Entrepreneurship: Support It. NOW! - Please

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Entrepreneurship: Support It. NOW! - Please.

Dear Colleagues And Friends:

I hope that this letter finds you in good spirits and in the best of health. I am in the awkward position of asking for help on a project, which is something I'm generally shy about doing. What's worse, is I haven't taken due time to address each of these letters personally, for which I am deeply sorry. If I am imposing in any way, please accept my apologies; if I had inadvertently sent you this same item of correspondence more than once, please forgive me my error. And now, to the mission, where we discuss what we can do to dramatically increase the probability of success amongst startups, early-stage ventures and small business. Please just click on the link below:

http://theglobalfuturist.blogspot.com/2014/03/entrepreneurship-support-it-now-please.html

I appreciate your kindness in reading this, and being as responsive as you possibly can. This affects all of us!

Respectfully,

Douglas E. Castle
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PLEASE HELP SELEKTRON INNOVATION ASSISTANCE. 

WHEN YOU CONTRIBUTE TO SELEKTRON, YOU'RE CONTRIBUTING TO SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE REBIRTH OF THE AMERICAN DREAM - INCLUDING TECHNOLOGY, INDUSTRY, FINANCIAL STABILITY AND JOBS!

Did you know that in 2013, 23 million small and startup businesses, accounted for 55% of all U.S. sales revenues and 66% of all jobs? During the last seven years when big business corporate downsizing eliminated 4 million jobs, small and entrepreneurial businesses actually created 8 million jobs. Yet, new businesses (the ones that create new technology and industries) have a failure rate of between 70 and 80 percent. That’s horrifying. 

They need support in these difficult economic times. There’s no federal bailout fund for them. SelekTron Innovation Assistance is raising money to create an interactive platform for these little engines to have one-stop-shopping access to all of the resources and support that they desperately need. 

Visit our preliminary website at http://SelekTronInnovationAssistance.com -- if you go to the link on the navigation bar that says (oddly enough) "CONTRIBUTE", you can make a contribution directly on the site, right on the Contribution Page. What's more, we accept PayPal as our primary means of settlement.

Restore the American Dream by helping US startups and small businesses to succeed, excel and create new industries, new jobs and entire careers! Please contribute all that you can and spread the word. You can simply copy and paste this paragraph to any of your social media accounts.  Entrepreneurship rocks! Thank you. Remember, after you contribute, you can simply copy and paste this to any of you social media accounts -- We need to go viral!

Please listen to the Audio Player immediately underneath this picture. If it doesn't appear, please click on the link which is displayed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqITM4us-9o

If you're truly concerned about the American Economy and you happen to have a passion for American Ingenuity, there are a number of ways in which you can really help us that beyond making contributions (for which we are extremely grateful). You can spread the word and bring this worthy cause in the name of a greater America to an ever-widening circle of friends (just by copying and pasting some of the following bits of social media news to your Twitter accounts, FaceBook, Google Plus and other groups where you can get exposure to a great number of people).
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Try These On Twitter, FaceBook, Google Plus And Mini-Blogging Media:

Save Entrepreneurship. Empower Brilliance. Startups + Resources = Success + Jobs

http://SelekTronInnovationAssistance.com  

Join The Entrepreneurial Wave. Be A Proud Participant. Go to

http://SelekTronInnovationAssistance.com

America’s StartUps And Small Businesses Need Your Attention. Join Us. Help Them

http://SelekTronInnovationAssistance.com

Check Us Out. We’re Putting Resources In The Hands Of Entrepreneurs, Startups And Small Businesses. http://SelekTronInnovationAssistance.com

Join Us! Do Your Part To Re-Ignite The American Dream. All Levels Welcome.

http://SelekTronInnovationAssistance.com

Want To Access StartUps, Entrepreneurs And Small Business Clients? Fast And Easy. First-Come, First-Served. http://SelekTronInnovationAssistance.com

Have A Project? Join Our Multi-Resource Platform Beta Test! Get Empowered.

http://SelekTronInnovationAssistance.com

Thank you kindly for your enthusiasm and support. We'll keep you posted as things develop!

Respectfully,

Douglas E. Castle at http://www.LinkedIn/in/douglascastle and http://bit.ly/CV2013PDF8 
Return Email: douglas.castle@getglobaledge.com 

Help Startups, Entrepreneurial Companies And Small Businesses - Bring Back Productivity, Jobs And The American Dream

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Help Startups, Entrepreneurial Enterprises and Small Businesses to Bring Back Productivity, Technology, Industry, Real Jobs... And The American Dream!



SelekTron Innovation Assistance (visit our site, as well as our GoFundMe Page) is in the process of putting together a fabulously interactive, centralized and complete resource, toolshed (more like an arsenal!) and advice center for these fledgling enterprises. Did you know that the small business sector (in 2013) was responsible for 55% of all American jobs, and 66% of all of our US domestic revenue? Yet you don't hear about the government giving them a bailout. We want to create a highly communication-friendly site that will ultimately be the "go to" virtual helpdesk and services provider for these little engines which have made this country great, We need your help -- even small contributions. You can contribute either on the Go Fund Me Site (which uses WePay to process contributions), or directly on our preliminary website (which uses your old friend PayPal to process transactions).  Even if your contribution is $5.00 or $10.00, is will be your investment in patriotism and free enterprise.

Our campaign is new, but when we've built our machine, we will have assisted these little gems of  businesses (which now have a failure rate of between 70% -80%!) in surviving, thriving, growing and creating opportunities, industries, careers and the rebirth of the US industrialized ingenuity that have always made me proud to be an American. Give and contribute as much as you can, and spread the word amongst your colleagues, friends and connections. We cannot afford to fail. Of course, depending upon the level of contribution (from $5.00 to $100.00), you get some highly ego-enhancing goodies. Please help all of America's private sector bring back production, jobs, and support the value of our US Dollar and Flag. Thank you. Give as much as you can, either on the website (we use PayPal) or on the GoFundMe site, which uses WePay -- a highly secure processor, but not as well known.

Give yourself something to be proud of. Instead of a cup of coffee, or a movie, or an ugly airport tie, invest some of your hard-earned money in empowering the brave venture sponsors, innovators, inventors, game-changers and garage-officed brain trusts who will be tomorrow's big businesses -- if you and I give them a chance. The greatest return on investment is the small amount that you place in the hands of these workhorses; they don't waste that money on perks -- they squeeze the maximum value out of every penny. Nobody is spoiled. Everyone is grateful. Thank of how much good your spare change or your sacrificed after dinner drinks and extra helpings of dessert will do. You'll be a healthier happier Human Being and a contributor to the best cause in the world. The magic that turns visions and diagrams into real products and services. Join us. We need you. This country needs you.

Douglas E. Castle
For The Global Futurist


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CAPITALISM? NOT REALLY.

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CAPITALISM? NOT REALLY.

This article was written by Douglas Castle for The Global Futurist . The author apologizes to the female gender as a class, for he has used a "young boy" as the principal example in making his case in this writing. He is aware that there are also young girls, too, but he has only admired them from a distance (and sometimes up close), and has never actually been one. The author would like to extend his heartfelt thanks to friend and colleague Adam J. Kovitz, who recently wrote an article titled "A World Without Money" (for THE NATIONAL NETWORKER Newsletter, October, 2009, Week 2) with which the author takes some issue -- but Adam's courage in making a statement about how wrong things have begun to feel for so many Americans is the author's inspiration for this article. The author has just become aware that he is speaking in the third person, and that he sounds very pompous. 

Dear Friends:

As a young boy growing up in the United States, I was taught that democracy was the best possible form of government -- that it was ethical, that it was equitable, that it was "of the people, by the people for the people." It was a system of political organization that afforded its fortunate constituents an equal opportunity (i.e., an equal right) to prove their inequality. There was an implication of inherent meritocracy. That is, despite the circumstances of my birth, I could rise to the most-respected, wealthiest position in society, ot I could wind up in the gutter. A poor farmboy could become the president; a boy born into privilege could become the "black sheep" and join the ranks of the lowly underachievers. The "magic" was that we, each of us, had a fair and honest chance at success or failure.

Similarly, we were told that democracy's brother was capitalism, and that capitalism was what had made our country great. Capitalism was a wonderful, competitive system (rather like the noble notion of Democracy), where the most innovative, the most ingenious, the most industrious could become RICH. A poor boy could strive and succeed; he could think and grow rich; he could be lavishly compensated (and respected!) for his contribution to society. No person was barred from this great race to capture the grand prize. The government was merely a provider of certain necessary services for the benefit of the private sector, and the private sector was a breeding ground for entrepreneurship, invention and advancement. Competition was the decider.

In the United States, people still speak of "democracy" and "capitalism". But very few of these same people could define either term. And very few of these people understand the etymological distortion that occurs with the passage of time -- that "Republican" and "Democrat" no longer mean what they did thirty years ago, and that "friends" can be "enemies" depending upon the circumstances and the context...and that there are no absolutes. In fact, absolutes, which sound like "standards" are as politically incorrect as requesting that someone respond to your question with a "yes" or "no."

Getting back to the point, we have some of the vestiges of a democracy in the United States, but it seems to many doubting and increasingly restless souls that we now have a sort of "ruling class" and a "peasant class". And while the "ruling class" is small (in terms of population), it seems to be exclusive, impermeable, above the law and in control of the fate of the enormous and swollen ranks of the "peasant class". But we speak of democracy, and we are prepared to spread it throughout the world, like peanut butter or herpes -- and just like the Grand Inquisitors, we will occasionally encourage this democracy at gunpoint, with a democratic government of our very own to install where the heathens once dared to tread. Puppet governments seem to be at odds with the old spirit of democracy...but then again, etymological distortion has me twisted.

Getting back to the point and sharpening it yet further, we call our country's economic system "capitalism." Yet, it seems odd that we can have a special refined form of capitalism where there is no free enterprise; where their are tremendous barriers to industry entry and to competition; where government and the private sector (or at least parts of it) sit so close to each other at the bar, and where words like "bailout" and "subsidy" and "stimulus" are a regular part of everyday speech. There is a very unique, refined, reformulated type of capitalism that exists in the United States as I see it. It is a "capitalism " where gains are privatized and losses are socialized. Where there is awesome, unchecked and unchallenged power in the hands of a privileged few -- and where the many are called upon to make limitless sacrifices so that those few can remain in power. Where the many are called upon to pay for the mistakes of those few. Yes, my fellow Americans. We have a unique, refined, reformulated and reconstructed form of capitalism where many slaves serve a few elite masters.

If I weren't so favorably disposed toward being politically correct, I would say (but very, very quietly because any of the phone lines may be tapped without the "hinderance" of a lawfully obtained court order) that this capitalism smells a great deal like oligopoly. In my opinion, what we might be doing in calling our economic system capitalistic, is somewhat like calling horse manure chocolate mousse.

Capitalism? Not really. Not anymore.

Please don't  curse capitalism for the cloud that enshrouds our economy today. Capitalism left quite some time ago, a piece at a time (as did the spirit of The Constitution), and was replaced by oligopoly -- a political and economic system where a small number of incredibly powerful persons or entities rule over the fortunes and fates of everybody else.

I actually miss capitalism. It was a great game, with great promise. But then, that was long ago.

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle
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THE PARADOX OF "PROGRESS"

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Dear Friends:

This is a terrific font. It rather reminds me of my first electric typewriter, which was a Smith-Corona. Every term paper that I wrote looked like a ransom note. It has subsequently been donated to the Smithsonian, where it hangs next to Mr. Rogers' sweater and other sacred artifacts of civilization. Yes, civilization, indeed.

There are three terms (contained within a much larger group) which have never been defined to my satisfaction, and I struggle in head-wracking cerebration to understand what they really mean, as much as I find myself looking down at the floor any time that some "expert" starts using any of them without contextually defining them. They are:

1. Civilization


2. Intelligence


3. Normal

Another term that I thought I understood was "progress". To me, progress always seemed to have a positive, "moving ahead and making things better" feel to it. I have come to the conclusion that progress is merely change unless there is an element of improvement or betterment to it.

In the 1960's the American Dream was one of progress. We would be better-educated; employed, promoted and paid based upon education and merit, without social or racial barriers; a multi-ethnic but fiercely undivided society of foreigners-turned-Americans united under a banner of stars and stripes, of "Liberty and Justice for All"; inventors, innovators, initiators; harmonious, grateful people, with increasing amounts of leisure time as robots and computers evolved to do more and more of our work...

The American Dream of Progress was one that become a standard by which many of the World's other societies judged themselves. The United States set the pace. Our ways, our means, our ideology spread throughout the entire planet, and permeated every pore of so many other cultures. With improved communications capability and international trade possibilities, the United States transformed all of human civilization (whatever that latter term means). There was the dream of democracy, and the lure of lucre (I couldn't resist this biblical reference...calling it "capitalism" would be too easy, and would be too nonjudgmental).

Welcome to the Winter of 2008, and to our Progress Report, both for the United States and for the "westernized" portion of the World.

1. Financial institutions are collapsing after years of reckless speculation, lending to unworthy borrowers, and hyper- leveraging every asset, both real and imaginary;


2. Capital markets are imploding after years of spinning blue sky into fool's gold;


3. Unemployment is rampant and rising, with those who are fortunate enough to be employed not earning quite enough to meet current obligations;


4. The Middle Class is becoming poorer and poorer, with decreasing longevity and a diminished quality of life;


5. Major businesses, after years of unjust enrichment, insane greed, creative accounting, wasted third-party money and growing inefficiency are pleading with their governments for bailouts -- which are, historically speaking, bridges to nowhere but to future inflation -- so that they may serve society by keeping the citizenry (taxpayers and voters) employed.

In basic terms, there has been a great deal of change, but no progress. Perhaps we have experienced "negative progress" or "dis-progress." The World is in an economic, sociological and emotional depression, with the United States (the standard-bearer) leading the way. A very small group of people have gotten unfathomably rich during the most recent years leading up to this season of reckoning -- and they have done so at the cost of everyone else. I will not name them here.

Here is what to expect during the span of time between this moment and the Spring of 2011:

1. A steadily increasing role on the part of governments in commercial and personal affairs at every level;


2. A reversal in the trend toward privatization, and an increase in governmental takeovers and "nationalization" activities;


3. An increasing percentage of people in the employ of governments and their agencies, which is the only sector of the world economy where there will be growth in employment and jobs creation;


4. A decreased emphasis on energy independence, education, physical fitness;


5. An increased affinity amongst many people, feeling dispossessed by capitalism, to embrace socialist ideals;


6. A tremendous increase in violent crime -- crime borne of desperation and the perception of a lack of any viable alternative means of survival;


7. Gains in industries which serve vice and escapism, but which are not heavily invested in real estate and infrastructure. Liquor stores will do much better than theme parks in terms of solvency and profit margins.


8. A decline in home ownership, and an resurgence in residential rentals;


9. A precipitous decline in commercial and industrial real estate, while businesses migrate to telecommutation and cyberspace;


10. A revival in religion, as is customary for Humans during a deep depression and a crisis of faith in man-made social institutions, and an increased look at self-growth and self-help movements and modalities;


11. A slow but steady increase in the number of home-centered, internet-based entrepreneurial enterprises, and local "cottage" businesses;


12. Logjams in the areas of courts and legal systems, and a decline in attention paid to the notions of "justice" and "due process of law."


13. The professions losing their luster as they become less well-compensated, and as individuals start making their own decisions because of a decreased faith in the time-honored validity or utility in a Professional Opinion.


14. A relentless sytem of tax collection, as governments need to find money to replace the funds expended on bailouts, subsidies and other economically non-productive activities and poor investments.


15. A serious re-evaluation, amongst the World's populace, of priorities and values -- a great deal of fear, worry and introspection.

How do you take advantage of this adversity? I'll share my thoughts with you on that in my next post. I have a hint, though, which I will offer all of those willing to listen:

THIS IS THE TIME FOR CEMENTING RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILDING TEAMS. There are opportunities for safety, and even prosperity there.

Faithfully,

Douglas Castle

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