Yesterday I was at Pulau Indah again, having a chat with James over the business plan and listening to his offer on having me on board of his company; Air Venture Sdn Bhd, currently the official and authorized Nirvana paramotor supplier and service agent in Malaysia. It’s also the most recognized company for paramotoring activity in Malaysia.
I’ve done this sort of venture back in 2004, with Alu-alu Divers. It was an experience, it was educational, it was fun but it’s not something that I would repeat, considering how I’ve “aged” :-) …been there., done that. Paramotor is a new sport that I just got myself into. It’s equally fun, it’s equally challenging and it’s something that I foresee myself doing for a very long time just like scuba diving. But to be doing it as a business? I’m not quite sure just yet.
It’s an interesting proposition and I feel honored when James made the offer a few days ago, but I would have to weight the options carefully as currently I already have two main projects for the Government that I need to pay close attention to before venturing into another business that will require a lot of my time and focus.
If I were to go around flying on my own, the time required is different than managing a company that primarily sell and service the equipments on daily basis. I remember mooting the idea of working together with James to organize an international level paramotoring event and setting up an official showroom somewhere in KL, but I was thinking of having a showroom and starts working on getting the contracts to supply and maintain the Nirvana motors to Government agencies such as the Police, Military and Bomba. In large numbers, I figured that it would be worth the effort and perhaps quite fun to do too.
Anyway, just a thought over the weekend and I’ll give it a few more days to discuss with James over coffee somewhere in Bangsar, maybe next week.
Will see how it goes.