It just fascinates me how one little idea sometimes can lead to tremendous returns. I think sometimes I just feed off the positive energy which comes along when someone is really excited about a new business venture. Yes, I'm a sucker for creativity. Just seeing the how a person lights up when they envision the success of their ideas shine on their face is just astounding.
I love working with Entrepreneurs who just keep coming up with ideas. Different people have different strengths and weaknesses. Entrepreneurs can be as diverse as night is to day.
Over the years I've had the opportunity to talk with and on occasion work with some people who have some extremely brilliant ideas. It seems the biggest risk takers normally have the greatest ideas which would lead to the greatest opportunities. They are so far reaching with their creativity that if they ever come to pass it would make a huge impact.
I have a person whose calls I had been ignoring recently. He is one of those big idea thinkers. He is always crying broke and when he calls you know prior to talking with him he wants you to do some task which normally involves your time and money. He lives a very lavish lifestyle. Boats, cars, waterfront properties, silk business suits, expensive shoes, dines at the finest restaurants, golfing, weekend resort entertaining and parties. My lifestyle is just as exciting as watching paint dry compared to his.
Well he called and got my private number from my brother. I'm begging for forgiveness for the fib I told that it's my friends phone and he was tired of him calling it. Then I made the mistake of calling him back from my home phone to tell him that. Why he won't call my business contact number I don't know. Most of the time when I shun a project it is because I don't want to get sucked in by someone's negative energy. However, he has me getting caught up in his positive hype. He wanted a website set up for one purpose several months back which the idea must not have panned out because I never did hear of his television show going live.
The reason for the most recent call was he wanted a website for a new business venture according to his voice message. After the passing of a few days another site and a different venture was of more importance after I finally spoke with him. Surprised? No I wasn't. Brainstorming ideas is on auto-pilot with him.
Well anyways I finally got around to setting up a preliminary version of his website. I don't know enough about his industry to speculate as to whether or not I feel it will be a success. He pretty much knew what he wanted as far as graphics, etc. Incredibly I can't wait for him to critique it. He does have outstanding style and taste as well. My guess I will gain invaluable insight from his feedback.
I really am going to have to take the time and pull out my web design template I perfected years ago when I first began doing websites. Lately I've been using a blank piece of paper with no clearly defined boiler plate just winging it. One of the first sites I did was for a social club. Starting out new it was a huge time saver because it was very comprehensive. It got to be a little too much when a member down in Florida wanted me to add in a interactive gaming component. Her idea was fabulous but it was a little much since I was working at cost trying to just have samples available of the work I'm capable of doing. I did refer her to a site which already had something in place they could just tap into. Why reinvent the wheel I would like to have a trend setting project something new and different.
Well anyways, the latest venture is a vacation related website. It is basically geared around people signing on and opting to pay a dollar to rent a vacation property or advertise for a dollar to post their wish list for a vacation rental. The goal is to have a million ads from people around the world looking to rent from exclusive resorts around the world.
Okay chicken feed does not get you a custom designed website with all those bells and whistles. I can't pay bills off a hope, promise, and a maybe. The most appropriate contact would be a venture capitalist.
The last site I set up and the guy offered me a percentage once things take off I refused the percentage. I should have taken it but I have enough on my plate not to be worried about trying to nick pick off someone else. I really hope that if someone does make it to the big time and their dreams become a reality for a successful business they'll just drop me a big fat check in the mail. By the way, any day soon would be really nice. Especially if you opt to sell out to a venture capitalist.
Honestly, I do love working with people who are full of positive energy rather than the doom and gloom pity party folks. This economy has had me leaning enough personally more towards the doom and gloom pity party folks myself so I am glad I finally let past bygones be bygones and went on and met with Mr. Positive. He is an excellent sales person. I think he could sell a major vacation resort in the middle of a desert.
He is just one of those people you look at and there exists an aura about them which shines of success. I do wish him the most successful business endeavor ever. He slighted me in a deal previously but I realize stuff happens.
Realistically, I really needed the burst of good, clean, positive energy. Now that I have his preliminary site set up I can go back to answering his calls again.
He just annoys me with how he never has money and he makes four times what I've made every year in his worst year. Give me a break! He leads a lot of people to think he's broke but I am like no way. His favorite words has to be "do this for me" and I don't see anyone who constantly says that in need of anything. I've been around him where he has asked other people "do this for me". I'm like what do you do for your dang self?
Once the ladies find out there is nothing between us he is even as close to family as family gets they start bringing him chocolates, and catering to him in other ways. I want to tell them so bad don't let the nice car and silk suit fool ya. He devours women as his prey.
His house is off the chain. He designs it so women will drop their panties as soon as they come through the door. He has a sit down area in his downstairs shower off the master bedroom. The best part of his house so he has told me is the master bedroom sits right next to the den so he can go right from the den to the bedroom. There is a sitting area right as you walk into the bedroom with a fireplace separating the sitting area from the master bedroom and a shower in the master bedroom that he loves because it is large enough to fit at least three honeys at the same time. He is so funny because he says everything like it is a matter-of-fact. I be cracking up laughing at him. And then he chides me that I don't think he's serious because I laugh, he'll say for real and I'll laugh even louder. The reason why I laugh is because I think it is ridiculously funny that he even says some of the stuff he says to me with my being a woman. I just found it too hilarious one day when he asked me to set him up with some friends. Why would I do that to a friend? If I meet a good match for him it is on and popping. Now the ones silly enough to start falling all over him without even knowing him I just back up and watch him work them. He doesn't even care if they run in the same circles. I would call him a smooth operator but it would be a serious understatement. When it is his civic duty to offer me relationship advice sometimes I just want to melt through to the floor to disappear out of site.
He has some really brilliant ideas but I think now after having written this post it seems he may want to curtail his operations with women long enough to dedicate to one of his fantastic ideas being executed fully.
I can't wait until he critiques the site. I am just perplexed he didn't ask for any provocative female photos to be included on the site, almost disappointed because it seems outside of his character. I asked him once why I never receive an invite to his parties when I found out he was having this a party with one of his buddies who I would like to meet just to talk in general conversation with. A local well-known entrepreneur. I met him because he sent me to him to do some investment deals with. We never got anything off the ground or had a follow-up conversation and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to catch him away from his work in a relaxed mode one weekend for one of their four-suite weekend golfing parties. He just told me in a matter of fact type way I don't fit the criteria to be invited. The women have to be "hot". He laughed and offered me a free get-a-way package at at a five-star resort of my choice and told me I can take my man. he would have the suites reserved for me and have everything set up with flowers, champagne, etc. Just go and have a good time he told me.
