October 2008

Well, interesting times for me.  I am caught between the "never been seen before" financial crisis on one hand, and the one place which seems to have more cash and growth aspirations than it knows what to do with.  I discuss this paradigm in the experts tips section covering not only ways to "tighten the belt" and manage your finances, but also how a global meltdown can actually be a source of great opportunities ...

Before we go into the heavy stuff, a few lighter moments to share with you.  Last time I talked about Saadiyat Island the "Island of Happiness" where there will be a new Louvre, Guggenheim, another 5 museums, a New York University and over 150,000 residents.  Well, there is a lot of interest in this at the moment, so using my contacts and my trusty video, come and join me on a tour of this island 5 years before its fruition...

And for my second video, a bit of fun in the darkness of the current fear mongering media overwhelm.  Welcome to Oman, a great place to check out on your travels.

 

 

In other news I went up and met with the team from Desert MultiMarathon to help them shoot their promotional video, which is included in this newsletter.  They really are stepping out and making a real difference.  I encourage you all to watch the video and support this team on their epic adventure.

To your success

Mark Taylor

Ordinary People doing EXTRAORDINARY Things

Check out this awesome video of the Desert MultiMarathon adventure!

Establishment of an expert panel

As promised, below are two other members from our expert panel  You can find out more about their formal background by clicking on the "Meet The Team" banner, but here I will go into how I know them and why I invited them to be on the expert panel of Keys To Success Club.

Fergus Herbet

Areas of expertise      Business

Specialities                  Business growth, early stage ventures, capital raising

Fergus is a founder and managing partner of ORB Capital, Chairman of Edge Custom Media (a custom publisher) and a Director of Global Valve Technology Ltd (a disruptive valve technology), Fergus has been involved with the incubation of many companies with compelling growth characteristics.

Fergus has started, owned, managed, and sold a number of successful enterprises and has assisted a large number of disruptive technology companies to raise what had previously seemed ‘impossible’ development capital.  He has been the Managing Director of four successful businesses, including Tourism Australia Ink, which he sold to the publicly listed Text Media Group in 1998.

I worked with Fergus on Global Valve Technology and Filtra Technologies.  An enigmatic Irishman who has a real eye for opportunity and has a breadth of entrepreneurial talent across multiple industries.

Stephen McClatchie

 

Areas of expertise      Property

Specialities                  Financing, cash flow management

Stephen McClatchie is the Founder and Director of Loans Australia, the Multiple Property Experts.   Having overseen the writing of more than $650 million dollars in mortgage finance over the last 14 years, Stephen is well placed to understand the needs (and frustrations) of multiple property owners and investors.

Managing Director of Loans Australia and involved in mortgage lending since 1995, Stephen is a specialist in mortgage structuring, strategic financing, management and mortgage selection.

I have personally used Stephen for my property portfolio and he really does know the scene inside out.  What I really like is that Stephen is creative and can think "out of the box".  He is also a keen advocate on self education and personal development which is a little unusual in the finance space...

Dearest member,

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