.com this site is run by John Reese..the "$million in one day man.".excellent quality newsletter.
11 ......
For an up and coming resource try http://qassia.com/ ..this is in beta but is building original content and gives high quality backlinks as part of your inputting information.
12 .....
Let me know what you think.....any resource you would like to have give us your request..
humbird .........
Thursday, February 7, 2008
PROGRESS OF STARTUP ASIA ---------- 1 -----
Latest regards investors ..One stated he had tried the business model we are building but found it unsustainable , for economic reasons, .by this meaning if you have no traction (money ) And need to pay talented people to progress the business you are soon insolvent.. He further said: . ."If you can solve this you are a genius !"
Since he said that we may have thought of a strategy to solve the problem ..which is essentially . How to get talented people to work for little, or no money..over a few months whilst at beta stage .
See "creatives "link for a clue as to how it may be possible; we have yet to test this fully ;but it may work..The great thing is this: If we can build a team ..which is just about the most difficult thing there is to do ..a mastermind group with creative people who are immensly busy...........
The successful launch of Startup -asia in June is virtually certain...
Welcome to the creatives:
Hilary. ..........former headteacher of an international school in Pakistan..loves the country.
David.....................................chairman of an entrepreneurs club in an international college
in China ..plus his friend who is running a clothing business .
Saalo.. Techie .writing up open software training manuals. UK..
Richard : a Silicon valley USA, investor who has a charitable interest in Asia.
...more information about our attempts to engage talented people, including our methods which you could use for your startup......
The set up in Pakistan is going well ,we now have our webmaster and the broadband connection sussed.... .more on this in April..
This morning we collected ten computers.these a gift from a library; upgrading it's computer suite !
Rachel is well established in Koh Tao..her blog should be up and running next month..she wrote up many articles and images ...then lost all because of a malfunction of her computer..
..had to start all over again then a virus destroyed the same material.....must be a lesson there ??....More about her business contacts and why she is in an excellent position to be successful in the next post......
......................................................................................................................................................................
Do comment on the posts ..ask your questions : you may face the same startup problems we do
we would love to help you ........have many contacts in various countries..we are not a registered charity but act as one to all who need our help..see the lesson in ..three letter word post !below!
-............................................................................................... humbird
Since he said that we may have thought of a strategy to solve the problem ..which is essentially . How to get talented people to work for little, or no money..over a few months whilst at beta stage .
See "creatives "link for a clue as to how it may be possible; we have yet to test this fully ;but it may work..The great thing is this: If we can build a team ..which is just about the most difficult thing there is to do ..a mastermind group with creative people who are immensly busy...........
The successful launch of Startup -asia in June is virtually certain...
Welcome to the creatives:
Hilary. ..........former headteacher of an international school in Pakistan..loves the country.
David.....................................chairman of an entrepreneurs club in an international college
in China ..plus his friend who is running a clothing business .
Saalo.. Techie .writing up open software training manuals. UK..
Richard : a Silicon valley USA, investor who has a charitable interest in Asia.
...more information about our attempts to engage talented people, including our methods which you could use for your startup......
The set up in Pakistan is going well ,we now have our webmaster and the broadband connection sussed.... .more on this in April..
This morning we collected ten computers.these a gift from a library; upgrading it's computer suite !
Rachel is well established in Koh Tao..her blog should be up and running next month..she wrote up many articles and images ...then lost all because of a malfunction of her computer..
..had to start all over again then a virus destroyed the same material.....must be a lesson there ??....More about her business contacts and why she is in an excellent position to be successful in the next post......
......................................................................................................................................................................
Do comment on the posts ..ask your questions : you may face the same startup problems we do
we would love to help you ........have many contacts in various countries..we are not a registered charity but act as one to all who need our help..see the lesson in ..three letter word post !below!
-............................................................................................... humbird
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