Haven’t blogged for weeks!! There been much going on
recently So came very very close to
getting a gig at one the best companies in the world, but then I just got an
email saying that they were no longer in a position to fill that spot because
of some very recent changes. Maybe its bad luck, maybe its destiny, I am just hoping
its not karma. Disappointed by that news, I felt very much to be left alone,
and I just called it a early night. That was literally the most exciting thing
to happen on my Halloween. Regardless, I am still optimistic about the future,
and always try to the think the best of things that happen around me.
Writing this blog from Kamloops right now, here to drive my
sister to an interview at a ‘hotel’ called 540…I don’t understand why I am here
or why there needs to be an interview in Kamloops. The industry is far more
dominant in Kelowna and really nothing about this town that makes me wanna be
here…but I am not her, I think she is probably scared that she doesn’t have a
job, having a risk adverse personality, some people take the job they get
offered rather than a job that’s really right for them. Maybe that’s the right
way, I really don’t know, but that’s not what my intuition tells me to do.
So in other news, watching a ton of Dragons’ Den. I always
loved the show, but now that I actually started watching it in some capacity
and started to analyze it..it makes no sense to me. Its hard to be a judge of
the process on the show, because to the best of my knowledge the process
compromised for the entertainment value. Being on a national
broadcast, and having ‘more accomplished’ just scrutinize yourself only appeals to
three types of people. I made a demographic out of them!
Type1: Inventers
An ambitious inventor,
who is not an entrepreneur, does not understand anything about business. These
are the people who are more or less on the show can support some claims with
sales, typically get the cash. These people are fully aware of the situation
and are realistic about expectations
Examples include the spike shoe, and the shoelaces. I think the show was
probably designed best for these people, and it’s a great avenue for them to
develop an idea, as they need the investors resources that are far beyond the
cash. The inventor who doesn’t understand evaluation, and inventors seldom do
is worth nothing or everything.
Type2: The Moron
The idiot whose ideas
suck so much and they continue to believe in it cause of their own social
groups. I think these people at some level know their idea is shit, but they
are desperate, so if your desperate, no one local is willing to invest in your
idea, you will be attracted to a show like Dragons’ Den…so they take a
gamble…pride for potential cash. Plus, they are super entertaining so I am sure
the show loves em too. The most extreme example of this is the retard that tries to sell magic water. The less extreme version are all the stupid female specific ideas that exist cause of dirty dirty men....fixin vixen, and that Mrs. Lube..what the fuck was she thinking.
Type3: The I duunos
These people don’t have a clue what they are doing. Hitting
up highly saturated markets and claiming that 1% of blah blah blah. Even if
they have a decent product/idea…they are not the right people to invest in. They
typically don’t have a clue of what’s the cost to market. What’s the
competition, what’s the value of the patent…NO clue what is going on. They just
throw a number out there and hope other people think they are worth something.
Seldom successful, they just don’t understand evaluation. You are NOT worth
what you think you will be in 5 years. No one wants to give them money now so
in 5 years they’ll be worth the investment they put in today. The whole point
of going to an angel for money so that an angel can bet on you and what you
worth in five years. The reason that these people don’t work is cause they are
gamblers, and the dragons are risk takers. The difference between a gamble and
a risk is that a risk is calculated.
Anyway! Favorite Dragon: Brett Wilson. Not just cause we
graduated from the same school. But the man thinks with the ethics system that
I do. He may have a background in finance, but the man’s a marketer by heart! I loved him from his very first episode, where he opens with, “all this
money is for charity anyway, I have enough, your children are going to have enough.”
Watching him on the show for me makes him a great role model. The sad news is that in School events, I’d see him all the time, wearing jeans, where everyone
else was wearing tuxes. Before the show he was intimidating, soo
intimidating to approach as I never did talk to him. After the show, I feel
like I can just run up to the guy and share a life story…maybe not quite. But saying
Hi to Brett just kind of feels like a missed opportunity, not cause I think it
could have led to potential cash or employment! but because I would’ve just
been able to take so much away from him in his personality. Things happen, maybe we’ll meet some other
day working for charities we both love
