Truisms

One of the most important things you need to learn from this blog is that success is an irrevocable and unwavering truism. If you follow this truism, and the concepts it encompasses, you will succeed. If you don’t, sure, you might still succeed, but it may take you a lot longer and require a whole lot of luck. By the way, for those of you who aren’t familiar with the term “truism,” it means something is as sure as anything gets in this world. For example, if your parents had no children, it is a truism that you won’t either.

Introduction to Success

People who really want to be successful can use the principles set forth in this blog to create success for themselves, no matter where they live, what their financial situation is at present or what background they come from. The principles of success you are about to learn apply to every person, every situation and in all kinds of varied environments.

For the last year and a half Bill Bartmann has been conducting seminars in Palm Springs, teaching his students (who then become Bill’s partners) how to make money “Buying Bad Loans.”  In July of this year Bill incorporated CFS II, to create a company that would facilitate Bill and his partners.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with CFS, that was the name of the debt buying/collecting company that Kathy and Bill created during the last recession that took Bill from bankruptcy to billionaire.

One week ago government regulators moved in to bail out the nation’s credit unions.  (Click here to read the Wall Street Journal story.)

This new banking sector bailout is creating a significant new wave of opportunity for me and my business partners (people just like you) who purchase delinquent debt (with other people’s money) from failing institutions for pennies on the dollar.

We then profit by absolving people of their debts for nickels, dimes and quarters.

The result: People get out of debt for a fraction of what they owe and we profit handsomely for assisting them.

This past Friday government regulators acted to help stabilize the nation’s credit unions.  Click here to read the Wall Street Journal story.

Officials announced a $30 Billion federal bailout to rescue and revamp the U.S. credit union system, which has been severely battered by losses on sub-prime mortgages.

It is likely the tip of the credit union “iceberg,” which now has losses that are quickly approaching those incurred by their “cousins,” traditional banks.

To appreciate the magnitude of what is happening you need to look no further than this morning’s Wall Street Journal headline, it says:

“BANKS KEEP FAILING, NO END IN SIGHT” (Full story here)

I keep preaching what incredible opportunities there are out there today and I am prepared to back that up with a substantial investment in acquiring additional businesses.

As a result, I and a number of my investor friends have decided the time is right and we are actively seeking to acquire and or make significant investment in a solid, privately held company within the manufacturing or distribution industries. I am not a business broker nor are you required to compensate me in any manner whatsoever.

What is the best way to help, and I mean REALLY help developing countries?

Well, I firmly believe, after being heavily involved in Microcredit, which is the extension of very small loans (microloans) to those in poverty (I have made microloans to individuals in India, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Morocco, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Serbia, Russia, Pakistan, Mexico and Brazil) designed to spur entrepreneurship, and experiencing one incredible success after another, I believe that in addition to making microloans available to entrepreneurs who lack collateral, steady employment and a verifiable credit history and therefore cannot meet even the most minimal qualifications to gain access to traditional credit, I believe that making low-cost products available to these developing countries is critical to humanity in general.

Hi, my name is Tony and I am a serial entrepreneur and for those of you that do not know who I am…

Let’s just keep it that way 

Lately I have spent some time with a new wave of entrepreneurs. And I guess you could say that I’m just an old dog surrounded by some young, eager and very enthusiastic pups these days.

I work best behind the scenes, under the radar. I’m the man behind the curtain, the man behind the man (or woman if you will).

I make people stars, celebrities; whether they’re in the entertainment world or the business world. It doesn’t matter to me. And the reality is, they are a lot alike.

So you may not have even realized this, but over the years I have actually had, and still have a number of clients that are in the music business. I’m talking artists… bands.

Unfortunately for some, it will be when they are advertising their business for sale!

I suppose the biggest reason for not advertising is budget or lack thereof.

And while that is understandable, the reality is that it is these lean times that advertising is most important.

The bottom-line is that no company, large or small can get by without advertising. On average, a business should spend about 5% of their gross revenue on advertising.