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Meet Damir Perge, Founder of Entrepreneurdex
My brain can't stop coming up with ideas! Whether products, services, movies, books or ventures, they pop into my head every day. I can’t stop them, not that I want to. My biggest problem is sorting out the ideas and figuring out which ideas to bring to life.
I've been on both sides of the fence. I ran a venture fund and a publishing company. So I know what it's like to be an entrepreneur and I know what it’s like to invest and manage portfolio companies.
Being an entrepreneur is exciting. I can work 20 hours straight and not even feel the pain of the work, because work is fun and fun is work. I wish I could live a thousand years so I could start up and build a hundred different businesses.
Entrepreneurdex.com is for serious entrepreneurs. Membership is by invitation only. That doesn't mean we aren't going to have fun. Life is too short not to have fun.
This site is not for “wanna be” entrepreneurs looking to sell some multi-level service or product (unless you're the owner of the company) or some get rich quick scheme. Nothing against multi-level marketing entrepreneurs or get rich quick scheme entrepreneurs but there are plenty of other sites for them.
My vision is to build a community of serious entrepreneurs who love entrepreneurship and want to share with other successful entrepreneurs.
My Entrepreneurial History:
2005-Present
Mean Green Ventures, LLC, Dallas. Managing Partner & Founder. Mean Green Ventures, LLC is a physical commodity trading company focused on energy and precious metals. MeanGreenVentures.com
2007 – Present
ZorkBrauk Enterprises, LLC, Dallas. Managing Partner & Co-Founder. ZorkBrauk enterprises is a green-based entertainment company producing web content, book publishing, a television animation series, video games and merchandising. The Company plans to launch 40+ targeted web sites, multiple books and green-focused merchandise and other products based on the Zork character.
ZorkPlanet.com• ItsthePlanetDidiot.com • ItstheRecessionDidiot.com • ItstheAnimalsDidiot.com • ZorkTV (coming soon!)
2006 – Present
Madman Pictures, LLC, Dallas. Managing Partner, Co-Founder. Madman Pictures, LLC is a film production company focused on animation, action, adventure and comedy. The Managing partners have written 19 ½ scripts so far that can produce 30+ films, including trilogies, sequels and comedy franchise films. Projected budgets are between $35 Million to $80 Million. The company is in the post production stage of Bicycle Bobby, a comedy, romance and drama. Madman Pictures is in the process of raising a $500 Million movie fund to produce the 30+ films.
MadmanPictures.com • BicycleBobby.com
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WPS = GL&GB?
Many successful ventures started up during recession or economic downturn and became huge conglomerates. Microsoft started during the economic down spiral. So did Federal Express. Starbucks too. The WPS started in April 2009. Will they make it or will it be “good luck and goodbye”? WPS is the Women’s Professional Soccer League in case you didn’t know. I wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t.
… ContinuePosted on July 27, 2009 at 10:30am —
Wine Down?
A lot can be learned about entrepreneurship from the wine industry. With thousands of wineries across the world, it is a fragmented industry in some respects yet consolidated in others. There are major players, like E&J Gallo, appealing effectively to mass markets along and there are thousands of small wineries appealin
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Entrepreneur Destiny
Recently, I was involved in a hit and run automobile accident. I was driving slowly through an intersection, during a storm, when some f&%#er in an SUV, going 40 mph, blindsided me from the right. My car was totaled and the other vehicle sped off. A few moments later, a second accident occurred at that intersection. The dumbass cops at first blamed me for the other accident, but luckily there were witnesses to confirm that my accid
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Is Twitter Going to Make It?
Yes, I’m a twittpreneur. I don’t know what the f$#k that means because I’m still trying to figure out how we make any money from Twitter. Entrepreneurdex is on there as well. If you’re not familiar with Twitter, think of it as a micro-blogging service. It’s taken off like a rocket. It’s the next social media (MySpace, Facebook) phenomenon.
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How Do You Value Your Business?
Donald Trump finally revealed his secret of how he values his businesses. The secret slipped out during a lawsuit he is in against a publisher of the upcoming book on Trump. Reading between the lines of the depositions, there's a lot of smoke and mirrors from The Donald, but there's a lot of truth and intelligence as well.
According to The Wall Street Journal, during his deposition, Trump stated:
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Our idea is based in two factors : first the equipment will protect environment from cigarette buts, leaving the streets cleaned. Second it has an advertising space for extra revenues. It is working good in Europe as almost countries have restricted laws for ban smoking. I don´t think it can work in Africa, as the demand to have clean streets is not an issue, and by the other there is no restrictions to smoke. In USA it could be a good fit, as the restrictions to smoke are huge.
My main business is advertising, but I am always looking to alternative medias. That´s why I have cigarBINS. The electronic model will be an advantage because we can setup a digital signage model, and it will be easier to deploy adverts to all equipments. In Europe, specially in Portugal, digital signage is not very used as in USA.
As you have friends in this business area, perhaps you can help me to find a partner to setup an advertising network with cigarBINS, not only with static models but with electronic model too. Let me know your email and then I can mail you some pictures.
It will be my pleasure to chat with you. My skype id is xtwebware.
Regards
Joao Coelho
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Joao Coelho
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Uganda offers tax incentives depending on the level of investment and area of investment, for instance ICT equipment are not taxed during importation, and agriculture or energy sectors have plenty of incentives to offer. Otherwise, In my own analysis, I would say East Africa (5 countries) and South Africa, as well as Egypt are fertile grounds for investment. you are right to disregard Nigeria (419ers) and let me add Ghana, These are the thugs of Africa in every way imaginable. Depending on what sector you intend to invest in, the incentives will vary.
I don't believe in donations either. Entrepreneurship (wherever the location) is the only way forward in regards to progress. You would be surprised how much I know about Africa and why I personally believe in Africa. As I am raising my second venture fund, one of my discussion points has been investing big time into Africa. The problem with Africa is that there has been quite a few scams in certain countries that has ruined it for other countries. For instance, I would personally never invest into Nigeria. I d love playing futebol with Nigerians but I would never invest there.
Africa in my opinion is the last frontier and I would rather invest in Africa than for example China. My plans are to come to Africa after the venture fund is complete. I would look to come within the next few months. Perhaps, I can come to your country, meet with you and look at some investment opportunities. By the way, what countries in Africa do you think are good to fund businesses from a tax incentive. All the Best, Damir
This is the same situation that China was in Two decades ago. well of course if it wasn't for the government's intervention in which they trained various citizens in foreign developed countries and the incentives offered to investors, China wouldn't have been where it is now. Africa is still a virgin continent experiencing non-uniform growth due to insufficient funding. Angel investors are just beginning to sound in most African countries, and the few that have invested into Innovative projects have come to realize that they can't gobble every opportunity there is.
It's amazing how innovative Africans have become, but due to insufficient funds (Not Donations), Ideas are being killed, banks are not flexible enough to cater for Start-ups and SMEs. IPOs are becoming quite common and the people are beginning to see this as an easier means of earning Portfolio income that could help them run their start-Ups through to profitability.
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