The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future



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The 100 Startup Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future by Chris Guillebeau (z-lib.org).epub

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As  you  think  through  the  questions  of  freedom  and  value,  the  most
important one is, “How will this business help people?” This isn’t simply
about  being  generous,  because  as  a  business  helps  people,  the  business
owner  gets  paid.  Some  people  design  an  entire  for-profit  business  around
the social component, others shift to focus on it as they go along, and still
others integrate a social project within a for-profit business.
Apartheid came to an end in South Africa in 1994, ending nearly half a
century  of  white-only  rule  in  Africa’s  most  economically  developed
country.  Nelson  Mandela  was  elected  the  first  black  president  the  same
year, and the country began a slow process of creating true equality for its
“rainbow  nation”  of  people.  In  addition  to  the  negative  association  of
apartheid, South Africa was known for many good things, one of which was
its  popular  prize-winning  wine.  The  wine  region  of  the  Western  Cape  is
older  than  California’s.  South  Africa  provided  the  royal  courts  of  Europe
with wine for over 350 years, and South African vines were used to start the
Australian wine industry in 1781.


 
 


Yet  because  of  apartheid,  the  $3  billion  wine  industry  had  less  than  2
percent black ownership despite the fact that blacks represented 80 percent
of the country’s population. Enter Khary and Selena Cuffe, a husband-and-
wife  team  from  the  United  States  who  found  a  way  to  create  a  highly
profitable  business  that  supports  black  vineyard  owners  in  South  Africa.
Selena, the CEO, explains it like this: “This venture merges my passion for
entrepreneurship with social justice. The greatest benefit is that my personal
and business goals are identical: positively changing people’s perception of
the  African  continent  and  helping  to  reinstill  a  sense  of  family  and
connectivity into the lives of the people that our business touches.”
In  Tel  Aviv,  Israel,  Daniel  Nissimyan  founded  a  paintball  distributor
called Matix Ltd. The business stood out to me because of his unique client
base:  “We  sell  extreme  sports  equipment  to  enthusiasts  in  Israel  and
neighboring  countries,  and  also  to  the  Israeli  defense  establishment  for
training  purposes.”  Despite  the  sudden  appearance  of  a  number  of
competitors that sprang up in response to the growth of paintball in Israel,
business was good. Matix Ltd. was clearing six figures in income and had
sewn  up  exclusivity  contracts  with  key  suppliers,  thus  thwarting  the  new
competitors.
Daniel went back and forth between Israel and the U.S., and his previous
venture was a non-profit that taught karate to children with developmental
disabilities  in  Southern  California.  Paintball  was  fun,  but  Daniel  wanted
something that combined the non-profit model he started in California with
the  sports  business  he  ran  in  Tel  Aviv.  He  found  the  answer  in  a  new
venture  called  Green  Collar,  a  project  that  will  reduce  landfill  waste
inefficiency while also tapping an overlooked energy source. The goal is to
work  with  municipal  governments  in  both  Israel  and  the  Palestinian
Authority  in  an  effort  to  solve  common  problems  and  advance  joint
interests. Here’s what Daniel has to say:
Much  more  than  with  Matix  [the  paintball  business],  I  wake  in  the
morning feeling I’m making the world a better place, and that I don’t
need to suffer for it. I don’t need to volunteer my time to another NGO
or donate money; I instead have focused my best efforts to make the
world a better place for my country and my children—and I will also
be compensated for it.
 


Whether  you  follow  Daniel’s  model  of  designing  a  business  around  a
social  cause  (and  being  paid  for  it)  or  find  a  way  to  incorporate  a
community project into your existing business, many entrepreneurs find this
to be a critical, fulfilling part of their work.

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