Its funny, how time flies and you realize how dumb you sounded in the day. It's been a long time since this has been updated, but i feel no reason to compromise my intellectual property. Even in the most remote state of publicity, this is all I'm willing to reveal.
IN A LETTER TO MALACHAI SWAY:
The only thing with that is I have to work until july 8th. you know my tendencies to not save cash. we should really make this happen. the boys need to see some things... however i know that family is always first... just reconsider your options since i know your lying in luxury.
Anyway, the whole world goes to the shitter. Since you are behind the great firewall, designed by our boys at CISCO, you might not fully realize the gravity of the situation. Im sure i could write a few words that shouldnt be in the same sentence and this email wouldnt even get to you... about the situation in north africa and the middle east and how adamantly china is denouncing it, or about how theyre trying hard to dissolve teachers unions in Wisconsin to try and balance their budget. Tensions simmer, and our planet falls apart. nowhere is safe...
An I can only think... how can we fix this situation, how can we make ourselves comfortable doing so?
The globalized leveling of the educational playing field. This world needs be smaller, and the people smarter. We utilize the tools in front of us and piggyback on those bigger than us. we are the new squad addicted to innovation.
Im trying to get on top of things here with a few baby steps, my environment is being difficult and i think a berating is in order. however... i CANNOT get to big for my britches, so to candidly speak. i need fucking men on the ground ben. capital is proving to be a huge issue, id love to be paying people to research and contact for me, but i make 4.00 an hour plus an education (or i should say a FUCKING STUPID PIECE OF PAPER.)
excuse my outburst, i'm recession busting right now. its a really sweet deal. but i digress...
I need help assembling a team - teachers, robotics engineers, entrepreneurs, linguists, event organizers, government policy makers and social planners, general internet mafioso. I have no idea how else to do this. its a big job that needs to be done.
if this shit doesnt happen i think we'll just end up killing ourselves. its time to go true boxcutta style (or, if you remember, the path of the true pedestrianist) make it work even though we know its gonna be a fucking rough trip. We need to connect our contacts on this trip, and find a proper middleman who will run shit between them... i truly believe this to be of extreme importance.
this is our revolution, its almost time to kick it off.
yours in mind or metal arms
SLM
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Friday, November 13, 2009
Seriously Though, How Does One Start a Conglomerate?
So far, I'm thinking the best way for us to begin is to create a language learning entity that operates similarly to Bowen Happy English. That is, a private company that provides language education services to various previously established learning centers. Having a company like that on this side of the pond would be the perfect jump off point.
To make things clear, this would not be The People's Elbow Ninja English. TPE and this are different stages of the scheme.
Stage 1= Bowen Happy English's new curriculum and continued success (Which is not quite outside the boundaries of our control. However, this is something I will need to think about.)
Stage 2= Establish the subject of this article
Stage 3= TPE becoming an established group providing online tutoring, classes, etc. Possibly via another company like Edufire.com
Stage 4= Robot Arms.
That's just a very, very quick outline. I feel like those are some key pieces to the puzzle. They will need to be timed correctly, and may all happen at the same time, or at least in rapid succession.
Moving on, attractive to the consumer would be our teacher and student exchange programs, shotgun language learning and a longer term goal being an established clientele for Robot Arms to operate from.
Now, apart from the other problems I will run into when working out the operational logistics of a company like this... I'm going to have to market the fact that Chinese is going to be a very important language to know in the near future. I dont think it will be very hard to convince people of this fact. 800 million or so people speak Mandarin worldwide, making it the most spoken language in the world. In far second is Spanish with around 300 million. Chinese children begin learning English in Pre-School, around the ages of 3-4. When it comes to learning 2nd language in America, this is almost unheard of. When you go to a business dinner with a Chinese client, and speak even a little Chinese, they instantaneously love you. Speaking Chinese could be a fucking secret weapon, as almost no one expects it of you. This is changing however, slowly if not surely. We need to get on the forefront of it ASAP.
So, the best way I can start the ball rolling is to get a curriculum designed, for which I will need some native speakers. I will look into the pool of Chinese exchange students at Northwestern, hopefully finding one who is studying Education. From there I will get a business plan made, contact various people who'd be interested in investing and attempt to convince Northwestern to assign credit for students willing to work on this project. All done for free provided I'm ready to play my cards right.
So, all being said, I know this sounds disjointed and crazy. It's part of me getting my ideas straightened out and focused down to the baby steps. I'm going to start a motherfuckin' umbrella conglomerate into which we will incorporate all that is awesome; our own radio station; fuckin' Scroty Swipes; our Mead company; and yes, even a Moon House real estate company.
To make things clear, this would not be The People's Elbow Ninja English. TPE and this are different stages of the scheme.
Stage 1= Bowen Happy English's new curriculum and continued success (Which is not quite outside the boundaries of our control. However, this is something I will need to think about.)
Stage 2= Establish the subject of this article
Stage 3= TPE becoming an established group providing online tutoring, classes, etc. Possibly via another company like Edufire.com
Stage 4= Robot Arms.
That's just a very, very quick outline. I feel like those are some key pieces to the puzzle. They will need to be timed correctly, and may all happen at the same time, or at least in rapid succession.
Moving on, attractive to the consumer would be our teacher and student exchange programs, shotgun language learning and a longer term goal being an established clientele for Robot Arms to operate from.
Now, apart from the other problems I will run into when working out the operational logistics of a company like this... I'm going to have to market the fact that Chinese is going to be a very important language to know in the near future. I dont think it will be very hard to convince people of this fact. 800 million or so people speak Mandarin worldwide, making it the most spoken language in the world. In far second is Spanish with around 300 million. Chinese children begin learning English in Pre-School, around the ages of 3-4. When it comes to learning 2nd language in America, this is almost unheard of. When you go to a business dinner with a Chinese client, and speak even a little Chinese, they instantaneously love you. Speaking Chinese could be a fucking secret weapon, as almost no one expects it of you. This is changing however, slowly if not surely. We need to get on the forefront of it ASAP.
So, the best way I can start the ball rolling is to get a curriculum designed, for which I will need some native speakers. I will look into the pool of Chinese exchange students at Northwestern, hopefully finding one who is studying Education. From there I will get a business plan made, contact various people who'd be interested in investing and attempt to convince Northwestern to assign credit for students willing to work on this project. All done for free provided I'm ready to play my cards right.
So, all being said, I know this sounds disjointed and crazy. It's part of me getting my ideas straightened out and focused down to the baby steps. I'm going to start a motherfuckin' umbrella conglomerate into which we will incorporate all that is awesome; our own radio station; fuckin' Scroty Swipes; our Mead company; and yes, even a Moon House real estate company.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Canton Niner Hot Route
It was a difficult decision to make, staying on this side of the pond. I was going to take the 600 dollar round trip flight from LAX to Hongkong, get a ton of business cards made, maybe have some fliers designed, and market the shit out of this group. The decision came after a long process through which I could only boil my predicament down to a simple question, "what did I originally come back here for?" I have things I need to do here before I can run around balls out in China again.
Luckily I have the Sensei of Market Engineering Malachi Sway on it for me. I'm going to contact my friend Spark to see if he can design you a sick business card and possibly a poster. To make things easy, we'll get everything filtered into one email address, which I think you already have set up. I should get a nice office set up is so as to be as organized as possible, complete with a working computer. Your mission is to then settle in at the University, get some tutoring jobs and think about how you can use the whole teaching online thing. They will be interested in some shit like this, meaning possible money for us. Anyway be careful, they will steal all your ideas and leave us kinda fucked if they can, so best to think of ways to protect yourself and the group against that. Leverage my friend. More importantly, guan xi.
Now, what could be HUGE for us is your guan xi at the Robotics department. Talk to some board members and professors, start a Robot Arms project. Think a high quality product that requires specialized knowledge to operate and fix to produce jobs. John boy and I will try and have the plan ready, but this is the way we need to think about it. All this could be done for free if we're ready to play our cards right.
So, there's some long term Mortar for all of us. Canton Niner Hot Route on 3, Ready... break.
Luckily I have the Sensei of Market Engineering Malachi Sway on it for me. I'm going to contact my friend Spark to see if he can design you a sick business card and possibly a poster. To make things easy, we'll get everything filtered into one email address, which I think you already have set up. I should get a nice office set up is so as to be as organized as possible, complete with a working computer. Your mission is to then settle in at the University, get some tutoring jobs and think about how you can use the whole teaching online thing. They will be interested in some shit like this, meaning possible money for us. Anyway be careful, they will steal all your ideas and leave us kinda fucked if they can, so best to think of ways to protect yourself and the group against that. Leverage my friend. More importantly, guan xi.
Now, what could be HUGE for us is your guan xi at the Robotics department. Talk to some board members and professors, start a Robot Arms project. Think a high quality product that requires specialized knowledge to operate and fix to produce jobs. John boy and I will try and have the plan ready, but this is the way we need to think about it. All this could be done for free if we're ready to play our cards right.
So, there's some long term Mortar for all of us. Canton Niner Hot Route on 3, Ready... break.
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