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  • 14Jul

     

    This appeared in my inbox yesterday:

    Dear,
                      ”PLEASE THIS LETTER MUST REMAIN SECRET”   
    I  am Olarn Chaipravat,  former deputy prime minister during Thaksin Shinawatra regime which was ousted  by a military coup on Sept 19 2006,and  Martial law was imposed by the Council for Democratic Reform, now called the Council for National Security . After the Sept 19 coup, i would have called you on phone , but because  the new government is  taping   the past goverment  officials phone numbers, so it is  no longer safe for me to call you, that is why i think it is safe to send you this mail. we are placed under surveillance.
    However my main point of contacting you is to seek your sincere suggestion and guideline to invest in your country. And please because of my previous position in the government, i do not need to tell you of the absolute confidentiality  which we both must have to observe, if we are to go into investment, or rather if you are to help me in investing in your country.
    I  desided  to  contact  you  now  that  I  am  very  sure  that  all  eyes  are  not  on  us as  it  was  when  the  problem  first  began  though  we  are  still  going  to  court  but  the  environment  is  good  now  to  handle  the  transaction  very  safely.
    From the news publications attached here in respect of the goverment probes into much of the projects my ministry executed will make you to understand my position  with the govenment now.
    I  thank you very much for taking time to go through my mail, and hope to read from your reply soon, .Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and my
    regards to your family.
    Good luck,and feel free to contact me on my email for now, until arrangements are made.
    yours sincerely,
    OLARN CHAIPRAVAT.
    Please reply me for further details to (email removed by this geek)

    I attach herewith my international passport. (picture after the break)

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  • 07Jul

    SINGAPORE, 01 July 2010 The Spirit of Enterprise (SOE), a non-profit organisation created to inspire Singapore students and youths to become entrepreneurs, is accepting nominations to its 2010 Sprit of Enterprise Awards until 15 July 2010. Held annually since 2003, SOE Awards recognize successful small and medium businesses.
    To qualify, the business must be locally registered, not less than 5 years in operation, earning less than S$10-million, with a good business standing and no legal obligations.
    The Spirit of Enterprise Awards will honour 30 SMBs and plans to introduce a new award category this year.

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  • 02Jul

    Came across this post by Brett: Why Developers Should Never Agree to an Earnout… which reminds me of my own sad story of an earnout deal which although was much smaller, basically had similar endings. The profit targets were not met because the guys who took over changed the business strategy not too long after taking over. Makes me wonder how many other high profile M&A deals the likes of YouTube, etc had the same problems?

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