bar hopped a bit last night w/ some suppliers and their friends..played some dice game that’s popular here and saw some awesome flair bartending and other stage acts behind the bar….
Shanghai
whoever told me you don’t need to speak Chinese in Shanghai was full of it….at least where i’m staying, the taxis – no one speaks english! I have to use my friend’s text messages in Chinese characters to tell the cabbie where to drop me off….and the volume of bikes, scooters, people walking, running, cars driving in the left lane …
my chinese name
extremely exhausted from my last 24 hours of Shenzhen Trade show, factory visit, dinner and drinks w/ supplier, early morning flight from Shenzhen to Shanghai…and all the detailed madness in between….. detailed madness….I like that though I sound british… Mike in Chinese Update – It was changed to be more unique – 迈理倪 (Mai Li Ni)
Survived some food poisoning – minor speed bump
so it was bound to happen…hit some food poisoning sunday evening….still hit trade shows, visited factories, and snapped some pics w/ trade show models… getting good at this game….but more questioning of the food…. Met some Manufacturers I’ve done biz w/ before and gotta get the trade show models….
goose feet and entrepreneurship
hong kong / asia / china – I have never been surrounded by such hard working, ambitious entrepreneurs ever in my life! It is like a kid in a candy store…so many people to talk about – FROM ALL OVER the world….south america, dubai, canada, australia, india, pakistan, china, phillipines…its amazing – maybe its just this sourcing fair that is …
First Day In Hong Kong
arrived late last night – to start it off 1) my friends weren’t expecting me for another day…took a couple calls from a payphone to reach their mobile! 2) airport lost 1 of my bags. 3) sat in the middle seat next to a window seat guy that had bladder problems (or something that kept him hitting the bathroom…)…on a …
final boarding call for flight 99 from newark to hong kong…
hustler trying to make us a millionaire usin his craps method….and a pic from “The Pool” bar in Harrah’s casino last night blog entry – wed oct 10, 2007 currently in newark airport sitting on the floor to get a freakin’ power outlet…..you think by now these airports would realize 2 outlets per terminal ain’t gonna cut it…maybe there’s a …
Rate cut – time to make some bigger bets
Well, Fed lowered their rate today 5.25 to 4.75 – nice lil rally in the stock market….also means my money market rate is going to start moving downwards…which implies I need to start betting some more money on myself and my ventures! == Yahoo Finance Excerpt ==http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070918/wall_street.html?.v=53 The Fed lowered the benchmark fed funds rate to 4.75 percent after keeping …
Credit Market Mania affecting my businesses
hmmm… So I’m thinking about a company actually coming up w/ the money for these large deal I’m brokering…..obviously the credit markets is out of control…but I didn’t put two and two together until our today. But these transactions, if financed, are asset backed on inventory goods, so that has to be a safer loan than others, and hopefully these …
the rapid development of loadpipe.com
this past week LoadPipe.com has developed like crazy…. between my quotes from IT development – finding and agreeing on a front end UI / graphic design – and firming up specs, uses, scope, and competitive analysis… just need to decide when I stop holding back from debuting it and marketing it and selling it….
trip of a lifetime….well at least for next next few months!
so i’m trying to figure out my next few months….here we go…..$1825 booking on hold w/ Continental… ===== FLIGHT OF A LIFETIME –> Thurs Aug 30th – leave san diego to Newark, NJ – RED EYE, 9:40pm arrive Fri Aug 31st 5:57am train to New Haven, CT Michelle’s Wedding Sat Sept 1 hang in CT, then hang in NY/ NJ …
The biggest thing since NAFTA – S. Korea & USA
maybe i’m gonna look into trade w/ South Korea………..see belw… ————— The biggest thing since NAFTA The U.S. and South Korea reached a landmark deal to slash tariffs and other trade barriers in the biggest such pact since the North American Free Trade Agreement, which took force in 1994. The deal could boost trade between the two countries by $20 …
how will this affect my new venture
as my new venture is based around sourcing product from China – I see today’s news rather alarming… —————— Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez announced the newChinese duties at a press conference in Washington. The Bushadministration, which debated the change internally for months,faced pressure to expand the tariffs from steel companies, textile producers and other manufacturers and their advocates inCongress. …