After receiving the following email from Dr. Okuno yesterday, I asked for some clarifications concerning the practical considerations of our potential collaboration and excitedly await his reply:
Dear Joshua Persky san (means Mr. in japanese)
Thank you so much for your quick reply and to visit my website.
First of all, I'd like to express my gratitude to you to give me a chance to contact you.
Actually when I saw you in the television in the midnight, I felt your honest attitude and warmful feeling to live a life in confidence and encouragingly. I dont know why I feel so, but instantly I can image if the opportunity for me to meet you and to discuss with you the matter that I have been challenging and concerning, and if you and us collaborate in anyway, the new dimension of the field will be merged and developed....If you will accept to collaborate the projects with me, I will prepare the apartment house of Yokohama. The environment is very beautiful and located in the forest and from there, it may take 40 to 50 minutes to Shibuya in Tokyo.
Of course as you said to me, you can move alternatively from US to Japan, I can discuss in anyway.
It is not a problem. Therefore, if you have an intention to collaborate and create the new projects, would you mind to meet us and confirm the everything you may require.
If you agree my invitation, let us know me the possible schedule.
This afternoon, I did a brief telephone interview with Jonathan Marino, a journalist in the M&A space:
Hi Joshua,
I saw on your blog that you interviewed for a position that offered no base & commissions only: that strikes me as a way to separate the weak from the strong in a performance environment, but I’m not sure that is enough to quell the concerns of those who see financial services as a continuingly-struggling sector. If you wouldn’t mind, perhaps we could chat about this at greater length. Chrs,
Jonathan Marino
Senior Reporter
M&A Journal
www.mergersunleashed.com
I mentioned to Jonathan that half a dozen boutique investment banks and private equity funds have offered to work with me on a commissions-only basis, but that I have always been a salary-man. Earlier in the summer, I did not look favorably on these commissions-only opportunities, but I have recently changed my mind. I am now seriously considering more than one of these offers. I'd rather be looking for clients than for a job, and with my new expanded network, I have more confidence than ever that I can bring in enough business to make everyone happy. However, a couple of these companies have said that if I had shown up last year, they could have offered me a decent salary. So, it's not just me - the economy has taken its toll.
This evening, a fellow MIT graduate contacted me via LinkedIn. He is part of a start-up social-networking lending concern and is looking to raise capital backed by the company's portfolio of loans to its credit-worthy members. His timing is excellent. Tomorrow, the hedge fund at which I am interviewing specializes in investing in similar situations. Perhaps, they can spread some light on the opportunity and let me know why it's not going to happen - or why it is and seize it.
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