Connect and Eatz Magazine

Investor Issues and News. 2013 - 2014



Investor Relations.
We only use investors on a rare an on a individual project level basis. Meaning no out right equity within the company is normally needed to be sold in order to fund an individual project. The funding of a project is based on the value and overall marketablity of the project. 99 percent of it is borrowed we fund out of pocket a minimum of 1 percent.
In addition we have a number of subsets of various funding options at are disposal but none are being used at the present time and that are created for each project individually before we launch it and which do not involve typical investors.
The issue of Investors is a touchy one for most businesses these days. Issues of control and overall vision of the company can come into play and often times can cause conflict when bringing in investors into the core of a business or a project that one is wanting to bring to market. In fact in most cases the creator of the project is no longer in the driver seat with the original vision once a group of investors become involved in the process.
Given the many multi-layers of revenue that is available to us within the market place, the desire on our end is to pass on up to 30 percent or more of our monthly overall gross revenues back to our subscribers or participants within an individual subscription plans as part of the project as a dividend or as we call it "bonus bucks or a seat gift", a portion of the revenue that is generated within a specific project that some one such as a VIP subscriber or some other eligible participant in our specific project would potentially receive a specific income each month from those revenues as a gift or rebate.
Even though the amount is not specifically guaranteed itself that the individual participant would receive and of course the recipient is responsible for his or hers txes and such. If where just look at as a "risk on trade" sort of in which a subscriber who pays $109.00 for example in our premium subscriber plans and thus earns a percentage of "all" sales within a property we own in a location in the US in which they are assigned to each month would potentially provide the subscriber up to 900.00 plus a year or more in income without doing nothing but being a subscriber. We have to be careful on the amounts we publish.
Thus if you say to yourself if I am risking nothing as the subscription which is mostly refundable (less a restocking charge and processing fee at any time during the year, and if you have not received any "bonus bucks" at the point of refund request), That even though this is a relatively new company with a lot of the usual start up risks and costs, and it is a relatively low risk on my side as an individual is somewhat low versus what my upside potential might be if they only even do 10 percent of what is potentially possible during that upcoming year. What other magazine does this for you. In return it helps us save money on interest costs, loan fees, possible late fees, risk assessment fees, closing costs, and more debt related costs.
And while the need for investment is always around depending on how fast we would wish to bring a project to market and if lets say these other avenues did not exsit would in that case investment be most welcome. In addition some projects take much longer to bring to market than others, and in some cases some projects do not have direct impact on the core projects that we are doing as they are just investments in other technologies or projects. However they do open up doors to other related markets to our core projects and provide need equity and revenue over time. Of course all of this depends on a large number of variables and factors all of which can and do change all the time. So nothing is guaranteed nor do we guarantee anything to anyone.
Thus the implementation of our 50 year business plan for our core projects. Gives us our desire to take on the least amount of debt and costs as possible in the early years and since we knew we would run into cost overruns, bad purchases, market changes, etc. It was our goal to be as debt free as possible in years 3, 4, and 5 and then to remove all if not most of the start up costs and debt encountered in the 6th year from that start up phase as soon as possible.
Since we have experienced the negative affects that debt can have on ones life. It has been found over the years by us and from the many people we have spoken to over this past year or two that debt as a big burden itself that is most advantages when it does not involve ownership in your project or if it can be avoided at all if possible. Amen to that!
Disclaimer,
Currently and Contrary to Some Suggestions we do not have a fund of any kind open to the public for the sale of investments. We are not even allowing investments in the company at the current time.
The information placed on this page is for informational purposes only and is to illustrate our vision or concerns working with potential investors or debt in the future can briing. While we recoginize the benefits of investors and lenders we also reconigizie the risks. Thus we have never opened a fund, our company, or any other part of our project to direct investors nor have we solicited the public or investors for such funds direcltly or indirectly.
The making of such statements if found to be damaging can lead to potential damages on the part of those who are making such statements. All attempts will be made to find those who are making such statements. No guarantees are implied, offered, warranted, or given in these statements. These are general statements for those who are interested in our business philosophy to read and make their own judgements. If they need more detail info they can sign a NDA and then if approved be given such documents as are requested.
Our own internal financing process and options.
We are in the process of creating internal financing options for our various plans, merchandise items, and other items within the various projects being considered and worked.
Our goal is with lets say our Home Furnishings, and other larger cost items that are offered via our platforms and within the magazine that our subscribers may obtain flex pay options in order to purchase the item and get it to their home as quickly as possible once they have seen, reviewed and then purchased the item.
In our travel, we hope to offer the same flex pay system for our subscribers for them to be able to purchase vacations, and other travel products (vacation properties) using our own internal flex pay system being launch this coming fall of 2013.
We hope to be able to offer a flex pay option for our membership card that includes the "Seat gift" and is our top member card in which only a few thousand are sold a year and only in certain markets based on our expansion plans.
We hope to be able to offer flex pay options for our auto plan coming in 2014, where we will have a limited number of electric vehicles in each location we have properties located in in which our subscribers may purchase or lease a car on a much reduced monthly basis.
We are planning on providing "closing costs grants", down payment assistance, and some funding for certain properties via our new real estate platform which will only be available to our subscribers.
So as you can see that depending on how large our subscriber base grows we will be either able to offer a small select group of subscribers these services from time to time, or a large nationwide group of subscribers these services on a regular daily basis.
We make that statement only because we are not interested in selling our brand. And even though we have endured a bit of a struggle to launch the magazine and keep it progressing along until we get to the point we feel its reached our vision for it.
We have a solid 50 year business plan, and we feel with a high level of confidence that we will reach the level of success that we have envision for it. That those who have been or become loyal subscribers to our publication or other content we create through the various plans we are offering and will be offering. That they should receive the overall maximum benefit for their support and patience during this initial start up phase of the first few years.
Especially in the area where investors are concerned. Every one would like us to go faster and investors would certainly do that. However we do not feel our vision would be reached and our unique plans would be scrapped for ones that are bland, and already being done by everyone else in the market. Finally though this project to us is not about the money its about living life, and we wish to live our lives as well while doing it. So all things are relative and done we hope in most cases in balance.
Its that idea of growing something and enduring the scrouge of others, the desire to own us, the mistakes we make, the critics, that drive us to keep doing this at our own pace and in keeping with the original vision that was created for it. Besides who cares about a simple small magazine? We are here just doing our thing!
We know it (the business) will evolve and change as it matures, and our teams (our staff and management) will grow and mature as well in the running of each of its elements within it. We also believe within the 50 year plan most of our critics will most likely be gone or bought out by someone else who has replaced them. Who knows? We just love what we do!
Finance - The Vision and Its Impacts.
When we look at financing for anything that is needed for a project that is to be done within the scope of the core projects related to the magazine. We recognize that there are several factors to take into consideration when doing so (We call these "Group of Scopes"):
In the first group of scopes:
1.) We are human and as such will and have made mistakes,
2.) Our management will and have made mistakes as well.
3.) Our staff will and have made mistakes also.
Bottomline in this first group. No one is perfect and for any one to assume that coming to us or wishing to be a part of what we are doing is wrong.
In the second group of scopes:
1.) We want to keep the uniqueness of what we started.
2.) We want to create things or plans that will hopefully benefit people. Even if we are still small and have yet reached our potential.
3.) We have thousands of options (projects) to choose from and new technologies are being discovered every day, within the overall 50 year business plan context of the magazines implementation and our various interests we have for it not to mention the content we have access to.
4.) That anyone of these options if planned, implemented, executed, and operated well individually can produce sufficient income for our needs as a firm and thus reduces our dependence on the need for investors or outsiders to become involved in the project.
In the third group of scopes:
1.) We always look at the risk of bringing in an outsider, or investor.
2.) We always weigh the long term plan versus the short term schedule.
3.) We will always study the "COSTS", as to the debt has always been a part of our teams life, as well as the companies life. The adverse affects from those experiences such as forcing us to implement something to soon due to an investors desire to go to market sooner than later, drive us to create pathways to offset that debt where possible without using borrowed funds. Thus the many plans being formulated in which our subscribers will benefit from our efforts just because their subscription revenue allowed us to accomplish our goals without the need for a bank loan or investor.
In the fourth group of scopes:
1.) We are in no hurry to get there.
2.) We take vacations, spend time with our families, deal with our health and educational needs.
3.) We spend a great deal of time testing, and researching technologies, vendors, and other items needed for our various projects as we grow.
4.) That is why our official grand opening celebrations in theme parks and such is not until the Spring/Summer of 2014. A full 4 years or so after we started this idea.
5.) We building the consumer experience the way we envision it, and even though we allow subscribers to join now we are not "officially having our grand opening until the spring/summer of 2014.
Its our goal within the desires of our project to someday provide the idea of living life for anyone reading or viewing anyone of our content creations as not just a "Cool" thing technology wise, but as a real life impact to you in the enhancement of the life living wise aspect of things.