WHY NOT SRI LANKA? සිංහල

The mechanism, from the book

The first one through pays the whole price, and everyone after walks through an open door. These are the doors.

Every idea in cluster 28 uses this mechanism.

A first step

Write down the 4 things a returning family needs in its first month: an accountant, a school place, a doctor and a driver. Find one of each in Colombo who will take referrals from you, and agree their fees. Then post the bundle at a monthly price in 2 online groups for Sri Lankans abroad and ask who plans to return this year. Families asking for details are your first list.

Who pays first
A professional family abroad planning its return, who would pay a monthly fee to avoid spending the first year learning whom to trust.
What leaves today
Returnees who have a hard first year go back abroad, and the country loses the skills and savings it had nearly won back.

The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.

The Starter Kit, printableOne click, no form, no name.

The test

Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?

The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.

What the book adds

And a five hundred and first, which is not mine to write: the next five hundred, because this list is the country's.

In the book

  • Ch. EightWhat It Costs to Go First
    The first one through pays the whole price
  • Ch. SeventeenOne Building
    Sri Lankans abroad given precise roles: sponsor, mentor, introduce

More from cluster 28

All 5 ideas in this cluster

WITH500BUSINESS IDEASTO STARTTOMORROW

Idea 496 of the 500 in the appendix of Why Not Sri Lanka? Every one can be started by one person, one family or one small firm.

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