Monday, November 28, 2016

A World We Dare to Imagine (Part 3/3)

Magia Motor Company Pitch
Just the other day I was sitting in one of the worst traffic jams I have ever been stuck in. You know, one of those post-Trump-election protest jams. I almost left my car there and walked home. But then I got to thinking. Where are all these people around me going? I am a young college kid, I don't really have anything to do right now. But what about all these people who are leaving work and going home to their wives and children? What about them?

The average Angelino spends about 60 hours a week stuck in traffic. And I'm not talking about value added travel time in your car. These are 60 hours a week in plain stopped jam-packed traffic. Think about it. That is more than the average working week. So instead of 52 weeks in a year, you just really have 51 because you spent one just stopped in your car.

But Magia Motors is changing that. Magia is on the frontier of cutting edge hover-car technology. This technology is the combination of a Maglev train and a VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft that allows you to hover over the surface of the earth while controlling your car. It will make traffic obsolete and inexistent. Not only will we have made sci-fi movies a reality, but we plan on taking it into mass production. Using electricity powered batteries and ultra-lightweight materials we estimate this car can be manufactured at the cost equivalent to a luxury midsize sedan.

Not only is investing in Magia investing in the future of the automobile industry, but investing in Magia is also investing in changing the world. Tons of greenhouse gases are emitted from the hours of stopped traffic. Not only will Magia eliminate the traffic, but not emit any gases since it will be powered by our ultra efficient electric engine.

Join us in changing the landscape of this market as we know it and do it while changing the world for better.

Thursday, November 10, 2016

A World We Dare to Imagine (Part 1/3)

Marty McFly and Dr. Brown saw plenty of things when they went Back to the Future into 2015. Most of which have now come out of the movie's sense of fiction and into reality. We've seen Nike's self lacing tennis shoes, hundreds of people rolling around on hoverboards, holograms, and drones. However, there was one part of the movie that has yet to become a reality. The one thing that can truly make the world a better place. Exponentially better. Although McFly and Brown rode around in a pimped out Delorean, that car has nothing on the flying cars.

Imagine a world where traffic is obsolete and you can get from point A to point B without having to go on Google Maps, Waze, Apple Maps, or any of the hundreds of variates. What would make the world a better place is making self-driving electricity-powered flying cars. With the development of technology such as remote sensing imagery, radar, and LIDAR, self-driving cars are now a reality. Electricity-powered cars are nothing new. Now we just need to get the flying part down. Magnets? Atom fission? Hydrogen powered lift engines? There are several ways to make this happen. Let's make it happen.

Sunday, November 6, 2016

The Blue Sweater (Chapter 9 - 14)

The Blue Sweater (Ch. 9 - 14)

In the second half of the book, Jacqueline Novogratz expands on her story of her experiences in Africa. While spending time in Tanzania, Novogratz is jumped and robbed of most of what she owned while she was there. The significance of this is not the scarring experience that she went through while there, but instead her story of overcoming fear and her unconditional drive to help others. Novogratz returns to Africa after a hiatus to help her friends in Rwanda who suffered in the massive genocide. This was one of the experience that leads Novogratz to start the Acumen Fund. With this fund, she had the opportunity to expand her reach to invest in million dollar companies that had the mission of helping the local community to revamp the area.

Reading The Blue Sweater brought many thoughts to my mind that I had never explored. Coming from a country that suffers from many issues related to social inequality, I see many of the points that Novogratz touches upon. But the problem is more than just the distribution of money and resources as the book relates. Tackling the problem requires innovative ideas and people that are commited to investing in creative solutions. The Acumen Fund is an example that should be followed on social investing and hopefully inspires others to follow.