Today, Honduras is playing Mexico in soccer.  Starting on Monday, blue flags and jerseys began to pop up all around the city as passionate citizens showed their support and clever entrepreneurs banked on that passion.  On the way to work this morning, I was shocked to see so many people wearing the Honduran national team [...]

Have been back to Mexico a couple of times since the last entry to help with preparations of items for the above-mentioned Vegas show. Second shipment went out today, so we’re right on schedule. Will be sticking around here for the rest of the week to work on product development and coordinating the production schedule.

Arrangements in place with Mexican transport company, customs broker and US shipping agent. Expect to be able to use same carriers for future shipments, saving considerable time and head-ache.

Proteak’s vision is to operate as a business that addresses social, environmental and economic concerns. Because of its commitment to sustainable business practice, Proteak serves as a model in an industry in which illegal logging runs rampant and the major regions of production in Southeast Asia experience deforestation rates of about one percent per year.

The organization I work with is fundamentally a tropical hardwood forestry company. They began planting teak trees on Mexico’s Pacific coast in 2001 and just this year is beginning to harvest and produce products for sale in the United States and Mexico.
What is the organization/company doing well?
The fundamental business plan is sound. Now that the [...]