Re: Product to Import

In a message dated 7/13/99 1:31:11 PM, romeos@earthlink.net writes:

<industrial products such as motors, solenoids, valves, sensors, made
in usa, for my marketing co (hengstler) in the philippines, who
solicit orders from mfgs there like san miguel, coca-cola, del monte,
etc.


***You told me your custom work is most profitable...since anyone can source
off-the-shelf, they will...which means you will net no worthwhile
business.****

i am still trying to find a product to import, i stayed up till 4 a.m.
last night reading and racking my brain for a product, i do have a
ntdb cd-rom july 1996, which i bought then, still having difficulty
using it

***Your tax money at work...it may be easier to go to a local library and ask
the librarian for help..dont tell tehm you have a copy of the ntdb at home.
Let me know how it goes****

i also looked at old files and found export hotline & tradebank, kind
of a free faxback on country with hot industry, profile, contacts,
etc. put out by international strategies out of boston,


***why would any of this information be any use to you?****

also looked at newsgroup like alt.business.import-export but seem to
deal mostly with commodities like sugar, and merchandise, is this a
good site in line to what we are doing?

***Such sites strike me as a waste of time...what is the point of receiving
bids from people not really in business or making bids to people not really
in business? Do you think any serious business goes to these sites?***

am also taking USC fastrac ii 12 week summer course on
enterpreneurship, so far i have learned "it is better to have a first
rate management team with a less than first rate idea than a second
rate team with a first rate idea", good management can make a second
rate concept fly while a second rate team can drive a good idea to the
ground, goal by the end of the course is to have a sound business plan
to obtain financing

***How much are you paying for that information? Why worry about financing?
That is the easiest part of the business. Write a business plan when you
have something to write about, like a customer.****

btw, rotflol after reading export humor, reminds of the saying in
tagalog "matapang na kape", literal translation in english, brave
coffee, instead of strong coffee :)>>

***that is funny..but come to think of it..."Brave Coffee" might be a good
name...don't we use coffee for strength and endurance?***


John

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