In the intervening period I've delved the MIT Clean energy prize; finding that while I have yet another good idea... it too costs too much for me to start by just opening my wallet. I've read that you must find a 'soul-mate' in order to really get a startup off the ground. I've looked for that person; but never find anyone with my passion and a bit of funding to spare. (yes that's a solicitation for offers of help)
I've got an LLC just sitting here - waiting for the right push.
On the plate today:
The GaiaShip - which for the purposes of the MIT competition morphed into a Pre-Fab manufacturing system with on-sight factories cranking out green buildings. Neat idea, they said - needs a lot of startup capital. Like 4 Million... yeah le-sigh. I am wondering if a network of commercial partners could pull it off - but to do that I'd probably have to be able to build a prototype facility... and we're back to large amounts of funding. Check out our MIT submission 'startup' registration web site. I've decided that I need to re-do this blog's content into a real web site (read: "I'm a real boy!" said in high pitched Disney style). The YouNoodle thing is interesting - a community aggregator for startups - it's not what I think of when I think 'Company's web site'. The GaiaShip web site isn't up yet... I hope you'll visit once I open the genie's bottle.
Matamayore - A green restaurant run by my someday maybe brother in Law, the great and illustrious Chef Javi Mata and his ever loyal; yet somewhat flighty front of house manager, Kevan Drake (Yay Sis!!). This one has the most in depth business plan; hell we even have the menu planned; the building designed, even the freaking decorations picked out - but $30K doesn't grow on trees and banks won't lend to start up yet another no-name resteraunt without lots of cash on hand.
My Dad's nascent solar installation & home weatherization idea. This one might get off the ground out of sheer necessity. Poor bugger is living under the threat of layoffs... in this age of fallout from idiots-in-charge who isn't? I'm hoping to help him out and steer him towards full blown weatherization contracting - not just another panel installer. That way I could help out as a consultant... I might know a thing or two about this shizzle (aka - read the rest of this blog ;)
What not really in the list - yet still knocks around in my brain every few days?
A vertical farm - yup a stand-alone vertical farm with a 'farmers market' & restaurant (see above) on the ground floor where I'd sell out-of-season and popular produce year round. By leveraging the niftiness that is hydroponic and aeroponic growing techniques this would be pretty labor intense; but really quite profitable if the pundits and cheerleaders are right. Also needs a BUNCH of money to get off the ground & lots of exceptions from the local zoning gov types.
A party facility equipped to handle the usual - birthdays; weddings; bachelor/ette parties; the big game; epic LAN gaming; Orgies (yah... those aren't really advertized ;) raves and the annual costume ball & black tie gala. This is a spin-off of the mildly successful private LAN party business I ran a few years back - we always wanted to do it up and do it right; but never really had the money. This one also needs a mil or two.
Finally; pure and simple Land & Infill development. Buying of property - fixing it up (see solar panels & eco-friendly modular inputs) and either renting or reselling it. This one takes only a hundred K to get started... and most of that can be a Mortgage loan.
Funny thing about all these ideas... if I get to build the GaiaShip and can maintain control over some significant percentage of it's design & a small amount of the square footage...
I can do all of them at once!!!
So... that's my focus. Set up the facility and siphon off my own little corners of the place to build my 'toy' businesses. :)
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You have expensive toy ideas :)
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