Are you interested to hire me to help in your business or organization? I’m available to work for you for FREE one day in a week! I can help in projects such as IT, Internet presence and marketing.

You may wonder why there is such free lunch under the sun. Yes there are, but not in this case. I’m actually being trained to be a “consultant” to businesses and organizations in my MBA study.

I need to understand a company or organization in and out, so that I may write about it as a case study. I suppose the best way to understand a company is to work within it. Would you accept me?

Why I Do This?

I’m currently an MBA student in Graduate School of Management (GSM) in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). I have chosen a road less traveled by choosing to do a practical subject in Case Writing & Analysis, instead of the more academic Business Research Methods. For your information, we can choose either one of these two routes to get our master degree.

The reason I chose to do a case study is because I want to be trained in analyzing real life business problems and issues and proposing effective strategies to overcome the problems.

It is in essence like a business consultant going into your organization, learn about problems you are facing, and propose solutions to your company. Isn’t it free consulting service for your company from my business school through a student like me?

So I’m thinking working in an organization (although I’m not required to) in order to understand its issues in and out. In exchange, I offer my skills in helping your business. When I say I work for you, I mean seriously working for you like your staff and helping your company.

Here Are Some Problems

But the problem is, you will need to share information about your company to me and my case supervisor (a lecturer who is supervising this project). The reality is that, not many companies in Malaysia and this part of the world will want to share information out.

But you can be different! In US, many companies approach business schools to have them used as business cases in business courses. This is not only a way to get free business consulting advice and fulfill corporate social responsibilities, but also a way to get their names out. So why not in Malaysia too?

The Solution

The good news is that, information about your company is protected. Any financial information and trade secret is to be known by me and my supervisor only. We will produce a case study report. In that report, these information can be disguised:

• Company name
• People’s names
• Brand names
• Financial data
• Company location

So if you don’t want your names out in the public, you don’t have to worry. The case study report will be kept for reference in my business school. A very well-written case may be modified, used in teaching and even published in academic journal. But such further actions will need your permission first.

Will You Hire Me?

So are you facing any issue and problem in management, finance, marketing, human resources, information system or whatever? Please let us in and help you. I’m posting this not only to help myself but also for my classmates.

I don’t limit myself to organization of any type, size, in any field. You can be a trading company, service business, online Internet business, startup business, non-profit organization, non-governmental organization (NGO), social enterprise, government agency, education institution or charitable organization.

You have little to lose but much to gain. Please contact me here if you are willing to discuss. Thank you.

The classy building and heavy investment of MSC doesn’t really produce second Silicon Valley. It is the people who make it happens! Are we lacking of talents in the web industries? I don’t think so!

Few of them focus in building values to their own projects. Instead, many web developers spent large amount of their time working for others, getting paid on their time than values. Projects such as Blooming Florist and e-Cover are good examples of how values are accumulated and turned into long term recurring models.

Perhaps, running your own business is too huge to be a one-man show project. Let’s work together, by combining expertise of various industries, we believe we can start on something for ourselves!

It takes more than a Blue River to make the Blue Ocean!

Check this out http://www.1.com.my/2007/03/01/web-developer-alliance/

Pin loves cycling and interface design. He started 1.com.my and he has a great team who work only 4 days but seeking change 7 days a week. He has built two schools in Cambodia with a domain name that costs RM55. Currently, he is looking for a way to save endangered animals by selling travel guide at USD2.95. Pin wanted to move his office to Starbucks but was rejected, so he ended up starting his own incubators instead.

Are you interested to write a post on this blog?  Be a guest blogger here!

A domain name search service, or WHOIS service, lets you query the availability of a domain name. If it is available, you can register it. If it is not available, the search shows you who registered it.

It took me one whole day on Monday to revamp the previous WHOIS service. The service is now more robust, accurate and useful. It took me another one whole day on Tuesday to make the search available for bloggers and site owners to monetize their web sites.

Being a site owner and blogger myself, I understand the dilemma on how to monetize (make money from) a blog or web site. A business web site can sell products and services. But how about a non-commercial one, such as many personal blogs out there? How do they make money?

One common way is to make money from pay-per-click (PPC) advertisements such as those of Google Adsense. You just put up some snippet of HTML code on your blog, and it turns into advertisements relevant to your content. When your visitors click on any ad, you get paid by Google.

Another way is to sell other people’s products or services. This is “affiliate marketing”. You become their “affiliate”, and put up a link from your blog to their web site. When your visitors click on the link, and buy from the supplier, you get a cut of the profit.

This is what I’m trying to do with my domain name registration service. But instead of putting up just a link, you are given a domain name search box to be placed on your blog. When your visitors search for any domain name, and buy any domain name within 3 months, you get a commission.

This way, it’s win-win-win for you, your visitors and me. You provide an extra feature or service to your providers and earn money from it. Your visitors can search for their desired domain names on your site, without going to a domain name provider’s web site. And I can get more customers referred from you.

I also think that if domain name search is ubiquitous, more people will be encouraged to have their own domain names. Getting own domain name is also what I strongly recommend to those who want to blog. No more using free blog address!

Look at the search box I put up on the left of this blog. It may not look nice here, but you can change its appearance. Find out more here on how to put up a domain name (WHOIS) search box on your blog or web site.

So if you are interested to explore any business opportunities in Cambodia or Papua New Guinea, please contact me here and I’ll connect you to the businessman.

By the way, I often wonder why some newly wed couples must go to Europe or Western countries for their honeymoon holidays?

On the contrary, I wish I could visit some unconventional destinations.  Cambodia and Papua New Guinea are good examples, though I don’t favor them for honeymoon.  But Japan is at the top of my list

Have you been to these countries too?

Update 9 March 2011 – I no longer have the business contact. Please don’t contact me any more about business opportunities in these two countries.  Thanks.

But now “tsunami” has come, time has changed.  So I guess it’s time to open up the deal for “open bidding”

• To support a large-scale web portal consisting of applications such as chatting and video sharing.  You can think of it as a mini version of YouTube.com.
• To support up to 2000 concurrent users (will be more in later stage).  They may be chatting, or watching video at the same time!
• Capable technician is needed to take care of the server, including doing backup, finetuning, troubleshooting and other maintenance works.
• Fast connection with lots of dedicated bandwidth.
• Virus-proof, hacker-proof and problem-proof!

Perhaps even a cluster of servers are required.  I know it can be very expensive.  But i can tell you money is NOT a problem.

So if you can satisfy these requirements below, please contact me here.

By the way, the client will need to “interview” you to decide who will get the “concession”

Check here on previous post on the same project

Some clients are asking me whether they should start a blog and how to start one. Some even ask whether they can outsource the blogging to me. Here is one example. But sorry, blogging is not my business.

I looked around. Is there any “bloggers for hire” service in Malaysia? No, I couldn’t find. Do you know of anyone? Please let me know!

For now, I just started a new category in my directory of IT solution providers called business blogging so that I can redirect my clients to these providers whenever they need blogging service.

So if you are interested to blog for businesses, please register yourself. It’s free to register! I don’t earn a single cent from you!

Furthermore, many hosting customers often ask me to refer them good web designers to develop their web sites.

If you follow my blog posts, I’ve been seeking web designers from time to time for various projects.  Every time the responses have been great.  Thanks!

But from now onwards I would like to make better use of the IT solution directory I have built over the last few years.  It includes not only web designers, but many other IT service providers as well, such as software development, computer repair and even web hosting service!

Whenever there are new enquiries on web design jobs, I will first pass them first to the registered partners.  I will post on this blog only when I can’t find a suitable one.

Whether you are a company or freelancer, you are welcome.  So what are you waiting for?  Register here as a partner. It’s free of charge!

Expected first year membership is 20,000, increasing to 50,000 in second year, and 100,000 in third year. Concurrent users are 2000 and more as time goes by.

Services required:

1. Web application development - You will need a few months and a team of developers to build the whole application.
2. Server solution to support the web application – Consider the bandwidth usage, space requirements, concurrent connections and other issues.
3. Maintenance of the server - You need to manage the server and fix any problem whenever there is any problem.

I can’t reveal much details now. Please don’t ask me what the project is about. You can discuss with the customer later.

If you are interested to provide all or any of the above services, please contact me here with your contact details. I will pass your details to the customer. They will contact you and you can ask them then.

I will need a one-time 10% commission out of the project

And if the new business plan works, I will have MANY projects to pass on to you.

But I’m looking for SEO-conscious web developers only. It is not necessary you know everything about SEO but you should know the basics enough to design a web site in a way that will not hinder the search optimization work to be done later.

For now, I’m looking for local partners only who can meet up with our clients in Klang Valley of Malaysia.

So if you are interested in partnership, please reply with your name, company name, contact number, email address and portfolio. I will meet up with you personally for details.

I’m also looking for outsource SEO experts. Better still, I would love to let you handle both web development and SEO if you like. You can contact me here.

Update: The business plan has been scrapped and I no longer have many projects for you.  But you are still welcome to join as partner web designers here.