Doesn't a rose by any other name..
Marc Ostrofsky has been an idol of mine ever since he managed to convince someone to pay him $ 7.5 million in exchange for the 'business.com' domain name. While my hunt for a similar smartalec-y way to avoid the rat race has been fruitless, the closest thing to him I've seen in India is this chap who was renting out snow boots in Shimla.
It costs 50 bucks to hire a pair of boots from him for about a couple of hours. The bus I was travelling in had about 20 passengers in it and assuming a couple more tourist buses patronised him, he would have pocketed a cool three grand in a single day. Tax-free, minimal investment, virtually no work, high returns - is this a dream job or what? Of course, business wouldn't exactly be flourishing in the summer (perhaps he uses the summer to catch up on his reading).
Having said that, I better get me a job in the very, very immediate future as the parents have started very unsubtly asking me read articles titled 'How to be your own life coach' and suchlike.
It costs 50 bucks to hire a pair of boots from him for about a couple of hours. The bus I was travelling in had about 20 passengers in it and assuming a couple more tourist buses patronised him, he would have pocketed a cool three grand in a single day. Tax-free, minimal investment, virtually no work, high returns - is this a dream job or what? Of course, business wouldn't exactly be flourishing in the summer (perhaps he uses the summer to catch up on his reading).
Having said that, I better get me a job in the very, very immediate future as the parents have started very unsubtly asking me read articles titled 'How to be your own life coach' and suchlike.
