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Zhanglang
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Thanks for the advice. Victoria University's PhD is by dissertation only, so it is temping. I wouldn't mind having a PhD behind my name, but I guess I can skip that for now.
I actually talked with my brother-in-law last night that owns a 3 story buxiban that is looking to expand and open a new school. I think I'm going to go into a partnership with him opening the new branch and also teaching there. So far, it's been the best opportunity I've come across. I like this idea better than just being a slave to someone else. |
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KaiFeng
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Agreed, agreed, and good luck. I'd be very wary of going into business with blood relatives or in-laws though. Just in general.
If your brother-in-law's Taiwanese, you give him immense cred by being associated with his school, which is definitely a good thing. Besides getting more of the kind of business he already has, you might consider suggesting new markets. And you would be able to approach foreign businessmen more successfully than he would, most likely.
Goof luck!
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Thanks for the advice. Victoria University's PhD is by dissertation only, so it is temping. I wouldn't mind having a PhD behind my name, but I guess I can skip that for now.
I actually talked with my brother-in-law last night that owns a 3 story buxiban that is looking to expand and open a new school. I think I'm going to go into a partnership with him opening the new branch and also teaching there. So far, it's been the best opportunity I've come across. I like this idea better than just being a slave to someone else. |
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Zhanglang
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| KaiFeng wrote: |
If your brother-in-law's Taiwanese, you give him immense cred by being associated with his school, which is definitely a good thing. Besides getting more of the kind of business he already has, you might consider suggesting new markets. And you would be able to approach foreign businessmen more successfully than he would, most likely.
Goof luck!
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The cram school he has now is near an elementary school and has many students, and I've known him for a long time of course. He's my brother-in-law afterall. I trust him. If he wasn't reliable, I don't think he would have a successful school and be looking to open another. And yes, I think he is interested in me helping him since I am American. It would make much more sense for him to seek me than to partner up with a total stranger.
He also wants to look into an import-export company after the second school is up and running. Do you have any experience with this or at least heard/looked into it? It seems like it might be worth looking into. |
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Serious_Fun
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| Do you know anything about the intelligence facility on Yangming mountain there? Or anything about Taiwan's military or intelligence agencies? |
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Zhanglang
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 6:22 am Post subject: |
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| Do you know anything about the intelligence facility on Yangming mountain there? Or anything about Taiwan's military or intelligence agencies? |
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Lol. Nah. I've worked most of my professional career in the US intel community. I just happen to know Yangmingshan's center is much like my last job. Just curious if anyone has worked there or taught English for them. I would be interested in visiting there, them permitting of course. |
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Serious_Fun
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Lol. Nah. I've worked most of my professional career in the US intel community. I just happen to know Yangmingshan's center is much like my last job. Just curious if anyone has worked there or taught English for them. I would be interested in visiting there, them permitting of course. |
Here is the URL for a Taipei Times article from a few months ago re: military promotion of language programs:
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/01/15/2003344875 |
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KaiFeng
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This is so Taiwanese; I love it! Start another school, and then in his spare time fire up an import/export company! I miss this so much! Can't give much advice on that score though; all my work came to be consulting and executive development, along with whatever editing/translation work I could cram into weekends and holidays. This was a full schedule, even by Taiwanese standards, and very low overhead. I ran a school for a while but made more after-expenses cash on my own. But good luck in any case!
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| KaiFeng wrote: |
If your brother-in-law's Taiwanese, you give him immense cred by being associated with his school, which is definitely a good thing. Besides getting more of the kind of business he already has, you might consider suggesting new markets. And you would be able to approach foreign businessmen more successfully than he would, most likely.
Goof luck!
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The cram school he has now is near an elementary school and has many students, and I've known him for a long time of course. He's my brother-in-law afterall. I trust him. If he wasn't reliable, I don't think he would have a successful school and be looking to open another. And yes, I think he is interested in me helping him since I am American. It would make much more sense for him to seek me than to partner up with a total stranger.
He also wants to look into an import-export company after the second school is up and running. Do you have any experience with this or at least heard/looked into it? It seems like it might be worth looking into. |
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Zhanglang
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| This is so Taiwanese; I love it! Start another school, and then in his spare time fire up an import/export company! I miss this so much! |
Yeah, dude. Housing is so expensive in the city. They pretty much have to do a lot if they ever hope to own. |
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KaiFeng
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| Zhanglang wrote: |
| KaiFeng wrote: |
| This is so Taiwanese; I love it! Start another school, and then in his spare time fire up an import/export company! I miss this so much! |
Yeah, dude. Housing is so expensive in the city. They pretty much have to do a lot if they ever hope to own. |
What memories it brings back...my US$3300 mortgage in SanChung...the huis my wife joined...good times it got to be....not at first! |
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