Labor intensive sweet potato harvesting in USA

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Not everything is automated in USA.  There are also labor intensive harvesting of sweet potatoes

Next step is finding ways for storage and processing of the same so that sweet potatoes do not spoil.  A lot of food technology has to be discovered

New ways of making money

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There are various books on making money   One which lists 1000 ways of making money lists thousand businesses to enter into to make money:   laundry, selling newspapers, writing books, articles, selling this and that Making hobbies become source of revenues.

But this post thinks that the secret to making money are:

    1  scalability

    2.  multiplying yourself

    3.  automation

In Andrew Groves book Hight Outputs Management  this is equivalent to:   one time set up.   In Dan Martell article, this is coding a programming, a formula that opens up skies as it were to make money.  Why had you not thought of this before.

This falls under the parable of the talents where it is suggested that you multiply yourself so that you can pay oof the master   It is our mandate to take charge of the worlds resources for the good of others

This would be really a formula where the idea of making money becomes autormated and it happens not because it has your personal attention but it goes on and on because of a formula, because of an automation and it does not need necessarily hard assets or brute force.  It simply needs intelligence.

Such idea as OPM, APPS, Other Peoples Labor.   As a software:   an MS DOS, a platform a portal where all transactions pass.

Eg.    say A Home Depot outlet, where 90% of the goods are consignment.  All you need is a large space where all other goods can be displayed for contractors and homebuilders to see.

Or as Megawide, where panels are built to speed up cheaply construction of high rise.  

We can substitute sweet potato for rice, and invent more sweet potato harvester

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If I were to be given another life, (as what MVP is doing now) I would engage in agri business, to help solve malnutrition and solve problems in food purchase and poverty.   The problem is high price of rice  We can engage in low cost sweet potato farming  and make this as alternative to rice

Sweet potato harvester are in existence   We can engage our fabricators to make big harvester.  Be a big time sweet potator farmer....

It is time well spent rather than devoting time to elections, quadcom, impeachment,  ICC.  Let us do something for the country, its food security and future of Filipinos

Potato harvester at USA, see how massively productive their farms and methodologies are

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This is the reason why USA is very rich and wealthy.  Their agriculture is so massively productive.  Very few laborers are required to plant or harvest their products.  They use machinery to plant and harvest.  Machines do much of the job for them

Compare this to 3rd world countries.  We engage in back breaking labor to plant and harvest.  They do this fast and easy.

We can benchmark the agricultural model, buy the machine and benchmark them

New ways, innovation on making money

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Making money or making suggestions on how to make money is not taught in college.   Call it conspiracy theory:     capitalists want you enslaved and live off on your salary, schools make you believe that going to college is the only way to get a job and earn your money.   Street smarts develop their understudy, people who want to escape poverty eventually learn how to make money, more money.

New ways of being a street scavenger.

      A recyclists does collect recyclables the good old way.  Going around with a bike collecting from peoples trash bin or dumper trash and selling them to scrap yard or recycling facility and thus tend to earn pretty much the same, day in and day out.

     A student suggested to a scrap collector to invest in plastic trash cans at a cost of $1@ and printing the phone numbere and address so that the reader who has the trash bin can call the scavenger to pick up the trash.   Have a system and be innovative

Advice to a a cab rider

    A cab driver was interviewed how much $ he makes a day.  He says net of everything and boundary about $800.00 a day.   or $24,000 per month.  However when he trasnports a passenger to airport his income can jump up to $1,000 per day.  He can charge as much as $1,500 per trip.

   So why doesnt the cab driver generate that much revenue.  Because he does not know when a passenger goes to the airport.

   Suggestion:

   1.  Talk to hotel clerks porter to have them call/him whenever a hotel customer looks for taxi to the airport.  He splits the revenue 10 -80% Employ Midas touch

   2.  Overcoming limitation of just being one.  Multiplying yourself.    

Build a network of other cab driver 3 to 10.   Split revenue 70 -30.     You get 60% net after the tip to the hotel and revenue sharing with other driver.   You still earn 60%.  But say x this by 10 .  You get $6,000 insteal of just $800.00.   Smark eh

Entrepreneurship - from Zero to One, from Nothing to Something

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This discussion miight border on scamming.  Was reflecting on how our small business grew and flourished.   Our path  followed the path prescribed by a British Mogul  ie no 4 rule -  get the cash, an advance, a prepayment from customer.  As we do with contractor.   DP for making a contract, a program, a building.  If your solution /product is outstanding.

We followed thisi model for most of our projects. Now the projects have customers, have employees, have suppliers, have jobs and economic activity that sustains the LGU and probably the nation.

From Zero to One by Peter Thiel of Paypal.  Many do not go by way of large equity or huge debt or financial resources to get started  Many big companies started on meager budget  Like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.  

There was a discussion with a group of agents/brokers who were amazed that a group was able to control a project and is now on forefront of runaway sales success and wre amazed how the project was put together and acquired.   IN this manner

Lack on thoroughness, inclusiveness in the work of the licensed real estate broker

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Our group has been offered a nearly 4 hectare project semi developed and the deal has been languishing since October.   It could not be blamed on us, but on the licensed real estate broker.

Two things are pending with the broker:

1.  We have requested a marketing plan since the person said that the project could be marketed fast;  we do not know anybody at the locality.  In the discussion last Tuesday, there were many details which were clearly selfish and excuses;   so an LOI to market was supposed to be marketing.   And said that the deal cant push through without the marketing plan.

2.  There is a major issue on the project.  It having been registered with the regulatory agency has a mention of a contractor who is declared as a developer.  We asked her to research this:    at DHSUD and Register of Deeds, as this agreement could have been registered.   Again excuses.    The lack of research and thoroughness, for a broker now, under very strict professional regulations, cant to my mind is up par with what a broker should be doing.  She is bound to have 7 figures income on this deal.  Not very professional and thorouh in her job.

I would like to think that the broker is not focussed on this deal, she has so many things in her plate, and lacks time and concentration to finish the deal.  It is challenging to call, or get her follow up on the deal

Despite efforts by govt agencies to up the competence of broker, its not happening.   Lack of desire for self improvement has something to do with this?

Its not surprising that not much is happening by way or personal and professinal growth

Achieivement, log report on yesterday's travel to NL, Region 1

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Rather than being idle and being upset by postponed presentation of marketing plans, this post elected to join Luis in Malasiqui trip yesterday   Met with:

1.  Nida Fernandez re Urdaneta Himlayan deal

2.  Met with Jong Valdez supplier of Engr. Fort, son of former Mun Engineer Valdez

3.  Visited HG San Carlos re:  marketing plan and non attendance by Sharifa

4.  Vist by Luis to RHU and Malasiqui Zoning office

Nida  Fernandez Tolentino:

   She came about 20 minutes late vs her appointed time

    1.  Legal issues for Himlayan

         The alleged status of Engr. Meijia as developer despite absence of documents to prove is worrisome.  Meijia effectively is co owner of the project and can pose difficulties for future owner

        Tasks:

       1.  Draft a recession of contract to be sent by Landowner to Mejjia.  Meija

            must sign

       2. Research adt DHSUD -  what docs prove that Meijia is joint venture

           partner co - owner of Calica

      3.  Ask for certified true copy of the owners TCT -  may annotation ba re Meijia

      4.  NFT cant ask her lawyer daughter for help

      5.   Marketing plan for Mejia.  This post was enticed to look into the project

because of the promise of marketing plan ie:    Himlayan ng Bayani.  For some  reason, NFT has not submitted anything.   This post said, the deal may not proceed without her complying with such a bat

     6.  She requests that she be allowed to be outsourcing for interment.  It is suggested that LSJ handle this screen and prequalifty her. 

Supplier

      Son of Engr Valdez, former municipal engineer, now supplier of FFljo.  an RN was an ex patriate at Dubai.  His father was no. objector to the project because of

   alleged health issues

     1.  He promised to help get a copy of Barangay  clearance resolution.  (This may help us save P100,000 for Barangay clearance.  We need the Barangay                           clearance for: Dev Permit, DAR conversion  His father no longer objects or is concerned with health issues of Memorial Park

    2.  His father promised to be a liason (for a fee) for DAR and DHSUD and dev permit

    3.  Like NFT, he wants to outsource:   vault manufacturing, and interment at Holy Gardens Malasiqui

     LSJ:

1,  DOH clearance permit at Malasiqui RHU.   One of the approving staff bought a plot at HG Malasiqui.  He/she promised to help

2.  Luis obtained zoning certification from LGU of Malasiqui.  This saves us expenses for SB resolution

Promoting clarity, memo to solve organizational wrinkles

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This memo was sent to a group being organized for a business opportunity.  But power play and selfishness is pulling back/down the group.   We wet with them, and documented the proceedings:

The following are the observations and my minutes of the recently concluded "mahalagang" meeting which was must be communicated in writing to the concerned party to stop further misunderstanding and negative vibes in the venture:   :

1.  Conduct of meeting:

    When there is a meeting, parties must observe the Rogers rules of order.  Isa isa usapan, no interruption of somebody who has the floor until finished and recognized.

    Proper privilege motion must be recognized when leaving the meeting which is disrespectful.  

    All agenda in meetings shall concern improvement and betterment of the business. AND SHALL NOT BE NEGATIVE NOR SHALL THRASH EXAGGERATE ISSUES THAT ARE MINOR

    The tenet of Rotary applies:

    1.  Is it the truth?

    2.  Is it good for everyone concerned.

    It was evident that some discussions violated these

   Ano ang "mahalaga"?   That which is valuable to the progress and growth of the venture.   The main issue, ranting of the parties did not adhere to this definition

   And in the future shall not be allowed to continue

  The meeting demoralized the marketing staff concerned and threatened not to push through with the plans

2.   Rights and power  of the owner:

      1.   Past discussions and arrangement -   Are all applicable had the promised loans to the principal Mr. FF materialized:     structure of sharing and rewards:   P10-20M from JD, and or P200K from the latest.  We are all aware that the deal could have fallen through had Engr FF provided this own funds

The event terminated all previous discussion and promises, the very own promises of brokers who promised funding having been broken and/or unfulfilled

          Therefore the project and the enterprise all belong to Engr. FF, and his decision alone shall prevail.  No further mention of equity or % sharing shall

be mentioned because the concerned parties failed to deliver the key resource - funds.   

         That EFF instructed key personnel of his own choosing shall not be cause for alarm and or display of power and selfishness, nor should be an agenda

for meeting with the owner.  And questioning that after it was declared as such is all ready a disrespect to the owner   EFF can make appointments based on his judgement of competence and loyalty of the personnel

       Engr EFF decision is his and his alone and every one in the room shall obey and observe such decisions

       Engr EFF has the right to make such decision and the owners must respect the agreement the JPA signed in accordance with Section 10 and 15 of such

document:  that he can conduct marketing activities, development  after signing

      It can no longer be a  WE.   Some parties failed to be part of the WE and do not seem to feel responsible

      The grant of right of way expansion has yet to be completed.   Such land is not available for acceptance to DHUSD the ROW still below the 10 meters wide

threshold.   The requirements of the land owner to provide the ROW is not yet complete and the owner must attend to this  soon

Do we need CEOs or billionaires; drivers, cashiers, operators can create wealth without CEOs - is this true

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There was a post at a social media that says that the real creators of wealth are the thousand toiling hard working drivers, cashiers operators, and we hardly need the billionaires and CEOs who run the company.  They are an added cost.   The post generated a lot of controversy and conversation.   

Those who understand business say that the one who has idea started it all, saw the opportunity and created a product or service for that need.   Drivers and cashiers on their own, can not have thought about the product and business, and the wealth of the starters the entrepreneurs is the reward for that innovation and hard work they put into this.

Those who are simply anti business say that the huge salary paid to the CEO and the wealth they have is immoral.  

Its not because this post is an entrepreneur or heads a business.

But I know of case where the bosss, who was tired, and decided to work again for a boss, gave away the sort of truck for a burger machine type of business 300 of them in all to his workers so that they will run the same as a business and be rich too.  In 6 months, the business was gone.  On their own, without direction, without leadership, a business cant be sustained.    A CEO a billionaire is a necessayr fixture in the business models.  No CEO, no leader, no business.  Period       

Making an exceptional, outstanding product - the only strategy you will ever need.

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The only central thing in a strategy is creating an exceptional, mesmerizing, product that squarely meet customer wants and needs.   ie building the best mouse trap  But many say that it is not enough.   You need marketing, sound supply chain HR, and finance tactics too   Yes.

But central to that is the excepttional product.  You must be unique. If you are a me too product, just like what is happening in PHL and elsewhere in the world, then the business has not future and destined to fail.  During the pandemic, many put up coffee shops and stay cation, airbnb structures.  Now many have closed shop.  Unless you have differentiated well enough, the business does not seem viable and will not last long.   I learned this from a Harvard professor who lectures at the GSB I worked for.  It was free.

So today, this involves upping customer experience.  

    In our business this can be translated to:

    1  Welcome arch

    2.  Multi colored shrubs, a riot of colors

    3.  Kakaibang tribute and interment

    4.  Having celebration nooks for birthday, and death annoversary

    5.  Continuity busiensses.  

Keeping customers for life.

Several millionaire gurus advised that in sales or entrepreneurship, do something for free as knowledge, seek payment for execution

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Some successful billionaires, sales gurus  like Dan Martell have spoused doing something for free. And worth mentioning are freemium business model as exemplefied by Wiki, Linked in, Google, You Tube and many more.   Ordinary products are free, but premium models are not.

Martell says that knowledge, skills can be shared for free, but execution, like workshop, mentoring, seminars are not.   You attract followers when you give something for free.  

What you sow you reap.   If you have sowed so much prosperity and wealth to other people, to the govt and the community, there is no other consequence except progress in due time.  

And besides that is called for in the scriptures.   

Find your gift and share with others.      

This post has been engaged in many things that are free:

    1.  Teaching at a GSB at a pittance of what I would earn in business

    2.  Mentoring in a group espousing entrepreneurship

    3.  Publishing countelss Entrepreneruship ppt at Linked in

    4.  Advising other business men in their deals

    5.  Sharing nuggeets of wisdom in ordinary business conversation

Damocles sword hanging over heads of small scale businessmen in view of the about to be approved legislated P200.00/day wage hike

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Its campaign  time and most likely this measure will mean more votes for the members of this HOR.  However iit does not dwell among the ones who will bear the burden;   its so easy to pass the measure wihtout the consent of the stakeholders.   Most likely:

    1.  It will cause the demise of small scale and medium enteprises.   At this stressful business environmnet:   inflation, shrinking markets, unstable situation, many can ill afford to survive if at all pay these wage hike.  That is why we have wage board.   This is a hefty  P5,000/month wage hike per month or P65,000 per year.  And if you have 100 employees, thats a whopping P6,500,000 a year, a number that  many cant afford.

   2.  Inflation.  Most likely the manufacturers, producers, traders will pass on the additional burden adding upon layers of price increase in the supply chain:   producers, traders, truckers, middlemen.   We end up with nothing.  Price increases will eat up the gains in wages.

All ready there are allegations of wrong doing in the budgetting process:   insertions, ayudas that really campaign kitties of incumbent senators and congressmen running into billions and now this:   grabbing benefits/more ayudas from private sectors.

Its not easy earning money in business.  It takes hard work, diligence, blood, sweat and tears,  And it all it takes is a stroke of pens to end all these economic activity to help build the nation

Maghunos dili kayo sirs/mams, maawa kayo

Not much from a team that lacks desire and discpline

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There was this project that bonked out because of difficulties with personality.  It looked like a promising and profitable venture.  Good location, ripe market. 

I passed this to a team of:   contractor, marketing, former used car sales person and son in BPO.   The initial stint for  funder, a promise of 7 numbers did not materialize.  The investor candidate backed out after pretending its OK.  The experience lasted 5 months.  And now the project is floundering because of lack fo PHP

However, all we need is small money adn employment of Richard Branson No. 4 rule and others too  

CASH Seek prepayments and deposit.

I met the head and requested for study of market whether asking for dp is feasible. The discussion was last Saturday.   The supposed other parties did not arrive.  And now I was asking for marketing plan, the pricing, the product, the promo etc.   They saidi there was all ready.

I have to push harder;  I think none has been produced.

More ppt for sales strategies and process

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This post is going back to self improvement mode, new business.  So far this post, looling only at YT has made 20 ppt outline covering sales, getting rich, self improvement.  Next step is doing the ppt or video format.     Then it can be transformed into:

      1.  Podcast of say P1k - P2k

      2.  Seminars of P5 to 7k pax

      3.  Event or coachng of P30K per day.  

A more effective, more satisfying meeting with leaders and managers

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This post has completed three meetings with project management people last week:   two with the contractor, two with the project officer.  (the other one today)   For the office:   admin, marketing and hr group, three attempts were made with them.   Thisi one today was completed and maybe will produce results

With the project management new projects

1.  Discussed the painful traction procedure of the polio afflicted with polio. Polio made his other leg shorter by two inches.  An offer was made to equalize leg length through stretch the bones using painful surgical procedures.  This is a lesson in personal improvement and change.

2.  Having the solar lamps which are now cheaper in the Western Part of the Province by P10,000 per unit.  (The others cost P25,000, the one we just saw here at Region 1 is P15,000, 180 watts, 6 meters.

3.  We synch with the marketing.  

4.  We need to the landscaping and irrigation system.

5.  We firm up numbers offer for another mp in a prime city.

6.  Employ sir Richard Branson style of getting funds for the business from DP, advanced payment from customer.  Not from equity or debt

With admin group

1.  Told them story of the short leg guro which must equialize the longer feet

2.  Solve problems;   the bigger the problem, the bigger the lesson, the bigger the learning

3.  HR

    1.  Increase entry level salary same for all nation wide:    P16 -  17k  /This is funded by higher price

    2.  ORC for qualified heads

    3.  Meeting regular group meetings for cluster.  Have events.   Give awards

    4.  Remove deadwood.  Upgrade the salaries of existing if they improve especially on communication

  Marketing:

   1.  Stop marketing at sbus with low inventory;   sell the remaining inventories to perpetual care.

        That is roughly  only twenty five per cent of TPP,   cash out.  The 48% to be contract;   24% to sbu

         The PCF sells at need only.  No need for marketing anymore.  We focus on continuity products

  2.  Continuity products

       1.  PIS

       2.  Heritage legacy bundle:   death and birdate remembrance.

           P1k for birthday (with tribute)

           P1k for death

              With mass card, flowers,  notification and fb post

       3.  Hire someone for this.j  We may reach business equivalent to the interment

   3.  Get marketing

       1.  Post at FB and Google ads

       2.  Be clear on who we are, what are our products, and what we offer

  4.  Automatic upgrade of salaries depending on output

  5.  Spend on promo at every stage of srales funnel:   for leads, for agreeing to have presentation/tripping, and for closing

  6.  Straighten the payment system.  Ease of doing business.

  7. Sales training.  Pppt made by this post for sales.   

Inspiration to build this type of project, to remind us of what has been, of what has been burned down

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Certainly LA, Palisades will never be the same.  The beauty we observed here, built over several decades. cant be restored.  The beauty, the serenity wont come back.   If there is LA to be rebuilt, LA 2.0 as told by Gov Newsome, this beauty will not be there.

It is nice ot know that in the Philippines, in scenses similar to this, such housing can be built:  1000 lots, 400 - 500 sm houses 4-5 br, 4 cr, and pershaps a swimming pool can be had for P10 - P15 m. 

This post has in mind several places where this can be built.   

Let us see.

Motivating the team on stalled project

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This post has requested for a meeting again of the team members involved in a real estate project that has been stalled since January.   

It has been difficult to get the team members togehter.   One did not reply when I requested,   The meeting was resked for 11 am, However the second one did not reply.  went to the designated meeting place.  Only one was there.  I decided to go on with the meeting with the lone attendee.

I tried to motivate  with three stories:

I recollected that the project was turndd down by my own company.   This post begged off from the property owner and two members of the team decided they will continue and they will get investors

One an incumber councilor promised  about P5M, then chickened out on the timeline she promised.   Its now January and nothing is moving.   The land owner is asking  the status;   I am being asked what to answer and we know the answer:   there is no investor yet

Two stories:

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1.  Richard Branson story and tips of how to put up a million dollar company.  He has five rules

      1.  Find the problem/s

      2.  Create the product /solution

      3.  Have a team

      4.  Get the cash from the customer, have the float

      5.  Take the risk

We have the 4 except No 4.   So what can be done:

     1.  Complete teh bp, marketing plan

     2.  Draft SDP, make price list, do a survey on what will sell not sell

     3. Start organizing sales force

     4.  Get approval

     5.  Pre sell

     Say 3,000 lots.     Price at P70,000.   Price at 35,000 pre sell.  P33,000 cash,  P35,000 P17,500 dp, balance payable in  2 years.   without interest

    That will generate about P100,000,000 total sales about P50,000,000 dp, enough to cover developmetn cost and funds for the owner

2.  Second story

    About BCDA and Heritage.  Story by the chairman

    He was appointed by FVR to be head of BCDA and instructed to make some money  And he asked for budget.  There is none.   FVR told him to be resourceful and produce the money.

   This is what the chairman did.  Of the 300 hectares he asked for bids for the 200+ hectares. And he was able to sell this to the MVP group and got P33,000 offer per sqm.   That would amount to baout P70 B.   And for the remaining for the memorial park.  It was securitized by former head of HDMF, and of the P40,000 initial offering, had two banks buy them at only P20,000 for a 100% ROI.   He raided P2 billion from that and was able to have enough money for development

Brilliant eh.

I asked a plan on how to do this.    

    

Trying to pep the marketing of businesses being bequeathed, are the successors learning?

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It does not seem that successors have learned much in running the business.  Communication, execution and maintaining standard sticking to vision, mission and principles is not good. Even holding a meeting.

These are the things I am doing

1.  Making new presentation on sales training.  I think I did 12 last week.   

2.  Innovating on new deals (using John Mullins and Sir Richard Branson tip on taking cash.

3.  Incentivizing project officer so that they take the initiative.

Simon Squibb interviewed Richard Branson on how to start a business

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Simon Squibb is a marketing guru and he interviewed Sir Richard Branson on how to make millions and or how to start a business

He has 5:

1.  Find the problems

2.  Find the solution

3.  Build the team and brand

4.  Ask for cash

5.  Take risk

Two are in Ted Talk by  John Mullins:     find the problem (not the product) and 4 ask for cash.   

I found two difficulties lately and #4 could be the solution

1.   One involved land acquistiion of nearly P200m.  We dont have that and it is very likely that we should say no and shelve the proposal.  But we could think of preselling, offer some of the inventories at 50% dp and or cash, heavily discounted..   We avoid thinking of bank loans and more equity.

2.  We can apply the same to a project where we could not find investors.    Make the plans, complete the marketing plan, and implement marketing.   

This was the way we strategize early on when we did not have money.  When you have some money, your perspective changes.  Scarcity, necessity is the mother of invention and innovation

Sir Richard, a knight at UK, has fallen into hard times.  Because of his age, and waning energy and becoming irrelevant (left out in innovation)

Entrepreneurship is getting out of the box, counter intuitive

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This video is like going back to my days of teaching this subject:  It runs counter to what is taught in regular MBA.   It is very much different from big, corporate business:

1.  Narrow vs big market;

2.  Cash flow   OPM Ask for cash/dp

3.  Yes we can (focus vs being serial entrep;reneur)

4.  Problem first

5.  Beg or borrow.  

Larry Farrel say its little money and little learning