Clean Tree Investments
Process
Set up initial websites
Explain initial investment opportunity
Wood futures opportunity
Consult with experts
Eden Project
Crowdcube
Set up funding
Crowdcube
Pre-crowdfunding marketing (during too)
Newspapers
TV / radio interviews
Crowdfunding marketing
Setting up land
Consult experts
Buying land
Where
How much
Best types of trees to plant
Quick growth
Will grow well on the land they’re planted
Buy land
Plant trees
Marketing wood futures
Repeat of previous marketing stuff (can go back to the same people)
Look to market in lots of European countries
Repeat process
IPO
Need to keep back shares for future workers
Hardest workers should get more shares
Hand off to someone else
Move on to properly setting up GuG
Potential partners
Eden Project
Domains
www.amazonwoodfutures.com
www.woodfutures.com (owned)
www.cleantreeinvestments.com (owned)
Marketing
Strategy
Crowdcube
Video
TV / radio interviews
Key points
Investment point of view
Low-risk
Most of the money goes into buying land, which can always be sold
The costs of planting and maintaining the trees is relatively low
Once planted the trees will automatically grow
Wood can be sold even if we don’t sell all the wood futures - takes longer, but profits are guaranteed
Regular returns
Easy growth
Once we’re profitable we can duplicate the model in other parts of the world
Even if we hit a plateau with crowdfunding in wood futures, there are plenty of other sources of investment
There’s always demand for wood
Popular topic with investors in wood futures
Environmental point of view
Re-planting trees in the Amazon
Good for the environment
Helps prevent the
Sustainable
Social-development point of view
Employs people in poorer regions of those countries
Brings valuable investment into poorer parts of the world
Cultural point of view
Helps to spread the word about the fantastically rich and interesting cultures of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Brazil
Helping the world point of view
Link to Global Upgrade
Funding
Crowdcube
Trees
Paulownia (General)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulownia
http://paulowniatrees.eu/products/requirements-for-growing-paulownia/
http://plantingpaulownia.blogspot.com/
http://paulowniadevelopment.ro/en/paulownia-plantation/
Paulownia Elongata
Stats
8 years - 30cm
Tolerates –28 to 40 Celcius
Timbre : 400-700 / hectare
Biomass : 4000-9000 / hectare
Needs lots of water
Biomass after yr 3, timber after yr 12-15
References
https://www.investitin.com/fast-growing-trees-paulownia-elongata/
Paulownia Tomentosa
http://paulowniadevelopment.ro/en/paulownia-plantation/
Carbon offsetting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Emission_Trading_Scheme
Increasing profits
Non-wood products
References
Crowdfunding
Forestry
http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y4744e/y4744e02.htm
Videos
http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2012/08/09/maybe-money-does-grow-on-trees.html
Alabelo Trade
Vision
To create a website where anyone can purchase any product from anywhere in the world
The primary focus is to open western markets to middle-men salespeople in developing and third-world countries, i.e. B2B sales
The website would allow for creating invoices, websites,
Features
Customers can request features
Create invoices
- multiple suggestions for requested products
Create websites of products
Accounting
Calculate tax obligations
Pay people
See shipping details
Multi-levelled commissions
First markets
Countries
Bolivia
Sectors
Medical equipment
DIY tools