Below are some of my ventures that I'm investing in or have built. They are at different stages of development - do test them out and these ideas will dominate the internet in the next decade. I also encourage you to startup your own online businesses! In the case of these businesses, we have taken equity and let the companies run their own business (I'm a user of the products rather than run these day to day).
_______________________________
ecommerce: ShopMarkaz.com – Sell Online!
ecommerce makes commerce easier and fairer. Entrepreneurs in most countries will want to jump on the opportunity to sell their goods to the world – especially as the physical world makes it harder to access customers. More suppliers will go online and compete globally. Just as ecommerce has spread in the United States more businesses across the globe will come online. ShopMarkaz enables companies to setup their online ventures so they can monetize the internet.
ShopMarkaz is setup to specifically solve the problems for the middle eastern entrepreneurs.
ShopMarkaz is already in use with sites such as www.zaourflowers.com, www.thecollagencompany.com.
Looking for funding to take the development to primarily focus on the sales and marketing efforts of the product as well as take the development to the next stage. Product is live.
Visit www.ShopMarkaz.com built by www.itlinksolutions.com
_____________________________________________________
Education: Webpreneur University.com – Work for Yourself!
Travelling has become so boring. Stay in the Marriott in New York and you will have a nice room with a Television and coffee machine. Down the road will be a Starbucks, a McDonalds and a Dunkin Donut Shop. On the television will be CNN.
Go to Dubai and you will find the same thing. Go to Rio and its similar. The new generation is looking for more unique experiences and want to go to “different” places than the norm.
Weirdo Travel promotes travel to different places. To Rawanda. To Afghanistan. To Iraq. To outer Mongolia (inner Mongolia is too “in”). For the class of people that want memorable experiences to a completely different part of the world. To those that want to visit the United Arab Emirates and instead of staying in a Holiday Inn hotel, stay with a local Arab farming family.
Visit www.WeirdoTravel.com
*****************************************************************************************
Other Ventures/Causes:
The following are causes that we would like funding for. These were meant to be non-profit but am open to making them profit making ventures. They should eventually become at least self sustaining ventures. If you can fund into these causes than we will make them happen!
____________________
End Brandism
People are simply brands. You generalize and judge people based on their profession, skin color, height, weight, nationality or a bunch of other characteristics. End Brandism is simply about helping people realize how their brand impacts them.
____________________
End Passportism:
In America your ability to make it in life was determined by the color of your skin. Over the decades many civil rights activists fought in order for blacks to have the same rights as the whites. And now a black man became president – something unthinkable a few decades ago.
In the same manner, “passportism” discriminates against many countries in the world. Entrepreneurs from Angola for instance are at a disadvantage from the entrepreneurs on Europe. The purpose of “End Passportism” is to research and find ways in which globalization can happen inclusively. Perhaps some “special” entrepreneur passports can enable a few more people to travel/work freely. And what would happen if there were no passports in the world?
End Passportism the book has been invested in and is currently being written. The website and other methods of marketing will need some funding.
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
_____________________________________
Rebrand Pakistan:
A brand of a country has a huge impact on it’s ability to create wealth. Countries ultimately are simply brands. Pakistan currently has one of the most negative global brands. This not only impacts businesses based in Pakistan as they try to export and find customers/investors/tourists from abroad, but it also impacts the country internally as the youth see nothing but negative images and role models to follow. Rebrand Pakistan aims to show the positive side of Pakistan – such as the artists, entrepreneurs etc to move the focus away from the politics.
Every country can do with a little “rebranding” and if you would like to invest in a long term country branding strategy for your country than please get in touch.
Site: www.rebrandpakistan.org
The internet makes it easier than at any point in history for people to work for themselves. Webpreneur University will teach people how to work for themselves. Depending on the funding we can receive we can open up an actual campus, franchise the brand or teach online. In the knowledge economy, education is going to be more important than any other industry. As webpreneur helps people to work for themselves it will especially target the adult education industry and people currently in employment.
First few camps have been run with great success – need funding to take idea to the next level. The scope can depend on the size of venture we can receive. Site is live but limited content is there.
Visit www.WebpreneurUniversity.com
_______________________________________________________________________________
Mobile: txtfo.com – txtformation Anywhere!
A mobile phone is with a consumer 24 hours a day. Text messaging is the “poor man’s email” – every phone has it and it is with people all the time. Txtfo makes it easy to request and receive information anywhere. A consumer can see a presentation or an ad and simply send an SMS with their email address.
Txtfo was started in 2003 and customers have included Google, Samsung and Xbox. It was acquired by www.MobileFinancialServices.com in 2007 and now we have acquired it back and need funding to market it to the middle east region.
Looking for funding to take the development to primarily focus on the sales and marketing efforts of the product as well as take the development to the next stage. Need funding to establish in each of the countries (e.g. connect with Etisalat gateway). Product is live with UK number. Customers include schools, universities and small businesses.
Visit www.txtfo.com
______________________________________________________
Audio Learning – Seeko.org – Listening is the new Reading
More and more people will learn through audio as it enables them to learn while doing something else – e.g. drive/gym/work.
iTunes is a closed software that doesn’t work on all phones. Seeko plans to be open so that all mobiles can connect to it. Content will be sellable online or have embedded advertising and other revenue streams.
There are multiple ways in which we can monetize this venture to be discussed if you are serious about investment. Visit www.Seeko.org
______________________________________________________
Web hosting – aartechosting.com – Hosting for the Rest of the World
To get on the web, hosting is critical. Every website has a host. Brands such as GoDaddy are too US focussed and their branding elements as well as payment methods do not suit the rest of the world. AartecHosting will target the Middle East and Africa to provide hosting.
Visit www.aartechosting.com