Hi. My name is Mark and I have a dream. I want to be a millionaire. I‘m just a regular good guy with a wife, two kids and lots of dreams. I want to provide a good life for my wife and kids. I‘d love to visit my relatives every year. I would love to fly a plane one day, rv across the united states or play in a World Series of Poker Main event.
Here‘s where I need your help. For the next year, I am looking to collect one dollar from a million people over the web through PayPal or Amazon donations. With your contribution, I‘ll post your name (or business), web site and location on my web site. With a little luck and help, you‘ll help me fulfill my dream and maybe yours.
I‘m not a bot!I‘m a real person and this isn’t a marketing scam or email spam collection thing. You can find me on
Myspace,
LinkedIn, and a couple of other places.
I love great ideas.I love great ideas. Every since the inception of the web, there has been a lot of great ideas exposed to the everyday joe. From Google to Craiglist, there are countless companies and individuals who are working everyday to make people‘s lives easier or better. A great idea can help spark new business opportunities or can help bring people closer.
Here are some great ideas that helped in someway spark my idea:
My IdeaMy simple idea is to try to become a millionaire by collecting one US dollar from a million people. I‘ll be primarily using the power of ‘social networking‘ through the web to try to accomplish this feat. I‘m a natural introvert and have a small circle of friends. I loved the movie Six Degrees of Separation with Will Smith, the six degrees of Kevin Bacon and the
Six Degrees web site back in 1999. It‘d be cool to break out of my comfort zone and ‘know‘ a million people. So donate a dollar and help promote the cause!
How I’d spend the money?Being conservative and practical, I would keep the million in the bank and spend the interest fulfilling my dreams. A million dollars opened in an ING direct account earning 4.15% annual interest would be $41,500 a year (less taxes, of course). I‘d still keep my day job but the money would go to fulfilling dreams. Of course, I wouldn’t leave out all the people that helped me fulfill my dream. What good is living out a dream if you can’t share it with the people that helped you along? Imagine playing in the World Series of Poker with me. Or flying to Tahoe, LA, NJ?
How will you benefit?There are lots of ways you‘d benefit from my a little project:
1. You could help someone fulfill his dream.
How many times in your life can you say you helped someone with their dream?
2. Self Promotion.
Like other projects on the web, promotion is the key. You might be a blogger looking for the next big thing or just want to promote your blog. Musicians, you could use the exposure to promote your band’s web site or next gig. You could also want to promote your business or great idea!
3. Good will.
Like all good citizens, I would donate a percentage to worthy non-profits and causes. You could always recommend a cause and I would gladly help out.
4. Your dream?
My dream could also be your dream. Your one-dollar could lead to something down the line.
5. Be a part of something bigger?
Who knows what this experiment could lead to? It could be the next six degrees. It could be the next pay it forward. Be a part of it.
6. Possible movie?
It‘s possible this could end up being a movie, a HBO special or at the very least a web spoof.
7. Reconnect with someone.
If you like the idea, share it with someone you haven‘t spoken to in a while. At the very least, it will give you a reason to contact them again.
Can I contribute more than a dollar?No. I would rather you didn‘t. Other projects have succeeded faster because they they accepted donations greater than a dollar. I‘d prefer you got 2, 5, 10, 100 or 1000 more people to contribute instead. It spreads the idea faster and maybe reconnects you with someone you haven‘t talked to in a while.
Is there a deadline?I‘m hoping to accomplish the goal within a year, 365 days from today. So if can reach 2740 people a day, I can reach it. The first month or two might be slow but hopefully the growth rate will grow exponentially afterwards. If I don‘t accomplish it within a year, I‘ll go on until I do.
