August 6, 2004
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Topic: Long-term ideas
I’m 23 now. In 2-3 years time, I would like to start-up (with the assistance of others with the finances to help) a company that provides programs for students to have an adventure, to educate themselves, to have fun, and to mature and develop personally for a period of time after high school, and before college should they decide to go that route.
There is currently a market of parents with thousands of dollars to spend to send their children away on programs that they think will give them a leg up in life. Musiker tours is one example, they charge as much as $3,000+ for 2 week programs that provide students mostly with the attitude that you need to get into the best school possible, and the way to do that is to learn the game of the college admissions program.
My company will attempt to do just the opposite, to provide high school graduates with a meaningful experience that shows them there is more to life than institutionalized education. That success should be self-defined, rather than status-defined. Plus, with the amount of money parents are willing to spend, I can send people around the world for considerable periods of time.
I’m saying 2-3 years because I need to build a network of people over this time, and to build my own credibility. Again, just an idea, but writing things down tends to help me focus my ideas, and to make me believe they are credible.
Shabbat Shalom everyone, which basically means, have a good, relaxing weekend.
-dan
