Happy Deepavali!

Hi All,

Hope those who are celebrating Deepavali had a great weekend with friends and family.

Fantastic to see so many cultures and races in one country.

Happy celebrations...............

Location location...

The business plan is now complete...
Right now waiting for investors and sponsors to review the report...

In the mean time there is the search for a potential location. Preliminary investigations indicate that there is viable land in Cheras. Ideally, looking for land in Puchong as it seems to be the up and coming area. Most other areas are either too expensive, too far, or don't have the land space...

Anyone have 10 to 20 acres spare? :-)

What are your thoughts on an ideal location for the ski field (within KL/Selangor!)?

Happy holidays

Selamat Hari Raya!!! (belated)

Hope that everyone is enjoying the festivities and the food.

Went to Genting and Melaka for the long weekend and got my first glimpse of snow in Genting. It was good to see so many people enjoying their time in there and see positive signs for the ski field.

The second draft of the business plan is complete and under review at the moment. It should be ready for potential partners and/or investors VERY soon... It is hoped that this will be within the next two weeks. There will be a lot of communications soon with various parties.

Will update you guys as I go along.

If anyone needs help in preparing a business plan please do not hesitate to ask :-)

All the best,
Eric

Business Plan

Hi All,

The first draft of the business plan was just completed. Quite happy about it after days of work. Taking a break from it so that I see it with fresh eyes after a few days.

One of my friends said "Don't spend your life savings on this... Then again, how can this idea not work?!? Snow in a tropical country with a population that large?!?" My sentiments exactly.

However, I still need to convince my investors and that is where the business plan comes in. Right now, it is a "to the point" document. Nothing hidden and no BS behind it. That is what I want to run with, cause there is nothing to hide with this project.

Only worry, this idea is done first by someone else. So far I haven't heard of anyone else who is willing to do it to this scale in the SE Asian region.

Fingers crossed that the design will start in Jan 2010!

Home Coming...

The next major step for myself more than Malaysia Ski is to return to Malaysia after a long absence (over 20 years). This will help the ski field project in a big way as it is difficult to network away from the country you are trying to start a business in.

There are many supporters who have wanted to meet me face to face, and I look at that as a huge positive. Thanks. Not to mention, there are potential sponsors/partners that I have to talk to face to face with and not just email.

I have found that starting a business is perhaps 5% inspiration, 75% perspiration, and 20% networking. At least in the modern business world.

This will eat into my savings, but there are sacrifices that you have to make in order to make the business work. So hope to see some of you very soon...

Congratulations...

to Isabel from Kuching.

You have just won yourself a new iPhone!

For other supporters please look out for future competitions to win prizes.

Thanks,
Eric

Thanks for filling out the survey...

Firstly, thank you to all the survey respondents. There were a lot of very positive responses.

As you are all aware there is an iPhone giveaway for the survey. I will be contacting the winner first to confirm their eligibility and then announcing it on this blog.

Looks like the indoor ski field is going ahead :-D