Progress

Sharyn — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:39:34 +0000

I had an email from Edwin Tench earlier this week and he is always so supportive. I met Edwin while I was in Dallas two years ago attending a real estate event.

It turns out he is the ambassador to Belize based in Dallas. He’s been helpful in guiding me towards the right people who can help me with the connections I need in Belize to make the school happen.

He asked me how it was going and when I told him about the challenges I’ve been having finding the right property, he had his nephew scout out some properties based on what we had talked about.

He actually found a new property that is about 20 minutes from the airport, which is one of my criteria. It has a river running through the property which is also important for the plans to be self-sustaining. It is 300 acres and already has two homes on the property and a generator.

That will make it a lot easier since it already has all the utilities on the property. It is important to have the ability to create a school that is totally green and have the benefit of land that is cultivated.

It also includes about 100 head of cattle, 95 head of sheep and 30 ducks. There are also mature fruit trees and some farm equipment and a fresh water well.

Conversations

Sharyn — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:09:37 +0000

I check my LinkedIn account and notice Jason Grilli had asked if I would connect with him. He saw me on one of the blog groups and asked if I would be interested in collaborating with him on a blog.

Well, I had to Google Jason, not being a sports fan. It turns out he’s a pitcher for the Pittsburg Pirates. He has been playing professionally for 18 years. He lives in Orlando, Florida and Pittsburg during the season. He is married and has a three year little boy that he adores and looks forward to taking care of when he can get a day off.

Jason is looking at doing a platform speaking event based around marketing, Internet marketing, Social Media and blogging.

That’s where I come in.

So we are going to keep in touch and see what we can do about creating an event together.

We talked about what we could do to start looking at a long term plan that will support not only UBU, but Jason’s passion in regards to marketing and entrepreneurship.

It is fascinating to think that someone with Jason’s connections would reach out to me and ask for my collaboration on his concepts. We live in such an amazing time with ways of connecting with people who just a few years ago would be totally out of our reach.