Pet tracking idea

This all happen relatively quick. Got a fren who is into a biz that provides vehicle tracking services. I remarked to him that he has a brilliant product and there is plenty of opportunities he could explore.

And then he enticed me.

He asked if I wanted to go over to help him out. He is in need of people to help him grow his biz and is relented to trust just about any one.

Honestly I am flattered and strongly tempted. The idea of being in a small startup and the ability to help it grow, greatly entices me.

Sadly I told him that I could not afford to do so. I am pegged down with commitments and would need the dough. He understood where I was coming from and we kept our friendship professional.

When an idea pops up, I would share with him about the possibility of using his tracking services in this new area. He would give me an opinion if it is feasible or not. Recently I came up with the idea of Pet tracking and shared with him immediately.

What I din know was that he has already ventured into that field. The only problem was, this was carried out in another country and not SG. He asked if I was keen on it. If so, I could be his reseller. All I would need is to register a legal biz entity and signed with him a reseller deal. I would price the product with a mark up and proceed to sell it in my own capacity. I am fairly excited and have been considering it since.

I aint keen to just jump straight into it. I need to see if there is market potential for this. What I do know is that my risk would be small. The startup capital would be affordable and I just need to the energy and time to market this (online stores and such).

I guess I would make my decision shortly. If its worth a shot, I should be waiting for the cows to come home.

Awake? You might just be sleep walking

Every work day I followed a fixed routine. Alarm ring, put to snooze, got up, turn on the heater, grab the papers, boil some water, go back to bed, alarm ring again, curse, silent alarm, shower, make breakfast, read the papers and run off in a daze to work

It’s the same routine that repeats endlessly. Something I could practically do without any thinking. I bet I could even close my eyes while doing it. But it wise to keep my eyes half open at least. Wont want to walk into the balcony thinking its my shower.

Now I don’t dread on the routine in my daily ritual. After all, I been experimenting and found it to be my most effective routine to get all the above done in an hour and reach work on time. What I do dread is going to my workplace and do nothing more but routine work.

I have spent 5 years in an establishment that limits my creativity and growth. A well structure organization that prevents one from getting work done quickly. Everything has to follow a fixed and meaningless structure. Slow and steady to win the race some might say, leaving my mind to become dumb and numb.

And then I had enough.

My bags were packed and I left to enter a whole new environment. The dangerous realms of the private sector. The place where public servants are told endless stories of back stabbing, bodies dumping and promiscuous relationships. Ok the last one may not be that bad… I kid.

It has been a couple of months now and I never felt better. I have faced many challenges in this period of time that makes my daily work seem non routine. I gotten to do marketing, a chance to sniff out competitors’ products, provide some cut throat strategy and secured a deal on my own. And to think I only have an engineering background.

Such is the hunger that I now have, I am craving for more. I am on a lookout for a good deal and to build my networks. I foresee that this would be necessary for me to achieve greater success in the future. Like Steve Jobs once said, you cant connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect the dots looking backward. You just have to trust that those dots somehow connect in your future.

I know for sure my future lies in those dots I have created now.