Re: young entrepreneur

Maybe, a degree in business would be more practical...accounting takes a
love of numbers, precision, and detail.  If he loves that, he won't find it
dull.

Bonnie Zone 7/7 ETN
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> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 4/20/2007 7:51:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] young entrepreneur
>
> Very interesting, Auralie. Give them my best. As I understand the seed 
> business on the non-production end, it's 90 percent marketing--and the 
> web has greatly changed that and, no doubt, will change it a lot more 
> in the next decade or so. Since he seems to know something about 
> selling seeds on the net, an apprenticeship with a traditional seed 
> merchant may be a waste of time. What he really needs to do is to 
> develop reliable sources of the kinds of seeds he wants to peddle--and 
> figure out all the goofy laws and USDA regulations regarding importing 
> botanical material. [All that paranoid nonsense may well put his dream 
> out of reach unless he moves to Spain and writes off the US market.] 
> But the main thing, I think, is reliable sources. There are many 
> indigenous people who make their livelihoods by gathering and selling 
> seeds; the challenge is to find them.
>
> On Apr 20, 2007, at 5:47 PM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I know a Navy man who has a interesting hobby.  Actually, he
> > is my granddaughter's boyfriend or whatever the proper term is
> > these days.  Everywhere he goes, and being in the Navy he
> > goes a lot of places, he visits parks and botanical gardens, and
> > pockets any loose seeds he can find.  Sometimes with permission,
> > but not always.  (I have often done this myself, so I can't be
> > critical.)  Then he sells them on EBay - apparently does a pretty
> > good business this way.  He will be out of the Navy, hopefully,
> > in the fall, and plans to go to college to be an accountant, but
> > what he really would like to do is specialize in unusual and
> > exotic seeds.  The accounting plan is just because he is a
> > very practical young man and knows he needs a skill.
> > What advice should I give him?  What would be his chances
> > in the world of horticulture?  Maybe he should start out at
> > one of the big seed houses to learn the business?  He does
> > love plants and growing thing so much, I hate to see him give
> > up his great interest for a dull profession like accounting.  On
> > the other hand, I'd like him to be able to provide well for my
> > granddaughter if that's what they want.  Of course she is talking
> > about going into environmental law - she graduated this spring
> > from Washington State - and that doesn't pay well unless, as
> > she says, you go to the "dark side."
> > Auralie
> >
> >
> >
> >
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