3/10/2024 0 Comments Desert bloom family medicine jobsWhat can we the public do to make good on these opportunities? He said, it is exactly the opposite: there has never been more opportunity than there is now. I asked him back in the winter of 2009, at the height of economic panic, ‘where do you think the economy is going, is it all bust’ and his answer to me astounded. His words made an indelible impression on me. When I was in Canada, I had the great fortune to be at an environmental NGO dinner with a former Yale professor of entrepreneurial businesses, someone who has spearheaded Cap and Trade. In the green world, there is incredible opportunity for new businesses, goods and services that will have to be created to address the need required for our changing environment. I started off just by preparing my offering with the kind help of a business mentor and I was off and running knocking on doors with appointments lined up the first day.Īnyone today can ignore the economic doomsayers and say ‘where is the opportunity?’ My banker was thrilled to offer financing to people who want the system, but want to start with a low down payment and gave me an incredible interest rate and terms. Now, I am offering people the opportunity to make money from their roof, private homes to start, some other buildings as well, and I am able to offer a 6 year return on investment (ROI) and a return of 17 percent a month, tax free. I came up with 9 ideas and ran with first one. I took a few days off from sending out resumes and just tried to come up with ideas of a business for my neighbourhood with the idea of how can I serve? what good or service do people need that I can offer that requires no overhead or investment, but just plain old hard work? But this article is not about that, I only mention it briefly to tell a story and demonstrate of how a person can ignore the chicken littles of today’s economy and say ‘wait a minute, where is the opportunity’ and find it. I returned to Israel, went job hunting and after a few months of not finding anything, a friend of mine convinced me to open my own business. I was impressed by seeing how the average person really does think about it and of the future for his children and the world. I was impressed by how seriously the municipalities in Canada recycle and take environmental action seriously. Canada is a beautiful country with beautiful people: I loved the baseball, beer, geese, deer and raccoons that came up to my doorstep, but I missed Israel and felt it was time to come home. In Canada, I was focused on a future of environmental liability and what I could contribute to getting companies to go green by better insurance incentives. My story is this: I am a Canadian-Israeli business developer and I took a hiatus from work here in Israel and moved back to my hometown in Canada for about a year and a half, where I continued education in my former field of insurance, specifically industrial commercial business, and worked till returning to Israel. It fits with my passion of loving to be involved with making the world a better place. I’m fascinated by new and brilliant technology, things that move the world on the high speed train of life or in some cases …the wings of a hovercraft. Some people like comic books, some fashion, I love the green world and all the people attached to it. It sounds kind of corny and probably not the impression you would get if you met me, but it’s true. A Green Prophet reader shares her personal story on starting up a green business in the Middle East – Diamond Solar Services.
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