Profile of Bryan Marsden and other members of the PIPS Management Team
October 31, 2006
Profiles taken from the original PIPS website. Be wary of the positive writing and the hype.
Bryan Marsden
Founder and CEO of PureInvestor
Born in England, Bryan was trained and qualified as an Electrical Engineer in 1967. Working for the General Post Office, he developed his knowledge and skills in the areas of facilities Management until 1970 when he joined the Royal Air Force for a period of 5 years.
On leaving the Royal Air Force, Bryan continued his Facilities Management career with the National Health Service and various Facilities management organisations in the private sector. In 1986, Bryan established a Facilities Management partnership which successfully undertook major projects for corporate and public sector clients including IBM, LIFFE, London Stock Exchange, Credit Suisse First Boston Bank, Texaco and British Railways.
In 1994, he ventured into Malaysia to develop Facilities Management business inetrest and undertook Consultancy / Project Management projects at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Guthrie and IOI in the palm industry. Utilising the finance, analytical and business skills gained through many years in the Facilities Management industry, Bryan began the process of designing the Pure Investor model and initiated its launched in 2002. Bryan's experience and expertise in wide variety of businesses and industry sectors has been the guiding light for the growth and development of the Pure Investor Group.
PIPS Update: Bail reduced for Marsdens as more charges pile up
October 31, 2006
Malaysia's The New Straits Times reported on October 11 that Bryan Marsden and his wife Phan Sew Ken of the now infamous PIPS scam program had their bail reduced by the trial court, but the day did not end well for the two as additional charges of money laundering were filed against them that same day.
Here's a copy of the news report from the Malaysian newspaper (online link now inaccessible):
Dirty money accused faces 7 more charges
SEREMBAN: A British national and his Malaysian wife, facing 97 counts of money laundering amounting to RM77 million, had their bail reduced by RM100,000 on appeal yesterday.
After hearing arguments from the prosecution and defence counsel, Sessions Court judge Allaudeen Ismail allowed the two — Bryan John Marsden and Phan Sew Ken — bail of RM400,000 instead of RM500,000 imposed when they were first charged on Aug 30.
Marsden, 58, had appealed for his bail to be reduced to RM100,000 and Phan, 50, asked the court to set hers at RM50,000.
They were each charged at the Sessions Court here with 41 counts of collecting funds, totalling RM26.7 million, from illegal online activities.
Later, Marsden was taken to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court to face seven more charges involving funds totalling RM7 million. All the offences were allegedly committed between Aug 12, 2003 and Jan 4, 2005.
These offences, under Section 4(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act 2001, are punishable by a fine of up to RM5 million, or a maximum of five years’ jail, or both, on each count.
On Sept 19, they were back at the Sessions Court here to face another six charges of accepting a total of RM11.78 million.
The couple allegedly committed the offences between Jan 4 and June 14 last year at the EON Bank in Taman Semarak, Nilai, near here.
Allaudeen fixed Nov 24 for re-mention of the case.
Filipinos more interested in “sex” than “money” (Part 2)
October 30, 2006
The Hypothesis
Use search terms other than “money” in our preceding “sex-vs.-money” Google search analysis and results would have been different.
Fig 1. Google searches from the Philippines: sex vs. money
The Experiment
In Google Trends (www.google.com/trends), compare the number of Philippine-based searches of the term “sex” with business- and income-related keywords aside from “money” such as “earn online,” “make money online,” “internet income,” “online job,” and “online business.”
The Results
Each of the five terms — “earn online,” “make money online,” “internet income,” “online job,” and “online business” — does not have “enough search volume to show graphs.” In other words, Google Trends is unable create trend graphs because in the Philippines, very few searches of those keywords were made.
How to deal with debtors who are not paying? Shame them
October 28, 2006
Here's one "best" practice entrepreneurs won't learn in any school: If you've tried all options and yet debtors still aren't paying, try shaming them.
Bartolome Malacura, a 70-year old sari-sari (retail) store owner in Davao, did precisely this by advertising the names of his debtors in front of his store. Believe it or not, the plan worked, said Mr. Malacura. Read on.
Jobs posted in the PMT Forum (Oct. 2006)
October 27, 2006
Jobs available:
(1) Part-Time Data Typist
(2) Online Leads Research Team Member
Continue reading for more details.
More ways to earn with paid online surveys
October 26, 2006
Global Test Market (GTM) is one of those few, genuine online survey programs confirmed to be paying. If you already signed up with them but still are not eligible for payment or have not answered any survey yet, don't fret. There are some more ways to earn while you wait for survey invitations.
Tell-A-Friend
Let your friends know about GlobalTestMarket and earn MarketPoints (convertible to cash) when they sign up. Every friend you invite who completes a survey earns you 20 MarketPoints.
Sending an invitation is easy. Just login to your account and click on the "Tell A Friend" tab. Don't worry, GTM will not send your friend any unsolicited email as a result of your invitation.
Profile Surveys
Completing and updating your profile surveys will ensure that you are eligible for studies relevant to your profile. When was the last time you updated your GTM profile surveys?
Update them within the next 7 days and you will be eligible to be one of 20 lucky winners to receive 100 MarketPoints! Login to your account and click on "My Profiles" to update your profile surveys.
Sign up for a FREE account here.
Learn more about GlobalTestMarket in the Paid Online Survey: GTM article.
Use your UnionBank account with PayPal
October 26, 2006
Article updated on October 1, 2007.
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You should know by now that the previous Send-Only PayPal Philippines accounts have been upgraded to become Send-Receive-Withdraw accounts, meaning, PayPal Philippines users can now send AND receive AND withdraw PayPal funds.
Aside from UnionBank's Visa credit cards, you can also use UnionBank's EON Visa Electron and eWallet Cards to enroll in PayPal's Expanded Use Program. The Expanded Use Program will enable you to use PayPal to purchase products online without limit. More info about the Expanded Use Program is in the PayPal Philippines FAQ article.
Here's how you can use your UnionBank card to (1) attach to your PayPal account; and (2) enroll in PayPal's Expanded Use Program.
Filipinos more interested in “sex” than “money”
October 24, 2006
More Filipinos look for “sex” than “money” — in Google search, that is.
Google Trends (www.google.com/trends), a tool from Google Labs that charts how often a particular term is entered relative to the total number of searches done, has proven that Filipino internet users search for the keyword “sex” more often than the keyword “money.”
Google’s data for Philippine searches from 2004 up to 2006 shows that the number of searches for the term “sex” easily eclipsed the number of searches for the keyword “money,” which remained stagnant since 2004.
Searches for “sex” even experienced several spikes during the two-year horizon. (See Fig. 1)
Fig 1. Google searches from the Philippines: sex vs. money
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October 24, 2006
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Don’t just save money, save it wisely!
October 24, 2006
Your cash today will have a smaller value in the future if you don’t guard against inflation.
It pays to save and keep some money for the future — you’ll be prepared and won’t need to borrow when unexpected emergencies come up, and you’ll have enough to make that long-awaited purchase for a car or a similar asset you’ve long desired.
But while it is good to have cash available at all times, it is not wise to hold very large deposits. Experts say doing so is a misapplication of resources.
When cash is not king
To most businessmen, cash is king but even the most successful of them do not maintain very large deposits of cash. Most likely, their wealth will be spread out in various assets, from stocks to bonds, mutual funds, real estate, and finally, cash deposits at a smaller percentage compared to the other asset classes. Here are at least two reasons why their cash deposits are not that substantial:
