The Offshore Entrepreneur: Profit & Opportunity Have No Borders [Paperback]

Adam Starchild (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0964811502 | ISBN-13: 978-0964811508 | Publication Date: November 1995

"Your open sesame to a world where profit and opportunity have no borders."

Product Details

• Paperback: 164 pages
• Publisher: First Street Pr (November 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964811502
• ISBN-13: 978-0964811508
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,470,577 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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48 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The concepts changed my life, July 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Offshore Entrepreneur: Profit & Opportunity Have No Borders (Paperback)

I grew up in a country where the palm trees danced melodically to the wind and "tomorrow" was the most used word in the language. A place where electricity and running water were luxuries, not a right; and paved streets and working telephones a dream, not a reality. Those were reasons enough for my father to feel that moving to the USA was the most appropriate move if we wanted to live like modern humans. So he did what he thought was right and moved his family to Florida.

I remember vividly the day we arrived to America. The crisp blue sky and the luscious green of the vegetation blended in perfectly to create a spectacular scenario. What a sale that day! US 1 was packed bumper to bumper with shiny new cars. All the drivers patiently waited one behind the other following the instructions of a battalion of police officers who regulated the afternoon rush hour. No trash, no noise, no chaos! The perfect scenario, the picture-perfe! ! ct view. Welcome to America, land of law and order. What a welcome to our new home!

As I write these lines, back where I was born, I cannot thank the USA more for the opportunities and the chances that great land and it's people gave me. It would not be fair to say that I do not feel a great sense of gratitude and that I do not owe what I have left to that great land of opportunity.

Today, almost 20 years later, that beautiful picture and that great scenario my father introduced his whole family to is not there. I worked hard for twelve years and was able to accumulate less than 62% of what I earned. The few dollars I was able to keep and I "wisely" invested were taxed again. And when I decided to look for my financial freedom and become my own boss, the regulations and demands of the system kept me "in line", unable to fulfill my dreams.

My wife and I had a dream. We wanted to own and operate a small bed and breakfa! ! st in a coastal area in Florida. Nothing fancy, nothing ! big, just a quaint little place that we could call our own and guests could call heaven. We started looking for the perfect spot and after a few months we found it somewhere on Florida's east coast. We had the money to purchase the place and what we thought would be enough to wait until the business took off. Then we found out about the reach of big brother's arm. We started looking at permits, health department compliance regulations, bureaucratic red tape and the list went on and on and on. Thousands of dollars were to be allocated to satisfy bureaucrats who probably were on the big corporation's pay rolls. Our cash reserves were suddenly coins and we could not live our dream. Months later, we found out that a large corporate hotel chain was looking to open a hotel in the same area we were hoping to. You draw your own conclusions.

Because of this I went offshore to start my own business. I found out through The Offshore Entrepreneur that the g! ! overnment of Panama had passed a law that favored those who invested in fomenting tourism. The Panamanian government granted tax benefits to start tourist oriented ventures as long as I generated employment for it's people and complied with very logical rules. So I, just as my father had done years ago, packed up my family and moved to Panama. I now enjoy a tax free status for 20 years which will allow me to get a solid business started as opposed to a book of regulations and a list of compliance items that are enacted to "dissuade" the middle class American dream.

As much as I hate to say it, it is true; the land of opportunities is now the land of regulations. The American dream has become the American nightmare, and the land of the free has become the land of the policed. Perhaps you do not have to flee the country to make your dream come true, but what you do not know is that dreaming offshore is a lot easier and the nightmares are ! ! fewer.

45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Is it possible to travel for free?, September 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Offshore Entrepreneur: Profit & Opportunity Have No Borders (Paperback)

Can you really spend a week in Morocco, bargaining with Bedouins, exploring the casbah, and wandering ancient caravan roads -- without spending a single penny of your own money? Can you fly off to London at a moment's notice, take tea, see a show, and go on a shopping spree at Harrod's -- while someone else picks up the tab? In a word, yes.

The answer is that it takes a bit of creativity, a dose of old-fashioned ingenuity, a little leg work, and, most important, a great deal of reliable information.

You'll have to come up with the imagination. And you'll have to invest the time and energy. But Adam Starchild has provided the information in The Offshore Entrepreneur. With this information, you have everything you need to know to travel wherever your dreams may take you... without ever worrying about the cost. In fact, you may even be able to make money on your next trip.

44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to Make Your Life a Fortress of Wealth and Safety, September 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Offshore Entrepreneur: Profit & Opportunity Have No Borders (Paperback)

Take charge of your own wealth and well-being. No government is going to provide you with a secure and prosperous lifestyle. At best they will protect you while you accomplish your goals -- at worst you will have to protect yourself from them. The Offshore Entrepreneur provides you with everything you need to achieve financial security and prosperity.

Broaden your horizins, and see the whole world as an orchard ripe for harvesting. When you do this you will always -- I repeat, always -- find tremendous opportunity for profit in different areas of the world.

Protect your wealth, sheltering it from individuals and governments. With your wealth spread out in safe places, it's easy to have it build more wealth for you while it's very secure. Use the whole world as your vault, and build your own personal fortress of wealth and safety.

Adam Starchild shows the best ways to multiply wealth, and the best places to keep it safe. We can contribute to the prosperity of the world by being the most prosperous people we can be. It's as simple as that.