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lakes and the sea call us out of our "city caves" and back to
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| Oregon and the outback: There are remote
parts of every country -- especially here in the great old USA -- where there
are far more trees than people. It's where the air is so fresh it lifts you up
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| Take a break from the daily grind and come to the
outback to sit within a rustic-but-elegant place. Slow down a bit and feel the
privilege of being alive all over again. OK? |
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escaped. Your not-so-virtuous Virtual Office has followed you. You can work and
learn from anywhere. But today we hope to learn a sweet balance between work,
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| Plus, these folks have a few things they can teach
us. We start in Bend, Oregon, go northwest to Sisters, and into that place we
all want to find ... |
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1. $40M for productions. In January 2005 at
a meeting in Chicago with major financial groups, SmallBusinessSchool
(SBS) was asked, "Could some episodes be produced for less than $10K?" They
wanted to participate in that $40M annual production budget for up to 4000
local episodes each produced by local airing stations.
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The answer was "Yes." They also wanted to be
global, i.e. "Would you do an episode in Bosnia?" The response, "Yes." These
people expect billions will be invested every day into the best small
businesses. With automated reporting tools on the web and within SEC
guidelines, many more small businesses can accept private equity investment
without the requirements of doing an IPO. Even NASDAQ is interested because
those businesses get on the IPO track.
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2. Transparency. Or, opacity - -- how
easily, quickly and reliably can people see the real business with real
numbers? Because of the web, it is all possible; and given just that
possibility, this will become a major-major market.
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3. Online profile to an episode to the
Index. To be selected by one's community is the beginning of a new business
model whereby we recognize the good and we ignore the bad. To date, the media
does just the inverse.
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4. 2005 Goals:
$400M for local stations
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there could be more than $9B for
small businesses. These goals, an extension of the $40M production budget, are
possible because of the web. We can reward the good and ignore the bad. It's a
huge-but-possible mission. more... |
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