Took me awhile to finally watch this episode. It started off interesting as Sharon Osbourne was saying how she didn’t like the dynamics of the team and wanted to quit the show. To even out the teams Curtis was now transferred to Tenacity while Sharon and Maria moved over to Rocksolid.

This time the teams had to develop and run a celebrity exercise class while also selling tickets to the event which would be conducted at a place called 24 hour fitness. There was a stipulation too where any tickets purchased required that a person must be there to participate in the routine and so they can’t just simply donate money as those funds would not count towards the team’s total. The Project manager for Tenacity was Holly and for Rocksolid it was Sharon.

It seemed like Rocksolid was going for the fun and energetic routine approach while Tenacity was more about being serious while developing a routine that the fitness centre would be happy to hold in their facility. Team tenacity seemed to have overlooked the aspect of trying to actually get bodies into the fitness centre as they were scrambling to find people. What they decided to do was hustle within the fitness centre and attempt to draw people that were already there to take the class. Rocksolid appeared to have things easier as their celebrity status was a bit more well-known to attract more people.

When the classes started there was a 24 hour fitness rep for each to judge the class as the best team determined by them would get an additional $24,000. Tenacity only had about four people in the class while Rocksolid’s class was packed. It was interesting as the winner of the $24,000 seemed to have come sown to the routine that was fun and unique versus the one that was more professional and proper. The judges decided to choose Rocksolid.

In the end Tenacity $206,090 raised and Rocksolid raised $131,803. Wow, that was a lot that Tenacity raised I thought which even surprised me. Add that to the fact that the combined amount of both team’s goes to Holly’s one charity which even adds more to the surprise as that is apparently the highest amount raised in one task. The boardroom had a twist too as Trump was saying that since the two teams raised a combined total of about $337,000 that he decided not to fire anyone. Holly then also mentioned that because of the amount raised that she was going to cut a cheque for Sharon’s charity.

Was a very nice episode overall that demonstrated the more light hearted side of doing business with people. I know most people say business is ruthless with a trust no one mentality. But, from time to time it’s nice to see moments like those where people help each other and recognizing the efforts of others.

This was kind of an interesting remark I heard. The topic revolved around a person that was making money online by asking for donations. Essentially, what she did was that she would post about her hardships and life and why she needs money. Surprisingly, people actually donated a lot of money apparently. One person then made a comment how she could probably get more donations if she actually revealed her identity so that people can semi verify that what they are reading is true.

The first thing that comes across my mind is how do you know that everything that you are reading isn’t purely fictional to begin with? I know on the web too there are a ton of guys that do things like pretending to be some damsel in distress to get guys to open their wallets. I hear that from time to time too where people want to find ways on how they can do things like create a website specifically to make money yet remain completely anonymous.

Unless you are doing something that is controversial or illegitimate I can’t see why you would want to be anonymous if your goal was to specifically raise funds for a cause of some sort. It’s usually easier to find help when you are not anonymous too I’d say as people can relate to you better.

I bumped into a site today located at www.kickstarter.com which deals with people trying to raise funds for their projects and endeavors from people around the world. The concept was pretty interesting I thought where you as the pitcher would present your idea and how much money you think you would need to start your venture.

Then, people around the world can donate money within a certain time period. The interesting part is that you only get the money if you actually reach your requested amount of funds. Likewise, the donors would only be charged if it reaches that figure too. Kind of an interesting way to protect both the pitcher and the donor.

It seems like the main stipulation at this point is the site uses Amazon.com’s tool as the payment method and from what I read the funds will be restricted to people with US accounts only. At the same time, you need a personal invitation at this point to post up your own project. Sorry guys, I don’t have one myself to pass along. But, just thought this was interesting for anyone to keep on their radar if you are looking for funds for a project or business idea.

I was watching this charity event online where the organizers were using a lot of social media aspects such as online video to garner attention for their charity drive. It looked as though this year they exceeded their efforts from last year and one of the guy made a very interesting point.

He was saying how with the economy the way it is that many people advocated that they were going to get way less donations this year compared to less since everyone is trying to save as much money as possible. Hence, they shouldn’t get their hopes up. But as mention, they exceeded last year’s number.

The point he brought up was a very good one too where while the economy is worst, last year they only got 100,000 viewers. Everyone knows that there are way more than 100,000 people in the world. With all the new technology and platforms available this year he knew that they would be able to capture a larger audience base which would potentially equal to more donations.

What a great way of thinking I thought. The next time you think you can’t do anymore in this sense, try thinking just how large the world is.

I was reading a story today that talked about some of the things people have done to make ends meat during the hard financial times. There were examples such as strangers that decided to live together to cut down on rent or couples literally living in different cities to try and find jobs.

That then brought up a point about the people that are in a position to help others during these times. In many cases it was items such as food and shelter that were being donated it seems and not once did I read that people were given money. For the most part, people mentioned that they didn’t want to be like a beggar either and would rather just get help with things like finding a job.

I was thinking of giving away say $100 here in a form of a help yourself get out of a slump type of setup but was unsure as to the best way to do it. At the same time, that did make me think on whether giving money was really the best way to do it. At the same time, $100 might not be much overall, but it’s usually the truly needy that would find ways to utilize that as effective as possible.

In my opinion too, it just comes down to motivation on how bad you want something I’d say and little things like this is just a way to get your butt off the couch. What would work out perfect in these types of scenarios is if you say offered someone what they thought they needed to help themselves get out of a slump and by the time they satisfied your requirements they actually ended up not needing it anymore.

Reminds me of a trick that some of my old teachers did. They told the students that during tests we were allowed to bring in two cheat notes to help us with the test. Example, could be specific date of an event, name of a person, etc. In turn, the students read through the textbooks to see which one was the hardest to remember and then used these notes to help with that. It was smart as many students wouldn’t even read it in the first place and this was like a way to indirectly trick them into studying for the tests as ultimately most students didn’t need them after too.

I should try that with someone. Example, for the non entrepreneurial people they often say they can’t find a job where in some cases they mention that they tried for years. Is there really truly nothing out there for example or are they just not doing something right? I believe there is even a show about philanthropy too coming revolving around billionaires which would be interesting to see what really works in the end to get people back on their feet.