Posts

Showing posts from July 27, 2014

Can you start a business in 10 days in Freeport?

Image
I came across this article recently and smiled gently to myself and thought... is this possible in Freeport? So I had a look at what it had to say: Day 1: Write a business plan: The article said this is a critical step to your success and that you might want to eschew the napkin for something a little easier to copy and distribute to potential investors and colleagues - Well I think this one we can do! Day 2: Study the market. Hmmm in Freeport this is ok but not that easy. But you are advised to figure out where your products and services are and what rules and regulations are unique to your industry. But remember, there is such a think as overdoing it. Day 3: Create a brand. I think thats easy. To build your identity you need a name, logo, a website and a social-media presence to get going. Day 4: Get your legal affairs in order. This is also do able and now we are talking about expenses. But, hire an attorney to incorporate and draw up documents for legal agreements and ide

Do you really want it?

Image
As I sit to write every Tuesday and Friday mornings, at the back of my head I hear the negative things that some may say - someone reading this will be saying... "how could she be this positive when things look so bleak in Freeport?" I really believe that we get what we want and we get what we say we want - both the same, both different. If you believe it can and will change, you will be doing something to aide in bringing about the change. If you have decided that it's over and there is nothing you can do, you will do nothing and your prophecy will come true. Did you want it to come true or were you hoping for change? If you were saying one thing but hoping for another you will get lots of the prediction, but somewhere in there you will see where others were able to benefit from some positives. Freeport needs a lot! According to the Flemming Strategy we need at least $26 billion to get us started. But that is only to put one group in charge - Hutchison Whampo