alzheimer-free

this is the exact copy of my post on www.entrepreneur.com/boards

"Im a newbie here but im a full time entrepreneur in real life.  I have a habit of a serial entrepreneur in which i open a new business on each of my past-18 birthdays.  previously i was competition-oriented rather than being creatively-oriented (as per definition of the 1910 SOGR book i downloaded from download.com), i previously fear of competition and not sharing most of my ideas.  Things have drastically changed then, i was beginning to be creatively-oriented and sharing my business venture studies with veteran entrepreneurs in our area and asking for their insights and things were going well afterwards.  As evident, i’m now trying this same technique on a larger scale, like on this web forum!

im currently studying to start on my 25th birthday a vacuum dried fish processing company.  it will be distinctively different from the usual sun-dried fish for there will be no chance of a fly being in contact with the dried fish!  the idea here is to totally eradicate the possibility of worms (siblings of the fly) that grow on the dried fish.  The chances of it being on the dried fish is presently reduced with this old techniques:

1.  Sun drying on a very windy area.
2.  The washing of middle merchants and fast drying again.
3.  Placing people all day to disturb the flies (which is practically useless)
4.  Storing when sudden rain comes (the major problem)

In my proposed process, rice hull (which is given for free by rice mills) would be used as fuel to generate heat.  a heat separator (around 65T) would then filter carbon (the black grease you see in old bakery oven designs) to not enter the vacumm heating area.  In our test, the dried fish looked like a tin-foiled barbecue (looking pale unlike the usual red) yet has a moisture content lower than the typical dried fish (30-35%).

There is a problem however.  For it to run properly economies of scale is needed.  Working capital requirements alone is 3 batches of 1 ton of bangus per day.  It is translated into 180 tons for the 2 month period (the cash to cash cycle).  180 tons even on the lowest 45/kilo rate in our area is 8,100,000 on raw material alone.  Consequently, it has not been introduced in the market so it is expected that promotions would be a money grabber and pricing is a little bit higher because of higher production cost.

I’m just expecting that the WORM alone could easily make the market!

I’m looking for business insights from veteran entrepreneurs, possible local and export distribution channels, technical insights from fishery people, maybe also a financial partner.  rj.juarez@techie.com "

im pondering why many read this topic but only seven comments.  i was expecting more since i have read in other threads people complaining of "get rich quick schemes" and "PM MEs without discussing the details".  All seemed to ask of a more detailed writing.

im reading this e-book i downloaded from www.download.com called "the science of getting rich".  at first glance the title suggested a covetous and moronic philosophy of trying to place in the scientific realm such a dificult topic, but i was proven wrong.  it proved to be a good read.  im just on chapter 11 and i just stopped because my eyes became teary (of radiation!).

as i understand, its jist says that "the science of getting rich should be a creative process not a competitive one.  it should be for the purpose of adding to the realm of the world’s knowledge and not by destroying through competition the knowledge put forth by innovative individuals."  perhaps in my case it has a bearing of truth for i have long competed with destroying a lot of what big companies (mobile providers, satellite tv, internet-connected pc) have thru hacking (this should be another topic.hehe).  i also have a previous competitive nature in dealing with business industry mates, i just wanted to put them down rather than creatively improving my own.  like when i wanted to attack personally and fund legally claims of a competitor’s sexual abuse of his female employees.  like killing pricepoints below cost just to fend off small start-ups.

as i observed this negativity never did me any good.  when i started to befriend any competitor and tried to share with them the possible threats to the industry be it on my internet cafe, satellite tv, wholesale prepaid loading and water processing station, business was doing good even if the same negative tactics are now being used against me.  getting financially stable should always be a process of creation not a process destruction.

today, i changed the way business is being done on my accuclear water processing station!  inspired by a program i saw on hallmark "boss swap" and the local philippine hit "pinoy big brother".  In boss swap, the entrepreneurs were given the other’s task for 2 weeks (one was a used car businessman and a cosmetics businesswoman).  One week to observe the other business-owners’ management style and 1 week of free reign to change rules of doing business.  In pbb, there is a week’s cash budget based on the participant’s performance for the weekly task.

in my case, there previous food allowance was permanently added to their salary.  An increase of about 20% in purchasing power!  additionally, i gave them a cash incentive equal to the total containers sold for the week, in the previous week their incentive is 644 pesos for the same number of containers sold the whole week.

I think it would be a hit for they will be maximizing the full potential of the sales capacity of the organization because they have a part in the gross sales of the product.  they are also looking on the sales projection of our company, specially that we would be adding a delivery truck, double the size of our first delivery vehicle.  we are projecting that at full potential (say 2-3 months) the new vehicle would be able to sell atleast 900 containers/week bringing the weeks total for the two vehicles at 1500-2000 containers.  the same amount would be there weeks food allowance which obviously on the provincial setting is hard to use all up.

on the first day, i saw that all of them is speeding operations up without too much micro-management on my side.  i know that they have the capacity of having more take-home-pay than their contemporaries working an hour-thirty minutes away in the city.  i just hope that the increase in production (for the processing personnel) and sales (for the delivery personnel) could morethan account for the increase in expenses and the reduced margin per container.

its a nice feeling to have a part in making a person happy. the smile of a human being is invaluable.. now imagine magnifying the feeling 600 times!

together with the support of the local government (free use of the auditorium, lights, display screen and personnel assistance).  we showed the pacquaio vs. morales fight live via satellite for FREE to the common people (about 600 of them)!  before the fight i could appreciate the bundled wondering and gratitude of people who seems to ask through their eyes, "why?".  "why don’t we have to pay something for such a great service?".  by about 11am, people were starting to come in bundles and by fight time there seemed to be an echoed resonance of each blow that pacquiao gives.  people were frenzied with happiness.

for my side, the expense for the project could be morethan equated to the smile.  businesswise, i think it is still a nice strategic move since the average townsmate may further appreciate the convenience of having a satellite tv system when the resources are available (which they could buy thru accudish satellite tv, from us also).  i was also able to advertise my latest business venture, the water processing station (accuclear water station).  my personnel’s morale was greatly improved for they were happy of being a part of an organization that made people happy this 22nd day of january (i think!).  or because all of them stopped their routine jobs and helped in the project.

i’m writing to amuse myself when alzheimer comes.  my grandfather has it, my father shows signs of development..and i guess i have the early signs of most probably having it also!

imagine having coffee with my grandfather for his 5th of the morning! he asks being served his 5th for i was having coffee and he (as he thinks) never had one for the morning.  my father on the other hand sometimes turns on the wrong directions during driving and then when we laugh boisterously of it, then he gets really mad but laughs after. i myself easily forgets personal events and just asks my girlfriend (whom i digress everynight on the phone about my day) about what she remembers of what i told her about such events of my life say 5 months ago!

Perhaps in my case, its a blessing at this point of life!  i could easily fend off any heart-screaming occurrences for the simple reason that "I CANT REMEMBER".whahaha i could as i notice focus my attention and brain-power (what a strong phrase) on a project that i am learning because less of my memory is being used to store past experiences.  So in computer lingo, i may have a DDR memory.."a double dynamic random access memory".  It’s very fast on storing and processing something because it is as fast in deleting those passed infos!

xanga the web blogging community was the former home of my idiocentric mind (xanga.com/philophobix).  I missed writing so much since my last post on september 2003 but i can’t seem to start where i left.  I was afraid of posting some of my thoughts during my emotional swings due to the fear of regretting later on. but i guess it’s part of the thrill of blogging, which is very hard to refuse.