Geeky-sexy cool.
I am testing whether infusing sex into the first few words of my post improves the hit rate. The stats will prove/disprove my theory. I am using a new theme and have attempted to remove the unnecessary clutter from my sidebar. I hope that makes it more readable. Also, I am going to try to pick a cool video (whether music or otherwise) on each of my posts. Today it is My Heart, which has absolutely nothing to do with what I want to talk about.
The Beesneeses
I do not think I have told anyone about my personal exploits. I have a pretty great (sweet) job working for LIME that is quite fulfilling. However, I also have hobbies and different initiatives that I do in my spare time. These may/may not be income generating.
E-Merge
I think I’ve tried every endeavour at least once. I will tell you about my pre-college initiatives another time. However,while in college I set up a company with my best friend called Dynamic Horizons with the intention of creating an e-commerce mall. A friend of mine, Mike, established this iteration of it. I mean, I’m not saying I inspired Mike to create it. However Damion and I were young and had no money etc. I think we are totally over this idea. Besides, from what I’ve gathered Jamaica isn’t ready for this yet.
Networking
The next thing I tried was physical networking. I worked with a couple charities to make it work. I teamed up with my friend Jay and spent some time wiring a post-office, a police station and a church. That was a lot of fun! Networking, IT in general, is a saturated area but is also not properly developed for the small to medium business customer segment. I haven’t spent too much time thinking about it since, but it is worth a second look. I will probably get back into this within the next 12 months.
Bushing
Damion and I were also into landscaping. That was probably the most hilarious part of my set of endeavours. Imagine me with a cutlass. I know, it looks as funny as you think it does. Total misfit. We soon hired someone to do the work and focused on management of it in terms of scheduling and quality. Again, this is another area that has great potential, even if it seems saturated. The big players charge extremely high rates and the small players are fractured. I may think about this again, but not right now.
Sado-Masochism?
The project that is now occupying my spare time is agriculture, and more specifically apiculture. Bee Keeping is Jason’s idea. We just set up a partnership, it is called S&M Agricultural Products. I know right! S&M, ROFL!
I am kinda hoping that when someone searches for S&M that they will find our honey and pollen site. Imagine their disappointment. IKR!
In all seriousness, the bee thing is looking interesting. By January we should have 50 boxes of bees supered twice and harvesting profitable quantities of pollen and honey. I am applying all the skills I acquired in business school (just concluded that actually) to make this work. I anticipate that in January I will be on to the next investment or venture.
In all this my mother has been there to laugh at me and cheer me on. I am a mama’s boy, I know. She always supports my ideas and for that I am eternally grateful. She may not be able to offer resources but advice and moral support are powerful.
