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MALAYSIAN TYCOON, LIM GOH TONG (A SELF-MADE BILLIONAIRE)

MALAYSIAN TYCOON, LIM GOH TONG (A SELF-MADE BILLIONAIRE)

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Lim Goh Tong

Born - 1918, Anxi County, Fujian, Republic of China
Died - October 23, 2007(2007-10-23) (aged 89), Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Occupation - Retired, Founder of Genting Highlands, Genting Group and Star Cruises
Net worth - U$4.2billion
Spouse - Lee Kim Hua
Children - 6

Website
http://www.rwgenting.com/
http://www.genting.com/
http://www.starcruises.com/

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lim (林).
Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr.) Lim Goh Tong
(Chinese: 林梧桐; pinyin: Lín Wútóng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Ngô͘-tông; 1918 – 23 October 2007) was a prominent wealthy Malaysian Chinese businessman. He was renowned for his vision and courage in transforming Genting Highlands from an unexplored hilltop into one of the world's most successful casino resorts. He was once the richest man in Malaysia, Asia with net worth US$4.2billion

Early life
Born in 1918 in Anxi, a mountainous county in southeastern Fujian province, China, Lim Goh Tong was the fifth child in his family. His father was Lim Shi Quan and his mother Goh Ban. He has an elder brother, three elder sisters, a younger sister and a younger brother. Lim was born into a rustic environment in a village, during that time, China was in a period of turmoil and unrest after the 1911 revolution, but life was relatively sheltered for Lim in the village. He grew up peacefully and had the opportunity of studying in school. However, disaster struck and his father died when he was 16. Lim was forced to leave school and he and his elder brother had to take over the heavy burden of feeding his family.
As China's situation was becoming worse, Lim Goh Tong decided to take the plunge in venturing out to Malaysia (known as Malaya at that time) following his cousin, Lim Kheng Chong's footstep. He left China through Xiamen in early February 1937 at the age of 19. He worked for his uncle as a carpenter in the first two years, learning the Malay language in the meantime. After gaining experience he went on to become a building sub-contractor and completed his first job of building a two-storey school. He returned to Anxi in 1940, but went back to Malaya the next year amidst a deteriorating war environment.

Career and business
The Japanese invaded Malaya in 1942 and caused Lim to have a few near-death experiences. During the early Japanese Occupation, he earned a living as a vegetable farmer, but decided to switch to petty trading for a better living. Later on Lim ventured into scrap-metal and hardware trading. When the Japanese Occupation ended, there was an urgent demand for heavy machinery for resumed operations in mines and rubber plantations, Lim seized the opportunity and engaged in second-hand machinery trading, making his first fortune.
From used machinery trading, Lim strayed into iron mining fortuitously. Lim joined as a partner in an iron mining company which couldn't settle the outstanding payment of two bulldozers with him, and this proved to be a successful venture as he earned a substantial amount of profit from the mining industry, including forming a joint-venture tin mining company which was one of the first Chinese tin companies to utilize dredges in mining tin.
While dealing in heavy machinery, Lim accumulated a wide range of reconditioned machines as well as a substantial amount of cash to move into construction and related industries. In the name of his family construction company, Kien Huat Private Limited, Lim began taking on several contracting jobs with help and guidance from his uncles. Kien Huat won accolades and became recognized as one of the leading construction companies after successfully completing many major projects. Among the biggest projects completed was the Ayer Itam Dam, the first time a local contractor had been given a construction job of such magnitude.
Lim faced the brink of bankruptcy when construction work was facing problems in the Kemubu Irrigation Scheme, but managed to overcome the obstacles and completed the project.

Developing Genting Resort
Genting HighlandsGenting Group's involvement in the property sector can be traced from the initial primary objective of holding land-based assets for long term appreciation and development potential to the current strategic move to develop and market the Group's landed properties mainly held in the plantation subsidiary, by Asiatic Land Development Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Asiatic Development Berhad - which is 54.8% owned by Genting Berhad.

The Genting Highlands Theme Park
The idea of building a hilltop resort was first conceived when Lim Goh Tong was having a dinner in the Cameron Highlands. As he was enjoying the soothing cool breeze of the Cameron Highlands, an idea struck him that as the standard of living rose steadily in Malaysia, more and more people would visit mountain resorts for relaxation and recreation, but Cameron Highlands was too far away from the capital city Kuala Lumpur, therefore building a mountain resort nearer to Kuala Lumpur would have great business potential.
After doing some research, Lim found Gunung (mountain in Malay) Ulu Kali at a place called Genting Sempah to be an ideal location for his plan. He formed an expedition and explored the place, collecting a wealth of data on the topography, drainage, soil conditions and other relevant aspects of the region, this proved to be very useful in drawing up plans for developing the resort.
Upon conceiving this idea, many naysayers were skeptical of Lim turning a wilderness into a tourist resort. Most thought it was really risky and reckoned Lim who was financially comfortable to be foolish to invest heavily in money and time to develop Genting, but Lim brushed off all these negativities and went ahead firmly with his plan.
After getting approvals from the Federal and State governments, Lim began the project in the face of a colossal task. Among the problems were building the access road towards the hilltop, water and electricity supplies, sewerage system and fire safety. Lim managed to build the access road towards the summit in three years when it was estimated to take fifteen years. Several sources of water in the mountain were identified, water supply was secured by building water-collection stations and water filtration plants with treated water stored in reservoirs. Electricity is supplied through a central electricity generation system with 12 big generators.
During the construction, Lim survived six close brushes with death. Meanwhile, Lim had to administer another major project in Kelantan, the Kemubu Irrigation Scheme at the same time. This stretched his physical endurance to the limits as he had to shuttle between Kuala Lumpur and Kelantan and he worked seven days a week.

During the Genting project, Lim spent all he had without earning any income. He sold an 810-hectare rubber estate to raise RM2.5 million. In addition, he invested all the money he had made from iron mining, sub-contracting and hardware businesses. The project was a heavy drain on Lim's finances. When asked to invest in this project, Lim's friends turned him down and counselled him to drop the entire scheme instead.

Genting was granted the only casino licence after Tunku Abdul Rahman, the prime minister of Malaysia then, visited Genting Highlands and commended Lim's effort to develop a resort contributing to Malaysia's tourism industry without government help.
Lim managed to obtain a pioneer status for Genting Highlands and tax incentives despite its resort development not qualifying for it. He did so by convincing the government that tax incentives in the early stage of development of Genting Highlands were not only vital for them but also profitable to the government later on.

The whole Genting project was completed in January 1971, but prior to officially commencing business, Kuala Lumpur and its surrounding areas were hit by the worst rainstorms in a century, the road to Genting was closed by landslides at 180 locations, the damaged sections took four months to repair. Genting opened its door for business on 8 May 1971.
In the next 30 years, Lim continued to develop and expand Genting Highlands beyond its original idea of a hotel with basic tourist facilities. Among the projects were the construction of more hotels, indoor and outdoor theme parks, and a convention centre. A new road was built to shorten the journey to Genting from the northern states, and RM920 million was invested to widen a 10 km stretch of the access road to reduce congestion. Another RM928 million was spent on constructing a cable car system to provide visitors with an alternative mode of transportation.

In 1993, at the suggestion of Tun Mahathir, the prime minister of Malaysia then, a township was developed on an 81-hectare piece of land around the site of the Genting Skyway cable car station. It was named Gohtong Jaya after Lim as a token of remembrance for his efforts in the development of Genting Highlands.

As of now, Genting Highlands is one of the most successful Casino resorts in the world and is one of the primary tourist attractions in Malaysia. Lim's company, Genting Group operates Genting Highlands and has diversified into many other industries such as plantations, property, paper, power generation, oil and gas exploration and cruise boat industries. In the process new company brands were created that have become distinctive names in their respective fields, namely Asiatic, Genting Sanyen (paper manufacturing) and Star Cruises.

On 31 December 2003, Lim handed his chairmanship of Genting Group over to his son, Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay.

Personal life
Lim Goh Tong was married to Lee Kim Hua, together they had six children and nineteen grandchildren. The six children are Lim Siew Lay, Siew Lian, Siew Kim, Tee Keong, Kok Thay and Chee Wah also Lim Koh Fong from Ficc.
Throughout his life Lim has had a few medical crises, among them were a malignant tumour and cardiovascular problems, which he pulled through after several surgeries.
Lim wrote his autobiography "My Story - Lim Goh Tong" and it was published in 2004. In the book he wrote about his early life, how he started off with nothing to building a world-class casino resort through hard work and perseverance confounding skeptics, and the people he acknowledges.

Achievement and awards
Lim Goh Tong had won many awards together with his company Genting Group for his entrepreneurship and his contribution, among them were:
Malaysian Entrepreneurs Award 1985
Manager of the Year Award 1986
Business Achiever of the Year Award 1994
Number 1 ranking of 10 Malaysian Leading Companies 1996
The Best Employer Award 1996
He was conferred the title "Tan Sri" by the government of Malaysia on 6 June 1979 in recognition to the contribution he has made to the country.
In 1978 Lim Goh Tong set up Yayasan Lim, a family foundation that donates regularly to educational and medical institutions, old folk's homes, various organisations for the physically handicapped and other charitable causes.

Death
Lim Goh Tong died on 23 October 2007, at Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC). He is survived by his wife Puan Sri Lee Kim Hua, and their six children and 19 grandchildren. His body was laid to rest at Gohtong Memorial Park at Gohtong Jaya on Monday 29 October 2007.
The Black Eyed Peas who were performing on the night of October 26 in Genting Arena of Stars paid tribute to Lim Goh Tong during their concert. “A man died recently who was responsible for the place where we are today. I’d like to ask for a moment of silence to honour his life and legacy,” will.i.am said in his tribute.

More than 20,000 people, including royalty, Asia’s rich and famous, politicians, friends, business allies and members of the public paid tribute to Goh Tong in their own ways. They either attended the wake, sent wreaths or penned messages of sympathy.

Among those who paid their respect to Lim were
Dato' Seri Ong Ka Ting (then Chairman of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi (former Prime Minister of Malaysia)
Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak (former Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Malaysia; current Prime Minister of Malaysia)
Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali (Former First Lady of Malaysia, representing her husband Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad)
Tan Sri Dr Saleha Mohd Ali
Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir (Daughter of Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali)
Tengku Puan Pahang Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah Sultan Iskandar
Genting Group and Resorts World Bhd deputy chairman Tun Hanif Omar and his wife Toh Puan Hamidah Abdul Hamid
CIMB Bhd Group chief executive Datuk Nazir Razak
YTL group executive chairman Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay and his wife Puan Sri Tan Kai Yong
HSBC Asia chairman Vincent Cheng
HSBC Malaysia CEO Irene Dorner
Puan Sri Christine Khir Johari
Tun Musa Hitam
Foxwoods Resort Casino Tribal Chairman Michael Thomas
More than 1000 wreaths received from all over the world are being displayed 300m along the entrance of Gohtong Villa. Among the many Corporate entities sent wreaths and condolences included Las Vegas Caesars Palace, Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau, Stanley Ho, and the Government of Fujian province where Lim was born. Asia’s second richest man, Li Ka Shing(He is now first), sent a personal condolence note to the bereaved family, offering words that perhaps best captured the essence of who Goh Tong was.

Words of farewell
“From harvesting lettuce and maple syrup, we have now become the most profitable casino in the world. Before Lim, we only knew poverty. It was with his faith and trust that we are what we are now.” - Michael Thomas, chairman of the Native American Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.

“He was a young man of 19 who left his country never to see his mother again, to come and work in Malaya as a carpenter.” - Tun Hanif Omar, Deputy Chairman of Genting Group.

“He had undergone more difficulties and challenges than any other entrepreneur, before he became successful in his business. However, he remained a friendly, sporting and humble person who was actively involved in charitable activities.” - Tan Sri Lim Gait Tong, president of the Federation of Chinese Associations of Malaysia.

“Even though he was a wealthy man, he still lived a simple life. He also understood that he needed to repay society after benefiting from it.” - Dr Tan Tat Chin, a member of the Tung Shin Hospital Board of Directors.

“He is a source of inspiration and we salute his accomplishment. He will continue to live in the heart of those who have been touched by him.” - Tan Sri Dr Ng Lay Swee, president and chief executive officer of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman.

What It Takes To Become An Entrepreneur

Courtesy of waynemalcolm
According to a recent study conducted in 2007 by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), a leading international entrepreneurial research group, high income countries, such as Iceland, Hong Kong, Canada, and the United States have more early-stage entrepreneurial activity due to economic opportunity. In these high income per capita nations, new business owners have vast availability to economic resources, including job placement, and social security benefits.
On the other hand, middle to low income nations do not have the availability of such resources and may resort to entrepreneurialism simply because it is the only option for survival, such as those living in China and Argentina. In addition to these findings, gender differences of entrepreneurialism also exist. In both high and low income countries, men were at least 2X more likely to be entrepreneurs than women. Regardless of which country of origin or gender, it is apparent that all successful entrepreneurs share some distinct characteristics.

1. Motivation
First, most successful entrepreneurs are highly motivated individuals. They possess the personal determination and drive to seek any and all means to bring forth their business ideas and capitalize on their concept(s). They are proven to be wise self-starters, in which they take the sole initiative to properly manage their time and expand upon their existing ideas in order to avoid some common drawbacks. Yet despite some hurdles and even failures that they may face, successful entrepreneurs tend to remain disciplined and motivated, learn easily from their mistakes, and remain resilient in their entrepreneurial quest.

2. Well-prepared
Another important characteristic that all successful entrepreneurs possess is the fact that they are always well-prepared. This means that they have researched all avenues of their entrepreneurship, are ready to face the challenges of starting a new business, and is able to take their business ideas to the next level. They are properly organized and equipped to present their funding proposals, elevator pitches, business plans, and can even properly provide answers to any inquiries to prospective angel investors and venture capitalists. They have also test marketed their business ideas and have even obtained a considerable amount of new customers who are willing to pay for their products and services. A well-prepared entrepreneur distinguishes himself/herself from others because they are more structured, logical, and orderly in their business approach.

3. Risk-takers
Successful entrepreneurs are also known to be avid risk-takers. He or she does not fear uncertainty and takes sole responsibility for all of the triumphs and tribulations associated with their venture. They usually abide by their gut-instinct when making crucial business decisions, are goal oriented in their approach, and are quite persistent to succeed. At the same time, they are innovators who introduce new products to the market and always seem to find novel ways of doing things.

4. Unconditional support from family
All entrepreneurs are faced with the physical and mental demands of their new venture; however, their abilities to surpass even the toughest of times may have been made easier through the unconditional support of family members. The absolute encouragement and backing of their family remains consistent throughout their venture, regardless of his/her success. This solid family structure not only enables the entrepreneur to be productive at work, but it also motivates them to set new goals where they can balance both their home and work life. As with any new endeavor, there is also a considerable amount of financial strain that may occur and their family is completely supportive of any financial difficulties that they may face.

Conclusion
Starting a new business is not an easy task; however, despite the obstacles, many entrepreneurs work hard in order to achieve success. Regardless of country of origin or gender, successful entrepreneurs share some very common characteristics that are highly distinguishable. Many successful entrepreneurs are extremely passionate about their business ideas. This passion is what motivates them to go above and beyond an ordinary individual. They tend to remain strong even through the toughest of times and learn from mistakes. In addition, they are also organized individuals who are well-prepared to present their funding proposal, elevator pitch, and business plans to prospective investors. Many successful entrepreneurs are also enthusiastic risk takers who are not afraid of failure. Last, they are able to find a balance between family and work life and have the unconditional support of their family members.

Courtesy of go4funding

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 2011

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'Wishing You And Your Loved Ones A HAPPY, HEALTHY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR'

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Business Fundamentals – The 7 P’s of Marketing

1. Product – This better be good. Nothing will hurt you more than a product that sucks!
2. Price – If it is a niche market product, price high! If it is a mass market product, price low!
3. Place – Make sure what you sell is easily accessible to your clients. Use marketing and distribution channels that suits your business products and services.
4. Promotions – Understand the 5 Marketing Mix for Marketing Communications – Direct Marketing, Sales Force, Advertising, Public Relations & Sales Promotions.
5. People – Hire the best and fire the rest. Never be afraid to get rid of non performers.
6. Process – Always ensure that business systems are in place to ensure consistency of products and services.
7. Provision for customer service – All business is show business. Please ensure that every customer contact point has a clear idea and standards of service provided for the customer.

Source - Millionaire Business School
http://www.millionairebusinessschool.com.my/

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MERRY CHRISTMAS 2010

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The Entrepreneur Articles: 5 Top Tips for Young Entrepreneurs

1. Be ready to handle the challenges of a business.

Running a business isn’t easy. With customers to deal with, clients contacting you at any hour of the day, products to maintain and possibly even staff to manage, operating a business is very intensive.

Before you begin anything, consider whether or not you really want to be in business. Running a business isn’t for everyone — you may be technically minded, but running a profitable business is a different thing altogether. Look at the market leaders — Google, for example, is managed by three people: two technically minded founders, plus an experienced professional in the business-oriented role of CEO. Still, if you have an idea, and you really want to go into business with it, don’t give up now. You just might it make it big!

Another important issue you will have to deal with is time, or a lack thereof! With school, work, and everything in between, you could soon find yourself trying to get through 30 hours of work every day. Running a business is more often than not a full time job, and at some point, something’s got to give. Think about where you want to go in life, and make your decisions accordingly. For example, you could be part of a sporting team, or you could go into business, but you probably can’t do both. Often co-curricular and non-school (where applicable) involvements are the first to go; to maintain your social involvement, consider attending user groups, where you can also network and create opportunities for your business.

2. Plan your idea on paper and be ready to explain it to others.

When you’re running a small business, opportunities can come up at the most unexpected times. You may run into a potential client at a party, a conference, or even a bus stop. You can’t let everyone know about your new product or service but the more people who do know, the more opportunities you’re likely to get, and therefore the better your chances of making it through your first few months in business. Get the word out — you might just chance on a recommendation to a potential client!

Work out your business model and the most useful, concise description you can come up with for your goods or services. Let me take this opportunity to recommend my ingenious patent-pending project management system — I call it Pen and Paper. Working out a plan with pen and paper is often far more effective than typing it up, and gives you more time to think it out while you write. Be ready to explain your business to anyone at any time; with this plan in hand, you shouldn’t have any problems. Without a plan, your explanations can end up being inconsistent, sounding unconfident, and achieving little or no effect.

Get business cards printed and carry them around. I’ve been handing out cards since I was 13, and they’re very effective client-winners. At the very least, they give you something on which to scribble the contact details of potential clients. If you bump into anyone who might be in the market for your goods or services, let them know what you do; briefly explain your business using the plan you prepared earlier and give them a card. When you meet in person, some people simply won’t take you seriously; a business card demonstrates that you’re serious about what you do.

3. Make good use of all the resources available to you.

Often, young entrepreneurs don’t have a lot of capital, but there are still many resources available to you. For example, if you’re building a web application for the financial services industry, do you (or more likely, your parents) know any accountants of economists? If you need to quickly undertake a photo shoot for an advertising campaign that a friend has offered to help out with, could you set something up in your parents’ garage? For some, imposing on friends and family to help get things moving can be awkward, but learning to take advantage of the available resources is going to give you a huge advantage as a young entrepreneur.
Lack of access to capital can often become a challenge for young entrepreneurs — basic business development resources such as ad campaigns can become a problem if you don’t have a budget. With a bit of thinking, however, many of these problems can be alleviated by taking advantage of the resources at hand.

4. Build your product to be as complete as possible before seeking financial assistance.

So, you’re developing your whiz-bang product, and suddenly you realise that the Flash charting library you’ve been using in your application actually costs $1200 for commercial use. You pick up the phone, call Uncle Rob and ask if he can lend you the cash. He politely declines. A series of calls to your other relatives end in a similar fashion.
As an entrepreneur, you have ideas with a lot of potential. Just as you will eventually sell your product to potential customers, selling your product to potential financial backers is even more important, and this makes explaining and clarifying those ideas a priority. Develop your product as much as you can before seeking financial support; if possible, put together a demonstration video. The more you can demonstrate your idea, the more convincing you’ll be. Building on the advice that we discussed in point 2 above, potential financial backers — especially venture capitalists — are very important to the success of your business, and deserve an appropriate amount of your attention.

5. Maintain a professional communication channel.

When dealing with clients, you may find yourself working with mature professionals who are high up in their respective corporate hierarchies. Getting them to take you seriously is the tricky part.
If at all possible, live locally, but work globally. Run your life in your local neighbourhood, but until you’re older and feel confident to deal with clients in person or over the phone, you might consider restricting your customer base to offshore clients (although for US-based entrepreneurs this isn’t always an option). Assume the role of a mature industry professional, and you’ll be treated like one. When you go professional, age won’t matter unless you make it matter. Preparing stunning introductions and speeches always helps for the times when you have to work locally; keep a standard speech in mind and make sure you can deliver it confidently as needed.

When you’re working globally, keep communication to email — definitely don’t offer instant messaging as a method of communication. With email, you have a chance to gather your thoughts, and to work out how to respond to clients. As a young entrepreneur, you often have to tread carefully and make sure you don’t lose anyone from your limited customer base. With email, you can take the time to prepare a professional response that conveys your intended image. Instant messaging should be avoided at all costs, especially if you plan to contact clients using the same instant messaging profile you use to contact friends — this creates all sorts of opportunities for revealing your lack of experience.

Courtesy of The Entrepreneur
http://www.theentrepreneur.my/

Facebook Founder & CEO - Mark Zuckerberg

Name - Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
DOB - May 14, 1984 (1984-05-14)
POB - White Plains, New York
Residence - Palo Alto, California
Nationality - American
College - Harvard College (dropped out in 2004)
Occupation - CEO/President of Facebook
Years active - 2004–present
Known for - Co-founding Facebook; becoming world's youngest billionaire.
Home town - Dobbs Ferry, New York
Net worth - US$6.9 billion (2010)
Website - http://www.facebook.com/

Zuckerberg started programming when he was in middle school. His father taught him Atari BASIC Programming in the 1990s, and then software developer David Newman was hired as his tutor in about 1995. Zuckerberg also took a graduate course in the subject at Mercy College near his home in the mid-1990s. He enjoyed developing computer programs, especially communication tools and games. He also designed and programmed a computer application system to help the workers in his father's office communicate; he built a version of the game Risk.
At Ardsley High School he had excelled in the classics before in his junior year transferring to Phillips Exeter Academy, where Zuckerberg won prizes in science (math, astronomy and physics) and Classical studies (on his college application, Zuckerberg listed as non-English languages he could read and write: French, Hebrew, Latin, and ancient Greek) and was captain of the fencing team. During Zuckerberg's high school years, under the company name Intelligent Media Group, he built a music player named the Synapse Media Player that used artificial intelligence to learn the user's listening habits, which was posted to Slashdot and received a rating of 3 out of 5 from PC Magazine. Microsoft and AOL tried to purchase Synapse and recruit Zuckerberg, but he instead went to Harvard College in September 2002 where he studied computer science and psychology and joined Alpha Epsilon Pi, a Jewish fraternity. In college, he was known for reciting lines from epic poems such as The Iliad.
At a fraternity party during his sophomore year, Zuckerberg met Priscilla Chan, who subsequently became his girlfriend. In September 2010, Chan, now a medical student, moved into Zuckerberg's rented Palo Alto house. As of September 2010, Zuckerberg was studying Mandarin with a tutor in preparation for the couple's slated visit to China and possibly to help in setting up operations in China, since Facebook, like Twitter, is blocked by that country's internet firewall.

In 2010, Stephen Levy, who authored the 1984 book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, wrote that Zuckerberg "clearly thinks of himself as a hacker." Zuckerberg said that "it's OK to break things" "to make them better." Facebook instituted "hackathons" held every six to eight weeks where participants would have one night to conceive of and complete a project. The company provided music, food, and beer at the hackathons, and many Facebook staff members, including Zuckerberg, regularly attended. "The idea is that you can build something really good in a night", Zuckerberg told Levy. "And that's part of the personality of Facebook now ... It's definitely very core to my personality."
On Zuckerberg's Facebook page, he listed his personal interests as "openness, making things that help people connect and share what's important to them, revolutions, information flow, minimalism".
Vanity Fair magazine named Zuckerberg number 1 on its 2010 list of the Top 100 "most influential people of the Information Age". Zuckerberg ranked number 23 on the Vanity Fair 100 list in 2009. In 2010, Zuckerberg was chosen as number 16 in New Statesman's annual survey of the world's 50 most influential figures.
Zuckerberg sees blue best because of red–green colorblindness; blue is also Facebook's dominant color.

Founding and goals
Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dormitory room on February 4, 2004. An earlier inspiration for Facebook may have come from Phillips Exeter Academy, the private high school from which Zuckerberg graduated in 2002. It published its own student directory, "The Photo Address Book", but which students referred to as "The Facebook". Such photo directories were an important part of the student social experience at many private schools. With them, students were able to list attributes such as their class years, their proximities to friends, and their telephone numbers.
Once at college, Zuckerberg's Facebook started off as just a "Harvard thing" until Zuckerberg decided to spread it to other schools, enlisting the help of roommate Dustin Moskovitz. They first started it at Stanford, Dartmouth, Columbia, New York University, Cornell, Brown, and Yale, and then at other schools that had social contacts with Harvard.
Zuckerberg moved to Palo Alto, California, with Moskovitz and some friends. They leased a small house that served as an office. Over the summer, Zuckerberg met Peter Thie who invested in the company. They got their first office in mid-2004. According to Zuckerberg, the group planned to return to Harvard but eventually decided to remain in California.[attribution needed] They had already turned down offers by major corporations to buy out Facebook. In an interview in 2007, Zuckerberg explained his reasoning:
It's not because of the amount of money. For me and my colleagues, the most important thing is that we create an open information flow for people. Having media corporations owned by conglomerates is just not an attractive idea to me.
He restated these same goals to Wired magazine in 2010: "The thing I really care about is the mission, making the world open." Earlier, in April 2009, Zuckerberg sought the advice of former Netscape CFO Peter Currie about financing strategies for Facebook.
On July 21, 2010, Zuckerberg reported that the company reached the 500 million-user mark. When asked whether Facebook could earn more income from advertising as a result of its phenomenal growth, he explained:
I guess we could ... If you look at how much of our page is taken up with ads compared to the average search query. The average for us is a little less than 10 percent of the pages and the average for search is about 20 percent taken up with ads ... That’s the simplest thing we could do. But we aren’t like that. We make enough money. Right, I mean, we are keeping things running; we are growing at the rate we want to.

Wirehog
A month after Facebook launched in February 2004, i2hub, another campus-only service, created by Wayne Chang, was launched. i2hub focused on peer-to-peer file sharing. At the time, both i2hub and Facebook were gaining the attention of the press and growing rapidly in users and publicity. In August 2004, Zuckerberg, Andrew McCollum, Adam D'Angelo, and Sean Parker launched a competing peer-to-peer file sharing service called Wirehog. It was a precursor to Facebook Platform applications. Traction was low compared to i2hub, and Facebook ultimately shut Wirehog down the following summer.

Platform and Beacon
On May 24, 2007, Zuckerberg announced Facebook Platform, a development platform for programmers to create social applications within Facebook. Within weeks, many applications had been built and some already had millions of users. It grew to more than 800,000 developers around the world building applications for Facebook Platform. On July 23, 2008, Zuckerberg announced Facebook Connect, a version of Facebook Platform for users.
On November 6, 2007, Zuckerberg announced a new social advertising system called Beacon, which enabled people to share information with their Facebook friends based on their browsing activities on other sites. For example, eBay sellers could let friends know automatically what they have for sale via the Facebook news feed as they list items for sale. The program came under scrutiny because of privacy concerns from groups and individual users. Zuckerberg and Facebook failed to respond to the concerns quickly, and on December 5, 2007, Zuckerberg wrote a blog post on Facebook taking responsibility for the concerns about Beacon and offering an easier way for users to opt out of the service.

Legal controversies - ConnectU lawsuits

Harvard students Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra accused Zuckerberg of intentionally making them believe he would help them build a social network called HarvardConnection.com (later called ConnectU). They filed a lawsuit in 2004 but it was dismissed on a technicality on March 28, 2007. It was refiled soon thereafter in federal court in Boston, and a hearing was scheduled for July 25, 2007, to address Zuckerberg's motion to dismiss. At the hearing the judge told ConnectU that parts of the complaint were deficient and gave them leave to file an amended complaint. Facebook countersued in regards to Social Butterfly, a project put out by The Winklevoss Chang Group, an alleged partnership between ConnectU and i2hub. It named among the defendants ConnectU, Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, Divya Narendra, and Wayne Chang, founder of i2hub. The parties reached a confidential settlement agreement in February 2008. On June 25, 2008, the case settled and Facebook agreed to transfer over 1.2 million common shares and pay $20 million in cash. In May 2010, it was reported that the ConnectU founders were accusing Zuckerberg of securities fraud for misrepresenting the value of the shares. The founders were under the impression they were worth $45 million. However, that understanding was based on a valuation of preferred shares, whereas the founders had only received common shares. The effect was that the shares given to the founders as part of the settlement were worth 75% less than Facebook had led them to believe, and the overall cash-and-stock deal worth 50% less. Since the time of the settlement, the stock has been trading for $76 per share on secondary markets, which would put the value of the settlement at $120 million. According to one report, the Winklevoss brothers plan to sue Facebook again based on allegations that Facebook misled them as to the valuation of the settlement.
In November 2007, confidential court documents were posted on the website of 02138, a magazine that catered to Harvard alumni. They included Zuckerberg's social security number, his parents' home address, and his girlfriend's address. Facebook filed to have the documents removed, but the judge ruled in favor of 02138.

Pakistan criminal investigation
In June 2010, Deputy Attorney General Muhammad Azhar Sidiqque of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan launched a criminal investigation into Zuckerberg and Facebook co-founders Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes after a "Draw Muhammad" contest was hosted on Facebook. The investigation also named the anonymous German woman who created the contest. Sidiqque asked the country's police to contact Interpol to have Zuckerberg and the three others arrested for blasphemy. On May 19, 2010, Facebook's website was temporarily blocked in Pakistan until Facebook removed the contest from its website at the end of May. Sidiqque also asked its United Nations representative to raise the issue with the United Nations General Assembly.

Paul Ceglia
On June 30, 2010, Paul Ceglia, the owner of a wood pellet fuel company in Allegany County, upstate New York, filed a lawsuit against Zuckerberg, claiming 84% ownership of Facebook and seeking monetary damages. According to Ceglia, he and Zuckerberg signed a contract on April 28, 2003 that for an initial fee of $1,000 entitled Ceglia to 50% of the website's revenue, as well as an additional 1% interest in the business per day after January 1, 2004, until website completion. Zuckerberg was developing other projects at the time, among which was Facemash, the predecessor of Facebook, but did not register the domain name thefacebook.com until January 1, 2004. Facebook management dismissed the lawsuit as "completely frivolous". Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt told a reporter that Ceglia's counsel had unsuccessfully sought an out-of-court settlement. In an interview with ABC World News, Zuckerberg stated he was confident he had never signed such an agreement. At the time, Zuckerberg worked for Ceglia as a code developer on a project named "StreetFax". Judge Thomas Brown issued a restraining order on all financial transfers concerning ownership of Facebook until further notice; in response, Facebook removed the case to federal court and asked that the state court injunction be dissolved. According to Facebook, the injunction would not affect their business but lacked any legal basis.

Depictions in media
The Social Network
A movie based on Zuckerberg and the founding years of Facebook, called The Social Network, was released on October 1, 2010, and stars Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg. After Zuckerberg was told about the film, he responded, "I just wished that nobody made a movie of me while I was still alive." Also, after the film's script was leaked on the Internet and it was apparent that the film would not portray Zuckerberg in a wholly positive light, he stated that he wanted to establish himself as a "good guy".
The Social Network is based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich, which the book's publicist once described as "big juicy fun" rather than "reportage." The film's screenwriter Aaron Sorkin told New York magazine, "I don't want my fidelity to be to the truth; I want it to be to storytelling", adding, "What is the big deal about accuracy purely for accuracy's sake, and can we not have the true be the enemy of the good?"
According to Sorkin's script, Zuckerberg created Facebook to elevate his stature after not getting into any of the elite final clubs at Harvard. However, Zuckerberg told The New Yorker he had no interest in joining the final clubs.

Other depictions
Zuckerberg voiced himself on an episode of The Simpsons, "Loan-a Lisa", which first aired on October 3, 2010. In the episode, Lisa Simpson and her friend Nelson encounter Zuckerberg at an entrepreneurs' convention. Zuckerberg tells Lisa that you don't need to graduate from college to be wildly successful referencing Bill Gates and Richard Branson as examples.
On October 9, 2010, Saturday Night Live lampooned Zuckerberg and Facebook. Andy Samberg played Zuckerberg. The real Zuckerberg was reported to have been amused: "I thought this was funny."
Stephen Colbert awarded a "Medal of Fear" to Zuckerberg at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on October 30, 2010, "because he values his privacy much more than he values yours."
Zuckerberg authorized an account of his and Facebook's life written by David Kirkpatrick, the former technology editor at Fortune magazine, which came out in 2010, entitled The Facebook Effect.

Philanthropy
Zuckerberg donated an undisclosed amount to Diaspora, an open-source personal web server that implements a distributed social networking service. He called it a "cool idea."
Zuckerberg founded the Start-up: Education foundation. On September 22, 2010, it was reported that Zuckerberg had arranged to donate $100 million to Newark Public Schools, the public school system of Newark, New Jersey. Critics noted the timing of the donation as being close to the release of The Social Network, which painted a somewhat negative portrait of Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg responded to the criticism, saying, "The thing that I was most sensitive about with the movie timing was, I didn’t want the press about 'The Social Network' movie to get conflated with the Newark project. I was thinking about doing this anonymously just so that the two things could be kept separate." Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker stated that he and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie had to convince Zuckerberg's team not to make the donation anonymously.
On December 8, 2010, Zuckerberg released a statement that he had become a signatory of The Giving Pledge.

Everything Is Replaceable In Business

Everything Is Replaceable In Business

Always remember that in business, everything is replaceable. It does not matter what it is or who you are dealing with. If an individual does not align itself with the organization, then they have got to go. A business is a business. It exist to deliver stakeholders benefits. Nothing more. Please do not always expect the organization to pamper and give you what you want. You do not like it, get lost. It is a business not a charitable home.

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TRANSFORM !!!

Transform Now, The Future Is Coming

The future that is coming is going to be both bizarre and unbelievable. It will transform entire industries, change the course of nations and turn individuals into super beings.

A convergence is taking place merging technology with human intelligence. Futurists are predicting a revolution that will transform our lives because of the advancements being made in nanotechnology and neuroscience.

This quote from Ian Pearson of British Telecom during a 2001 interview sums it up quite dramatically. He said:

“By mid-century computers will be linked directly into our nervous systems via nanotechnology, which is so small it could connect to every neuron in our brains. By about 2040 there will be a backup of our brains in a computer somewhere so that when we die it won’t be a major career problem.”

So when we speak about transformation we must take into consideration the colossal trends that these technologies are going to create.

Are we then future-ready?

It is clear that the world as we know it now is not going to stay that way for very long.

In fact the world as we know it now is becoming obsolete.

We are already 10 years into the new millennium and so much has happened in that one decade that has changed our lives.

The future is already taking shape as new technologies give industry the means to quantum leap into new realms we never thought possible before.

New terminologies are cropping up giving us a hint of what lies ahead. Terminologies such as augmented reality, cloud computing, social networking are some of them.

Collectively these are creating an impact in the marketplace and many industries are experimenting with these tools to originate new products that carry value for the consumer.

In addressing global issues new trends are sparked in many areas of our life. We know the importance being given to alternative energy, green technology, cloning, stem cells and other outcomes of intensive research.

Exciting new developments are taking place in those countries that have siphoned off the world’s best talents in science, IT, design, engineering, robotics, economics, medicine and other fields including those that are related to the entertainment sector.

The war for brainpower and talent
Many countries are losing their best brains to regions where development is intense and professionals are promised a better quality of life and in some instances free from persecution for their ideologies.

At the turn of the new millennium Africa had already lost a third of its skilled professionals and according to a BBC report it is costing the continent USD 4 billion a year to replace them with expatriates from the West.

The brain drain has literally strangled growth on the continent.

India loses USD 2 billion a year because of the emigration of computer experts to the US while New Zealand reports that almost a quarter of its most highly skilled people have left the country – the biggest exodus of skilled people from a developed nation.

More than one million Chinese did not return home after they completed their studies.

As we all know Malaysia has already lost some 700,000 people to other countries and has set up the Talent Corporation to woo them back under the 10th Malaysia Plan.

What is plain to see is that talent will go where it can grow the best and where it is appreciated the most.

A country or an organisation can have many talented people but if they are not able to put their talent to work then the outcome that can be derived from the utilization of such talent will be lost to both enterprise and nation.

Furthermore if a large number of people in a country realize they cannot give full scope to their talents they will go where they can fulfill their intellectual quest. They will go where they can do the best work and live the best life.

While we set out eagerly to woo back Malaysian talent we need to consider what is being done to keep the talent that we already possess? Each year we lose thousands of people to other countries, among them are skilled professionals.

The more talent we lose the harder it will be to achieve national aspiration to become a high-income, high-value, innovation-led economy.

We need to achieve the one thing that will accomplish the two things we desperately need to do.

The one thing is to put in place the ecosystem that has all the mechanisms and support for, talent development, idea generation, experimentation and commercialization.

The two things we will accomplish are in keeping the talent we have within the country as well as in bringing back the talent that we have lost.

Malaysia’s best talents won’t simply return or stay for the sake of good remuneration. They will want the conditions that support the growth of their talent.

The Talent Corporation set up to address the brain drain should create more opportunities for local talent. If we can put the talent of competent local people to best use and create an atmosphere and mechanism that would help talent flourish, the Malaysians settled abroad would flock back to Malaysia.

A simple, logical deduction.

Roadblocks to transformation
However, it is not so simple when you consider that there is a mismatch within the Government that desires the transformation and the bureaucracy that sets up the roadblocks.

The focus on regulations and compliance is killing the ability of this country to originate and create.

In education, for example, there is no room for creativity, let alone innovation. There is nothing for institutions of higher education to do but conform and comply to stay inside the boxes created by the authorities.

Think out of the box? God forbid!

Any move to innovate is discouraged and in fact, punished. And everyone knows that to innovate one may have to break tradition, in other words, break the rules.

But transform we must! We must re-invent the way we do things because it is not helping the country to move forward.

We have to start with the young because they will have to live and work in the future. Re-engineering human capital begins in the kindergarten. Here talent must be identified and as the child grows that talent must be nurtured and matured.

But the education system as we possess today is not designed to accommodate talent development. It runs on a specific framework that demands the child adapts. There is no room for talent development.

The talent that we see in this country is not the result of an excellent education system but individual efforts to develop themselves.

In view of the huge challenges faced by the country I feel the education system must be scrapped completely in order to re-build one that serves both people and nation better.

But to do so, to re-engineer and to re-invent requires a rare kind of courage.

It requires a severing of the umbilical cord that has attached us to practices that originated in the Industrial Age. Many feel we cannot go wrong with a system that has worked for so long. It has produced presidents and prime Ministers, entrepreneurs and entertainers, scientists and systems analysts, chefs and chemists, so on and so forth.

Most governments around the world seem to think that the best way to prepare for the future is to do better what we did in the past and just raise the standard.

But the world is about to make a quantum leap into a future where our children must be able to thrive in.
They must be prepared to excel in such a world.

They can only do so if they are allowed to bring out latent talent.

They can only be best if they are doing what they are passionate about.

This we must do.

Failure to do so is to be a servant to those who do.

- LIM KOK WING - Father Of Innovation

SET GOALS FOR YOUR BUSINESS

The Entrepreneur Article: Set Goals for Your Business
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If people set goals the way they set New Year’s resolutions, nothing would ever get done. When people set their resolutions for the New Year they usually list out everything they don’t like about their life and write down what they’d rather have. The problem is that they rarely put very much thought in how they are going to make it happen.

Resolutions rarely come to fruition because people don’t put enough thought into the game plan, and their ideas about their “dream” life stay dreams. It’s important to keep the dream alive in order to stay motivated, but to achieve your goals, you must turn your dreams into physical tasks that are easy to measure and track.

Writing down a goal like “become a famous author” or “build a company that can run itself” is a good place to start, but if that’s all you wrote, you’d probably never achieve it. Think about the steps you need to take to become a famous author, for example: polish your writing style, choose a genre, outline stories, and find a great publisher.

From there, break down the steps into easily measured tasks with tangible deadlines. If you want to choose your writing genre, make a list of the genres that most interest you and spend a few hours researching which genres experience the best sales to make your decision. Making lists and researching for a fixed period of time are both easily measured tasks that can be checked off of a list before you move onto the next step.

It’s a good idea to share your goals with people you trust to hold you accountable. It’s easy to get discouraged doing the grunt work necessary to achieve your goals, but having someone that believes in you and supports your decision to follow your dreams will make it easier for you to stay motivated when the going gets tough. It’s also important to acknowledge each victory and accomplishment along the way.

You may not feel like you’re any closer to achieving your goals when you focus on the long road ahead, so take some time to look back at how far you’ve come and congratulate yourself on your progress. Many goals take years to achieve, but you will get there if you can keep yourself going.

Before you embark on your journey, it’s important that you take some time to think about what you value as a person and what things you are willing to do and, more importantly, not willing to do to achieve what you set out to achieve. You will likely come across opportunities to bend rules in your favor as you come closer and closer to your goals, so make sure you decide how you will act if those situations arise.

The only reason that more people in the world aren’t living the life of their dreams is that they don’t know how to begin! If you can come up with a solid plan with measurable, specific, deadline-oriented tasks that eventually lead you to your goal, you will achieve it. It may take months or even years, but if you stay motivated you will make it happen…

"Whatever your mind can conceive and believe it can achieve." ~ Napoleon Hill

Think and Grow Rich, written by Napoleon Hill, is a motivational book and a collection of principles for the attainment of wealth and financial freedom.

When Napoleon Hill was a journalist for Success magazine, he was sent to interview the richest man in America, steel magnate, Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie offered to give Napoleon “the greater part of his fortune”, which turned out not to be money but his accumulated wisdom on how anyone could become wealthy.

Napoleon who was a poor journalist, armed with just an introductory letter from Carnegie, set out to interview over five hundred successful people including Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, Elmer Gates, Charles M. Schwab, Theodore Roosevelt, William Wrigley Jr, John Wanamaker, WIlliam Jennings Bryan, George Eastman, Woodrow Wilson, William H. Taft, John D. Rockefeller, F. W. Woolworth, Jennings Randolph, etc, to find a success formula that could be used by the average person.

Napoleon then revealed this priceless wisdom of his research in the form of the thirteen steps to success in Think and Grow Rich. This book was essentially a condensed version of this larger work and a sum total of the numerous interviews and research by Napoleon about the rich people in the world.

Napoleon talked to these successful people at length and tried to devise out their paths to success. Napoleon also dealt with many more factors in his book about why some people attain success while some others do not. Andrew Carnegie had an obsession for being successful and wealthy. He wanted more and more people to achieve this level of success and money too.

Think and Grow Rich is the master book of all other wealth-creation or self-development books. It took twenty long years for Napoleon to collect and assimilate all the information in this book. The main and underlying message in the book is that you can achieve whatever you want in life if you have sufficient desire to achieve it.

Napoleon Hill drafts out the various success principles outlined in the success stories of the rich and successful. He divulges all the secrets of these individuals while on their rise to the top. Most of the top achievers of today are thankful to Napoleon Hill for helping them draft and chart their way to success and wealth.

Think and Grow Rich is a book written almost seventy to eighty years back. Therefore, the language is a bit formal and repetitive. I highly recommend this book despite these minor drawbacks. Rather, these do not amount to drawbacks, as the book is perfect for the written period. Even today, Think and Grow Rich is a very useful book.

Here are some interesting observations by Napoleon Hill, the greatest gurus on achieving success:

"Before us lie two paths -- honesty and dishonesty.

The shortsighted embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest.

For the wise know the truth; in helping others we help ourselves; and in hurting others we hurt ourselves.

Character overshadows money, and trust rises above fame. Honesty is still the best policy.”

"Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge."

"Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements."

"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit."

"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit."

"Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it."

"If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self."

"One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life."

"The ladder of success is never crowded at the top."

"The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail."

"Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you; until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire; until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy."

"War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man."

"When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal."

"You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee."

"I have proved, times too numerous to enumerate, to my own satisfaction at least, that every human brain is both a broadcasting and a receiving station for vibrations of thought frequency."

"If this theory should turn out to be a fact, and methods of reasonable control should be established, imagine the part it would play in the gathering, classifying and organising of knowledge. The possibility, much less the probability, of such a reality, staggers the mind of man!"

"The sixth sense is that portion of the subconscious mind which has been referred to as the creative imagination. It has also been referred to as the 'receiving set' through which ideas, plans and thoughts flash into the mind. The flashes are sometimes called hunches or inspirations."

"The sixth sense defies description! It cannot be described to a person who has not mastered the other principles of this philosophy, because such a person has no knowledge and no experience with which the sixth sense may be compared. Understanding the sixth sense comes only by meditation through mind development from within."

"After you have mastered the principles described in this book, you will be prepared to accept as truth a statement which may, otherwise, be incredible to you, namely:

"Through the aid of the sixth sense, you will be warned of impending dangers in time to avoid them and notified of opportunities in time to embrace them."

"There comes to your aid and to do your bidding, with the development of the sixth sense, a 'guardian angel' who will open to you at all times the door to the temple of wisdom.""

Real Home Business : Start up Ideas

If you are thinking to start work from home, then the best option for that may be home business. A small home based business nowadays has become regular income giving way more or less than giving shape to your hobby.

Primarily, some basic pre-requisites that should be taken care of before one chooses for work at home. It would be a good idea to check out for some of the valid options available for the nature of the business. Looking at the know-how of the current drift, several things have to be looked up for a home business. Scams are coming up in work at home, home jobs, part time jobs and home business too so, at times it becomes difficult to decide which home jobs or home business ideas are legitimate. But one has to be aware of them and also in deciding the correct option for oneself. Then it becomes a smooth path to walk in straight to achieve your goals.

It’s quite common to work in a place designed by your boss and work according to defined rules and regulations. To avoid the office environment, one may chose for work from home. It basically has many advantages likewise cutting down the travel expenses, flexibility of work, lesser time-limits defined and most importantly having the freedom of working with your own way and giving it your desired time. Internet provides vast amount of opportunities and direction for each one. Once when you have decided for immersing in the home based business, quickly decide the kind of business you want to start on with. Firstly, it is like making the building blocks of the building and strengthening the pillars. After you have built that, the second step is the start making floors one-by-one. Promotion of any business leads to popularity. In the same way, strategies should be made which defines the flow of the business. This makes the broad effect line for the home business.

Your wallet is now filled for that extra cup of coffee with friends and outing with your loved ones. A lesser cut down on your wants for pick-pocket expenses and working on your own rules. Work at home opportunities opens the door of your own seat for handing and promoting your home business stated by your defined rules. So, start progress and prosper in your home business.

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EARN SOME EXTRA CASH !!!

BYOB

eSpring Water Purifier

WHY eSpring ?
There are many reasons to choose an eSpring™ Water Purifier over any other water treatment system, and after reading through this section you will understand why – the certifications it has received, the contaminants it removes, the technology behind it, the way it performs, the convenience and peace of mind it offers, and, of course, the great-tasting water that comes out of your tap every day!

WORLD'S BEST SOURCE OF WATER
Why choose an eSpring™ Water Purifier? The answer is simple: because the eSpring Water Purifier is the world’s best source of water. You can be confident that the water your family drinks is as clean as it can possibly be, and that it has met the highest standards for clean water quality.

The eSpring Water Purifier destroys more than 99.99% of waterbourne, disease-causing bacteria and viruses in drinking water
Water from the eSpring Water Purifier is safer than tap water
It dramatically improves the taste, odour and clarity of water
Other systems treat drinking water, eSpring purifies it
There are many reasons to choose an eSpring Water Purifier.

In addition to the benefits listed above, the eSpring Water Purifier also:

- reduces potential carcinogens that can be found in drinking water
- is more convenient than bottled water
- has a high flow rate to fill your glass or container quickly
- treats drinking/cooking water for a family of 6 for up to one year
- improves the taste of beverages made with filtered water
- is convenient and easy to operate
- has a smart, sleek, space-saving design
- has convenient and easy replacements
- is less costly than bottled water
- has been certified to reduce potential health effect contaminants than any other
- carbon based system.
- effectively reduces chlorine
- effectively reduces lead in drinking water
- effectively reduces mercury in drinking water
- effectively reduces waterbourne parasites
- effectively reduces radon and radon decay products in drinking water
- does not remove beneficial minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, and fluoride
- uses exclusive patented technology
- is designed, assembled and manufactured in the USA
- comes with a satisfaction guaranteed or your money back
- No other Water Purifier compares to the eSpring Water Purifier.

The eSpring Water Purifier is truly the first of its kind in many respects:

- The first company to develop in-home system's that combine a patented carbon-block filter with ultraviolet light and an electronic monitoring system
the only system verified to effectively remove lead, THMs and more than 140 contaminants
- The first company in the world to have a carbon/UV system that meets NSF International Standards 42, 53 and 55 - three internationally recognized water quality standards certified by NSF International for the reduction of more contaminants than any other UV carbon based system
- The first system to use wireless inductive coupling technology to increase safety and reliability

TRUE INNOVATION
The eSpring™ Water Purifier destroys microorganisms with ultraviolet light technology. It also effectively reduces more than 140 other possible health-effect contaminants by trapping them in its patented carbon block filter. No other in-home system does both.

Our team of scientists and engineers, who are experts in water quality technology (and holders of more than 400 durable product patents granted or pending), have been researching water treatment systems since 1984. It is their dedication to research and their commitment to quality that brought the eSpring Water Purifier to reality.

Read more about the advanced technologies behind this innovative system in this section.

Note: The eSpring Water Purifier is designed for use on potable drinking water supplies.

Ultra-violet Light Technology
Ultra-violet (UV) light technology takes the eSpring™ Water Purifier to the next level of in-home Water Purifiers by doing what carbon alone cannot do: It destroys microorganisms.

How it works
The eSpring Water Purifier’s UV bulb, located in the center of the cartridge, puts out up to 80 millijoules (units of measure) of UV light – enough to destroy more than 99.99% of bacteria and viruses that may be in drinking water.

Wireless connections
Another eSpring technology first – and another patented feature – is the wireless (inductive electronic) coupling used between the UV lamp and the unit. This completely isolates the UV bulb from the power source, the way some cellular telephones are separate from their chargers.

Water always flows cold
Turning on the tap activates an electro-magnetic connection to the bulb that switches the bulb on. Because the bulb is not on all the time, it does not waste energy, and the water always flows cold.

System is durable
Eliminating hard-wired electrical connections makes it simple to replace the bulb, and it is protected, which makes the system more durable.

Carbon Filter Technology
Inside the eSpring™ Water Purifier is an activated pressed carbon-block filter. This patented multi-stage carbon block effectively reduces:

Chlorine taste and odour
Particulates, improving clarity
More than 140 possible health-effect contaminants, including lead, mercury, VOCs, disinfection by-products like THMs, and the gasoline additive MTBE
How it works
Carbon filtration has long been the technology of choice for home water treatment systems, but our patented eSpring carbon filter does much more.

Carbon attracts carbon
Most health-related contaminants (pesticides and their by-products, VOCs, THMs) contain carbon molecules, and carbon molecules tend to bond together. So contaminants in tap water will tend to bond with the carbon block filter.

Activation increases the carbon surface
We "activate" the carbon through a special heat process that creates thousands of pores. This increases the surface area available to attract contaminants. The carbon is then pressed together to create a fixed carbon block. This increased surface area increases the ability of our filter to attract and "trap" carbon-based contaminants as water passes through the block. Various other organic contaminants also tend to adhere to the porous surface, so the carbon-block filter acts as a magnet for contaminants. No other in-home system reduces more possible health-effect contaminants, even without the UV light.

Our patented carbon block filter:
- Traps particulates 300% smaller than the diameter of a human hair
- Will treat up to 5,000 litres (1,320 gallons) of water in one year – enough for the average family of six
- Uses patented technology
- Good nutrients pass through
- While most health-effect contaminants have a carbon base, many beneficial minerals like calcium, magnesium and tooth-decay-fighting fluoride do not. That means they do not form a bond with the carbon filter; they simply pass through it and out into the water.

Monitor Technology
The eSpring™ electronic monitoring system is another of the advanced features that differentiates the system from all others.

It alerts you if there is any problem, if the UV bulb stops working, for example.

It tells you when to replace the UV lamp and/or filter/cartridge so you always know your water is receiving the full benefit of the eSpring Water Purifier.

It is convenient, because it keeps track of these things on its own. It gives you both an audio and visual indication when it is time for a replacement, so you do not have to remember to do it yourself. The monitor resets automatically when a new cartridge is installed. It is so advanced, it automatically "reads" the life of any cartridge inserted, whether that cartridge is new, half-used, or completely used.

Smart Chip Technology
"Smart chips" in the eSpring™ monitor keep track of the UV lamp and filter life, and an LED display lets you know when the filter/cartridge needs to be replaced.

The eSpring Water Purifier - the first in-home system certified to meet three separate international standards for water quality.
- ANSI/NSF Standard 42: Improves taste, odour and clarity
- ANSI/NSF Standard 53: Effectively reduces possible health-effect contaminants including lead, mercury, VOCs, disinfection by-products like THMs, and the gasoline additive MTBE
- ANSI/NSF Standard 55: Controls microorganisms with UV light
The quality of drinking water is a public health issue; NSF International is the leading third party certifying organization dedicated to the protection of public health.

eSpring™ Performance Claims
Not all manufacturers do a thorough job of testing their products to assure their customers that products will perform as claimed. Our team of scientists and engineers, who are dedicated exclusively to water treatment system development, have thoroughly tested the eSpring Water Purifier for the following performance claims, all of which are backed by research documentation.

Performance Claims Related to Pressed Carbon Block Filter Technology
- Certified by NSF International under NSF/ANSI Standards 42, and 53
- Improves taste, odour, and clarity of water
- Improves taste of beverages made with filtered water
- Does not remove beneficial minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, and fluoride
- Reduces particulates down to 0.2 microns, including sediment, dirt, and scale

Effectively removes:
- organic contaminants from water, including more than 135 contaminants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), pesticides, and trihalomethanes
- more than 13 disinfection by-products
- more than 30 pesticides and pesticide by-products
- protozoan parasites that can cause disease
- vinyl chloride and asbestos
- Microcystin LR, the most common algae toxin
- lead, mercury, radon and radon decay products
- waterbourne parasites larger than 1 to 3 microns
MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether)
- Performance Claims Related to Ultraviolet Light Technology
- Certified by NSF International under NSF/ANSI Standard 55
- Ultraviolet light destroys more than 99.99% of waterbourne disease-causing bacteria and viruses that may be in drinking water
- Ultraviolet light destroys Cryptosporidium
- Performance Claims Related to the Overall Product
- The carbon filter will treat drinking and cooking water for 5,000 litres (1,320 gallons) or for one year, whichever comes first
- Convenient, replaceable carbon block filter and ultraviolet lamp
- More convenient than bottled water
- Attaches to most standard kitchen water faucets
- Easy to install, requires no special tools or plumbing connections
- System monitor indicates remaining carbon filter and ultraviolet lamp life
- Treats enough water for drinking and cooking purposes for a family of 6 for up to one year
- Uses exclusive patented technology

Please note: The contaminants or other substances referenced in this section are not necessarily in your drinking water.

The eSpring Water Purifier is designed for use on municipally treated or potable well/bore water.