Business Opportunity

[JurgenG]

To make a long story short, when I was transferred to Hong Kong in 2007, I was promised a job back in our Bangkok office as soon as the political situation allowed it. 5 years later I'm losing patience and it's beginning obvious the company has other plans for me. So now I'm ready to take my chance and start my own business in Bangkok.

I have a house in Bangkok downtown that can be used as an office for 3 to 4 employees, I have a team of 5 people in China that I personally trained that is ready to follow me in a new venture. I have experience of setting up companies in both Hong Kong and China. I'm exploring a couple of ideas and I'm open to association with a person or a group of people who can prove they have real expertise in their domain. So contact me if you are interested.

[bkkjames]

Well Jurgen, we need a bit more info on your couple of ideas.

I mean, if you are thinking food production and I am thinking e-commerce, it may not fit?

Cheers

James

[JurgenG]

Well Jurgen, we need a bit more info on your couple of ideas.

I mean, if you are thinking food production and I am thinking e-commerce, it may not fit?

Cheers

James

What I'm thinking is the flood destroyed a lot of things and there should be a a big market for replacement goods. I've a team in China that can do the sourcing and quality control, a cpy in Hong Kong that can book the profits. It's a bit opportunistic but if someone has a better idea ...

So far nothing about food or e-commerce, sorry

[tombkk]

Well Jurgen, we need a bit more info on your couple of ideas.

I mean, if you are thinking food production and I am thinking e-commerce, it may not fit?

Cheers

James

What I'm thinking is the flood destroyed a lot of things and there should be a a big market for replacement goods. I've a team in China that can do the sourcing and quality control, a cpy in Hong Kong that can book the profits. It's a bit opportunistic but if someone has a better idea ...

So far nothing about food or e-commerce, sorry

By the time your company is set up, these services will no longer be needed. What is it that you really do? Specialised in construction, sourcing of machine, or...?

[labik]

JurgenG, just one question! Why would you want to leave Hong Kong? I thought Hong Kong was supposed to be top of the world??! I understand there's a bit of rudeness there, but otherwise you've got everything a man could ever want there. Visit Bangkok a couple times a year for a few weeks sure, but why go backwards?

[simoncnx]

I make burgers bacon camembert, looking to expand. based in Chiang mai

[rixalex]

I make burgers bacon camembert, looking to expand.

Expand waistlines?

[JurgenG]

Well Jurgen, we need a bit more info on your couple of ideas.

I mean, if you are thinking food production and I am thinking e-commerce, it may not fit?

Cheers

James

What I'm thinking is the flood destroyed a lot of things and there should be a a big market for replacement goods. I've a team in China that can do the sourcing and quality control, a cpy in Hong Kong that can book the profits. It's a bit opportunistic but if someone has a better idea ...

So far nothing about food or e-commerce, sorry

By the time your company is set up, these services will no longer be needed. What is it that you really do? Specialised in construction, sourcing of machine, or...?

What do I do ? I work for a big European retailer. The marketing department and the buying department make a list of products they want to buy, sometime they even give us the suppliers they found, either on the internet or when they visit trade shows. Our job is to select the suppliers, make sure the products meet our standards, design the packaging, translate the instruction manuals, follow up the production and ship out.

Before I used to spend a lot of time in factories, which was quite interesting. Now I've been promoted and spend my time in meetings, reading excel files and PP presentation. It's quite boring which explains the time I spend here.

JurgenG, just one question! Why would you want to leave Hong Kong? I thought Hong Kong was supposed to be top of the world??! I understand there's a bit of rudeness there, but otherwise you've got everything a man could ever want there. Visit Bangkok a couple times a year for a few weeks sure, but why go backwards?

Hong Kong is great, one of the best place in the world for business. Great people too. But as I just said above, I've been promoted a year ago and I don't really like my new job. Also some of my favorite hobbies like hobby-farming and auto mechanic, I cannot do in Hong Kong.

Honestly, I'm really in between. One day I'm sick of Hong Kong and want to move back to Bangkok, I have a house there as I used to work there 6 years ago. The next day I plan my retirement as you say, to visit Bangkok a couple of time a year but stay based in HK, the main reason being that I can't own anything in Thailand. Also business wise, as you say it's moving backward. I really love the fighting spirit of Hong Kong people, both chinese and foreigners, nothing is impossible with these people. In Thailand it's ...different.

Moving back and forth between Bangkok and Hong Kong, having the best of the two worlds, of course would be ideal. But I'm not sure my company will offer me the opportunity to do that. And to do that on my own will be expensive. So I explore opportunities ...