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Author Topic: Great article about a guy that finds a RW  (Read 4363 times)
wsbill
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« on: July 28, 2002, 04:00:00 AM »

And starts a business.

http://abroad.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2002/07/26/002.html

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BubbaGump
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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2002, 04:00:00 AM »

... in response to Great article about a guy that finds a R..., posted by wsbill on Jul 28, 2002

Are Russians disturbed that an American with only a high school education is doing so well?  And was this woman below jealous that this guy had done more for the local Russian economy than US aid programs had?

Sara Lindemann-Komarova, an American who has lived in Novosibirsk for seven years and helped to establish USAID programs there, agreed with Verkhovod. "I obviously believe that Eric has done more good than harm here," she said.

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wsbill
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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2002, 04:00:00 AM »

... in response to Good article but..., posted by BubbaGump on Jul 28, 2002

And was able to get all his resouces inline with that money and his business model worked.

However, I think it was very unwise to go telling the world how much this guy is worth!!  Don't you know the mafia will be wanting their share after reading that article.

Clearly, the resources are before them, just that the people lack the know how, direction of making a business work.

They're so quick to blame the gov't or anything.  Since that's how their mindset works.

I think anyone who has investigated the pizza business, without a francise.  You'll see all it takes is 1 large oven, somebody to make the dough, someone to spread on the tomatos sauce, and then someone to grate the cheese and vegtables.  Toss it in the oven, 15 minutes later serve.

Clearly if you calculate how much this all cost, with .35 an hour labor.  A $5 family sized pizza is like a cash cow.

What's really beautiful is you can contract with some farmers to grow all your vegtables at cut rate prices.

This is a no brainer business...but you will need to have a couple of employees that are willing to work for $.70 an hour to get the thing organized.  geez...

Just imagine, in all of eastern europe all the money and opportunity is flowing into that country for the element of just cheap labor.  It is mind boggling the growth potential.

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Quasimoto
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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2002, 04:00:00 AM »

... in response to Re: I still think, this guy had the mone..., posted by wsbill on Jul 28, 2002

I read an article about this guy about two years ago. He was hit up by the mafia, his life threatened, and he had to go through some security issues to prevent being laid to rest at the bottom of Lake Baikal. He went through some trying times, but somehow he won the battle of words and threats. It is interesting that this article didn't mention that. The previous article also mentioned how the mafia tried to copy his formula with the pizza restaurants, and compete while also giving him trouble in other ways. At that time, his pizza businesses were all he had, and he was in the process of building his home.

Steve

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Quasimoto
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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2002, 04:00:00 AM »

... in response to Re: Re: You're right - it already happen..., posted by Quasimoto on Jul 28, 2002

http://www.msnbc.com/news/330844.asp

by the way, Eric Shogren is Jewish. I bring it up since Russia is not real tolerant of Jews. - Ironic!

Steve

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BubbaGump
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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2002, 04:00:00 AM »

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Another article, posted by Quasimoto on Jul 28, 2002

:-)
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James B
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« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2002, 04:00:00 AM »

... in response to Great article about a guy that finds a R..., posted by wsbill on Jul 28, 2002

Thanks for the article.  Quite a success story and I was quite surprised at how much people in Russia crave things from the west and how they will spend the money for something of a little higher quality.
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wsbill
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« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2002, 04:00:00 AM »

... in response to Re: Great Article and a real success sto..., posted by James B on Jul 28, 2002

I could set her up in a little hole in the wall shop and sell sexy underway...  

We could make up a nifty name like

..."Bills of Hollywood"...
...Skivies of the Stars...

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BrianN
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« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2002, 04:00:00 AM »

... in response to Great article about a guy that finds a R..., posted by wsbill on Jul 28, 2002

A 700 Square METER House... Great article Bill, thanks for posting.
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