A New Adventure

Well my boss always seems to have a new market or plan up his sleeve but they never seem to work out or they just amount to little more than pipe-dreams. This is why I initially thought I would be travelling all over Asia then never did. However, I am slightly more optimistic about the new pipe dream. It is the biggest, most advanced, and well thought out plan he has given so far.

We had a vendor here to try and get us to buy a new machine. But to buy a new machine we need to have new customers, and the boss really wants the new machine.

So where to look for customers for phone cards? Africa, of course.

Seriously, there are large and growing populations that all have access to mobile phones and there are no landlines. The mobile companies do not trust the people to follow through if they sign a contract so everyone has to buy phone cards and the market is booming. So, in theory, this looks like a good deal.

Now it is up to me to get this off the ground. That means developing contacts, finding and agent, finding customers, etc. Oh yeah, and best to do it within 2-3 months.

Thing is I am actually pretty excited about all of this. Definitely what I thought I would be doing more of when I came here to Taiwan. It is cool to think that as a young dude I essentially have control of this new business endeavor.

The downside is of course the dangers of the region. But as long as I say away from the danger spots (Nigeria included) I should be fine. We actually got a lot of good information from our vendor who is in Africa all the time. He had some insane stories about Nigeria and the close brushes he had with death in that country.

We shall see if this comes to anything, hopefully so.