Do you want to be at the center of a new social revolution in one of the oldest industries in the world?

Some of you have built businesses, some are in the process and some of you have not. If you only understand that someone has built a business from nothing before and it can be done again, then that is good enough for me. I get asked allot of questions these days but one really comes to mind. "Why you?

Let me explain what this is...PROBLEM There are over 900,000 family owned ranches in the U.S. Livestock is a $16 billion industry in Colorado alone. Ranching communities are small, rural, family based operations that offer few choices for commerce.

Example: I get my hair cut at Del's Barber Shop in Limon, Colorado. Del has been cutting hair for 50 years at least. Del owns a cattle ranch. He knows everyone around as far as ranchers go. He sells part of his herd each year to a feed lot in Fort Collins, Colorado. It would be closer to the feed lot in Stratton, Colorado but Del says he gets a better price up north. Just like all ranchers Del only has a couple choices.

SOLUTION Ranchwabble.com has the ability to increase profitability in the industry over 10% by introducing a social E-commerce web solution to ranchers and farmers. Example: Now all ranchers and farmers have the choice to deal with anyone in the world. How's that for choices?

I have spent some time... Learning about business, researching social networks, researching marketing and sales. I grew up with livestock and animals and I still work with animals today. I love connecting people, sharing information and working with animals.

I am not going to ask you to do anything but think. Who may want to be apart of a new social revolution in one of the oldest industries in the world? I have been looking for partners in this project for a few months. I have a few trusted advisors already on board. I also need board members that will help the company get what it needs.

Please pass this on to someone you trust who may be looking for an investment. I am offering a good return on investment, plus ownership in the company and they can place a board member on the Board of Directors if the offer is good. For more information on investing in this project please contact me at 303-669-2738 or Email me at bretwadeinfo@gmail.com

Thank you,

Bret Wade

P.S. Looking for founding team... We are in need of a Chief Financial Officer

I need your help!

Hello to all my dear friends, networking pals and online aquatinces. You may know me very well or we may have only crossed paths once or twice, but I need your help.

Simone and I love our animals. We live out on a 160 acre horse and cattle ranch in Simla, Colorado. We have been known to sell an occasional horse, cow, goose or puppy. That’s life out on the ranch and if you do ranch or farm then you know what I’m talking about. For almost the past year we have been developing an online network for people just like us.

If you have no idea what I am talking about please, please, please forward this on to friends or long lost aunt or uncle with the farm. Every one knows someone with a ranch or a farm.

Go to http://www.ranchwabble.com/ and register.
Free classified ads with photos and video
Free video sharing
Free personal calendar
Forum style discussion
Build your own profile
Add friends

All the content on the site is completed by the users so the more you post the better it gets. So please help us out by getting on ranchwabble.com. Post one video, one ad, one event and one topic for discussion. Then invite some friends. If everyone helps out this site will be a lot of fun and you’ll be helping your uncle Bob in Texas connect with some valuable people that could help out his ranch down the road.

Thank you.

Bret Wade

What are you spending your money on?

According to Deloitte's 23rd Annual Holiday Survey of retail spending and trends, 59% of consumers expect to reduce their spending this holiday season. Higher food prices (73%) and higher energy prices (69%) were the top two reasons for spending less, outpacing the economy (61%) and job uncertainty (18%).
A record number of consumers say they are pessimistic about the economy. Over half of the respondents (53%) say they expect the economy to weaken next year, the highest in more than 10 years of asking this question, compared with 43% last year.

Categories in which spending is likely to be down the most from last year are

Home improvements
Home/holiday furnishings
Non-gift clothing
Socializing away from home
Charitable donations
Entertaining at home

Consumers also said they would buy fewer gifts this year, 21.5 gifts on average compared with 23.1 gifts last year, and they will spend an average of $532 on gifts this holiday season, down 6.5%.

For the complete summary, and links to more data from Deloitte, please visit here.

More from The Center for Media Research

Success: Is it all rainbows?

This is a question and answer thread of mine from LinkedIn.com - I thought it was very interesting... it is backward like an email:

Hello Sudarshan,

What would success be with out failure. When people think about success they think about what the person had to do to become successful. What did they have to learn. What did they have to accomplish to become successful. The positive is that the person became successful and that they didn't quit before that happend. That would be a shame. The rainbow comes after the rain. The fact that the person went out and was able to succeed or fail is a success by itself don't you think? Doing nothing is failure, and you never hear about those people.

Bret

On 10/7/08 9:04 AM, Sudarshan Balakrishnan wrote:
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Bret

Thank you for the reply. Any kindle your brain a bit - please provide me an answer that would be positive. Failure / hurdles / mistake is not the focus of the question. Frank's answer was a close one. Cant we talk of success without talking failure / mistake / hurdle - think and reply once again.

If you wish to connect, feel free to invite me at SudarshanBalakrishnan@in.com

regards..

On 10/7/08 7:59 AM, BRET WADE (thewadeteam@gmail.com) wrote:
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I don’t know of any. For that matter if any one claims to have never maid a mistake then they have never done any thing. We learn how to do things right by doing things wrong. I would normally choose to learn by others blunders but it doesn’t turn out that way most times. I have 2 kids, 18 and 11. I try to tell them about some mistakes I’ve made hoping that they don’t make the same ones but I think they would much rather find out for them selves.

Question Details:
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Do you know of any leader who was always successful right from the start to end?

Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur

Guts:
Guts means you must have an entrepreneurial instinct, which is an overwhelming desire to have your own business. You must have the guts and dedication to be completely devoted to your goal. Incidentally, devotion to your goal is much more likely if you have a love for your intended business. Life is too short to start a business that doesn't give you satisfaction and joy. And, through good times and bad times, you will stick with something you love. As Solomon said, "There is nothing better for men (and women!) than they should be happy in their work-so let them enjoy it now."
Brains:
While appropriate educational credentials are important, entrepreneurial "brains" means more than scholastic achievements. To become a successful entrepreneur, you should have a working knowledge about the business you plan to start before you start it. Common sense, combined with appropriate experience, is the necessary brainpower. Prudence, follow through and attention to detail are very important.

Capital:
Every Business needs money of your own plus sufficient cash to maintain a positive cash flow for at least a year. In a future session operating entrepreneurs will learn how to forecast future cash requirements through cash flow control. Many businesses can be started on a very small scale with a small investment. Then, as the business grows and you gain experience, cash flow from your business can be used for growth. In some cases, you don't need starting capital to hire other people because you might start by doing everything yourself. The "do it yourself" start is a good way to learn everything about your business and also makes you better qualified to delegate work to others later on. You can control your risk by placing a limit on how much you invest in your business.

BILL GATES - "11 things you will not learn in high school"

BILL GATES' SPEECH TO MT. WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL in Visalia, California.
Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this!

To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice. Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1: Life is not fair -- get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping -- they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Roll off you like water off a duck’s back

It's always interesting how some people can ignore negative personal comments, whereas others seem to be immediately devastated by them. This thought came to mind as I was listening to the radio the other day. A popular radio personality was talking about the degree of hatred some people have for him. He went on to read a few scathing emails to prove his point and concluded by saying that it really didn't bother him because he didn't take it personally. He then said something that motivated me to write this article. "I don't give people the power to upset or hurt me." This brings me to today's thought.

Today I'm asking you to think about how you typically respond to this type of situation. Negative criticism confronts us regularly in our lives, and it either bothers you or it doesn't. Here's a solution for minimizing the emotional reaction to hurtful criticism: Create a more stable, peaceful state of mind and give less power to the people who have something bad to say about you! So my question for you today is this: Do you usually forfeit power and break down when you are personally attacked or criticized? Or, do you typically let negativity just roll off you like water off a duck's back as the radio personality does?