1. TIMOTHY & LILIAN
EXCLUSIVE STORY
27 January 2009
This Business is NOT
for ALL, but for
MANY
who wants to prosper in the
digital economy
THE CALL: The Golden Bridge
Since many years ago, I have an
unquenchable desire “to live life to several years of adventures and jobs will be lost. There is an
the fullest and to fulfil my Calling searching, we have found Amway urgent need globally to seek out
in life with God’s given talents”. I to be a key component in our new business models that will
started my career as an Analyst quest of the Golden Bridge. The take us to the new digital age.
Programmer with the Singapore three critical factors are: Now is a critical time for many of
Government in Civil Service us to diversity our income and to
Computerisation Programme. I 1) Global. Amway has that build a second source of income:
was soon promoted to senior global reach (over 80 countries) a business that will survive the
management post involved and strong logistics support economic depression and prosper
intensively in the establishment of delivering to even remote in the new economy. There are
information and communication provinces in many countries. very few business options that can
networks for trading and Logistics was one of our biggest offer us an attractive recurring
transportation, manufacturing, hurdles of operating an internet income without a huge capital
retail and banking segments in commerce business. outlay. This business provides us
both Singapore and 2) Flexible. With a wide with a platform to leverage on a
internationally. After almost a range of world-class products large network of suppliers and
decade of career in the public offered by Amway, we are able associates, enabling us to build a
sector, I started my own to mentor and start business substantial level of recurring
business distributing state-of-the- with our associates based on income which will take care of our
art communication and software their areas of talent and lifetime and beyond. Imagine if
services for two major USA based interest, to build a successful only you put in a consistent effort
corporations. We pioneered the business within a short span of of 8-15 hours per week for a
first Internet-based networks for time. period of 2 to 5 years, you can
exchange of commercial 3) Credible. Amway being an achieve a lifetime of freedom.
documents for the FMCG (fast established top ranking
moving consumer goods), corporation; with the This business is not for ALL, but
petrochemical and electronic endorsement from hundreds of certainly for MANY! Take up the
manufacturing communities in fortune 500 partners, over 80 challenge and evaluate your
Singapore and the Asia Pacific government authorities, and option today! You could be the
region, and was awarded million thousands of professional next one to experience true
dollar contracts to build B2B doctors, lawyers and freedom, teaming up with fellow
communities services and the accountants, has put in place a members in the cities, and
very first supermarket online in rock solid infrastructure for us to reaching out to bless the country
Singapore. At the peak of our build upon and expand from folks in many parts of the world.
business, we decided to retire and there.
sell off the business to pursue the Quote from ZigZigler:
vision of a new economy Golden THE TIMING: New Economy
“If you can dream it, then you
Bridge (Isa60): leveraging on the Business Model
can achieve it. You will get all you
emergence of Internet to help
The industry age is over. Even in want in life if you help enough
bridge the gap between cities and
Singapore, we are not spared, other people get what they want.”
countries for wealth creation and
our economic growth is estimated
freedom.
Lilian is the founder of Asia RFID
to be -2% to -5% in 2009, the
Hub, a senior member of
THE VEHICLE: Global, Flexible worse since our independent.
Singapore Computer Society and
and Credible Government all over the world has
was awarded Singapore
to dig deep into their reserves or
Interestingly, the less obvious has Netrepreneur of the Year 2001.
print more money to keep the
become a master key to unlocking economies afloat. Many
our passion once again. After businesses will collapse and many