Stories of Offshore Business Center

An offshore business center, above all others, usually provide these benefits to its registered business,

• Asset protection
• privacy and confidentiality of company owner
• taxation benefits

So how do these three work together to benefit a business owner? Here is an example of how.

Mr Junk Debris is an insurance broker running a business in Sydney, Australia. All of his business operations are based in Australia and all the revenue are derived there too. His salary is between 80,000 and 100,000 which is rather ordinary for someone who owns and operates a lucrative business like insurance brokerage. However, he lives extraordinary daily lifestyle, i.e.

• residing a mansion renting at 10,000 a month
• enjoying a private jet and a state-of-art cruiser
• schooling his offspring in a renowned private school
• and understandably heavy maintenance bills to support a lifestyle like that

Unfortunately for his clients, his business bankrupted (well, I suppose he is not an entrepreneur who wants to change the world, but rather someone who wants to enjoy a lifestyle that depends on other people's money). But anyway, his business bankrupted and so is he himself.

Fortunately for Mr Junk, his residential mansion was not confiscated for the creditors. Of course not, he was only renting it. But the truth is he is renting a mansion that is owned by him and the court can not get proof of it in order to support the confiscation. How does he manage to achieve that?

He registered a company in Marshall Islands - Junkyard Investment Trust. By local jurisdiction, his name is kept away from public probation - privacy and confidentiality that most of IBC offers. The mansion was bought by Junkyard and therefore owned by Mr Junk. He then rented from Junkyard whilst enjoyed the tax benefits. When his Sydney assets get seized for liquidation, his mansion had to be exempted because no one can prove it is Mr Junk's property without obtaining paperwork from Marshall Islands. You know Marshall Islands will not supply the paperwork, complying with its own jurisdictions.

人生百态，说白了就是利益两字

人皆为利来利往，说白了不过是想让家里的生活好一点。有的人是放长线掉大鱼，美其名曰看得远，有战略。有的人是撒快网篓小虾，就侮其为只顾眼前利益。一切不过是上家儿的语言利器罢了。谁也不比谁好，那个也不比那个更干净。

王朝有尽数，创业不易守业难 － 《三国》观后

终于把九十几集的《三国》全部看完了，剧好，谋戏好于武战，连我这种奉感官刺激为上的人也沉迷于该剧的文谋之戏。

现在说说我自己最大的观后感吧 － 王朝有尽数，创业不易守业难。

• 老生少，少生小，小弱而丢国
• 创业的传守业的，守业的传享福的，享福的好逸恶劳而丢事业

家族企业都过不了三代是天数，更是人性。家族人材的选择范围和在整个社会纳才比起来要小的多。

Reply to a Group Thread in LinkedIn about Raising Capital for a GroupOn like Company in China

02/08/2010

Thread comment: Are you talking about groupon kind of business? There are 400 of those in China today. 

My reply comment:
Well, 400 is probably an underestimated figure from a stats released couple of months ago.

However states usually do not tell a true story based on what you believe in. I would foresee two-thrid of those 400 groupon-like copycats would disappear within 6 to 12 months. At the end, only 10 to 20 such companies will survive and subsequently thrive with their own innovation on top of what groupon was originally about. Give China's economical and social development state today as they are, business development on a new innovative idea like groupon is indeed going through, although seemingly insane to western mature economies, yet its normal form right now.  

Might DailyDeal.com become one of the last 10 to 20 survivors and thrivors?  

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雷军名言

大学有很多事情是必须得做的，比如打拖拉机。我有几个同事写程序同样很厉害，提拔到管理岗位以后一直 不适应，后来发现他们上大学是走读，因为走读没有和同学们打成一片，导致他们的领导能力有问题，所以我认为大学真正要学的是打扑克。

　　当时我们是四个朋友一起开的这家公 司，四个人各占25%，开公司得出的经验教训很惨重。记得那时我们花了很多时间讨论：谁当董事长？谁当总经理？每个人都占25%，恨不得两三个月一改选， 跟我合伙的几个人都比我大两到三岁，而我是最没有期望值，所以他们都来找我讨论，要求经常改选，你做两月你不行，我来做。

　　当你请100个人（开会）时只摆 80张椅子，就能确保所有的位置都坐满。

　　一个人要做到什么境界才能把管理做 好呢？就是眼睛里能揉得进沙子，这个管理才能做得好。

　　作为一个企业管理者，你只考虑个人 是一种不负责任的想法，因为一个管理者的成功是大家都感到成功。你要想跟你一起干的几百号人的生活，你放弃会对他们有什么影响？

　　有同事看到百度上市非常成功羡慕得 不得了，他跟我聊了几个小时，我跟他说了一句话，我说你这么羡慕，李彦宏能分你一分钱吗？不会分吧！那好，回 家该干嘛干嘛去。所以我们要学会欣赏和祝贺别人的成功，然后回家该干嘛干嘛，与其临渊羡鱼不如退而结网，回家把自己的活做好，这最重要。

重视小顾客 -- 为将来的顾客群打下基础

老佛爷百货的另一个招数是特别重视小顾客，为将来的顾客群打下基础。每年圣诞来临之前，老佛爷都会针对孩子设计一个童话故事主题，这已经成为老佛爷百货公 司最突出的“特色”。