By Our Reporter
5th November 2014 will go down in history as the day when Ian Ortega will once again made it to the Authors’ Forum at National Theatre for an Inspirational Event. The Event titled; HOW TO TURN IDEAS INTO MONEY is organized by World of Inspiration, whose CEO is Bake Tumuhaise.
At the event, Ortega who is the Editorial and Strategy Director of BigEye.ug will feature on the panel with Joel Bellenson, James Abola and Bake Tumuhaise. Together they will answer questions from the audience on how to turn ideas into money.
JAMES ABOLA is the author of the greatest book anyone can ever read about money titled; “MAKE SENSE OF YOUR MONEY”. James is the team leader for Akamai Global.
Prior to this he worked for 6 years as the Finance Director/Head of MIS Consulting for IDEAS a Research and IT firm that he co-founded. James also worked for another 6 years with a Commercial Bank in various capacities including: Branch Supervision, Credit Analysis & Management, and Branch Marketing & Operations.
The trademark of James’ approach is making business and financial matters simple and easy to apply. James is an acclaimed business and financial advisor. James has spoken on business and personal financial development in various seminars and workshops. Mr Abola has also consulted with many organizations on/in the same areas.
James is a regular writer on business and personal financial management issues. His articles are carried in Akamai News, a free e-newsletter produced and circulated by Akamai Global; Business Sunday page of the Sunday Monitor and Rupiny a Luo weekly.
James Abola holds a Master of Science in Finance degree from the University of Leicester (UK), from Makerere University Kampala in Uganda – a Bachelor of Statistics degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science.
JOEL BELLENSON on the other hand is a man whose works speak for him. He discovered the gene for smell, did great work on the Human Genome Project and has been featured in the Guardian Newspaper. Of late, he was also featured on NTV The SPOT with Patrick Kamara where he discussed about Technology. (Watch the show here. )
In Bake Tumuhaise’s words;
“HOW TO TURN IDEAS INTO MONEY
I believe if you have a brain you can think; if you can think you can generate ideas; if you have ideas you can earn from them. So everyday, the people you see are walking around with ideas worth millions and billions. Some people have cracked the puzzle and now earn big from those great ideas, but the majority continue to live, and if nothing is done, I am afraid, they will die with those ideas untapped.
I am a practical person who only likes talking about what has worked for me or at least some people close to me. So when I talk of converting ideas into money, I am not going to bring theories that I have read in books or the internet; I will speak about what I know because all I have earned in my life has been out of my ideas. I have authored and sold 8 books, printing in thousands of copies and earning a net profit of Shs 10,000 to 15,000 on each copy. I have earned millions from writing songs, movie scripts, proposals, business plans… I have earned big even from just speaking to people!
WORLD OF INSPIRATION, my business, itself was born out of my idea of writing and now it has products that are impacting millions of people across the region. Imagine how many people have read our published books; how many people watch our inspirational videos; how many people attend our inspirational events; how many people listen to us on radio or watch our programs on TV; how many people we reach via the internet! The bottom line is that I am not earning from gold or silver, but rather from ideas (intellectual property).
Hear this loud and clear: In the 21st Century, success is no longer based on natural resources such as land, gas, oil, steel, e.t.c, but rather on ideas. Companies like Facebook, Amazon and Google are simply based on ideas. You don’t even need an office to start such a company; customers don’t even need to know where you are based. All they need is value from your idea. Every game has rules and once you’ve mastered the rules, you can play it. I am talking about the secret that people like Dr Mitch, a Vet Doctor, learnt and is now one of the highest paid MCs in Africa; the secrets that comedians like Kansiime Ann and Pablo, some musicians, authors, poets, radio/TV presenters e.t.c have learnt and are now earning more than the serious people you find in big office.
I have a bunch of 10 keys with which you cannot fail to earn from your ideas and without which you may never significantly earn from your ideas. I will be sharing these keys/points at the Authors’ Forum happening at the National Theatre on Wednesday 5th Nov, 5:30pm to 8:30pm whose theme is ‘TURNING IDEAS INTO MONEY’. I will be joined by 3 top entrepreneurs who have earned from their ideas millions of times more than myself and we shall battle it out in a debate. The audience (you) will be allowed to comment, ask questions, seek advice regarding your ideas… I believe the 400 people who will attend will all come out with practical ways in which they can start turning their ideas into money the next day. Everyone will also be able to tell which ideas are good and which ones are bad and won’t attract money.
All you need to do is call me on 0704666851 / 0712868424 or Winnie on 0774107287 / 0414691595 and secure your entry ticket. Each goes for Shs 40,000, but this coming week I am giving an offer whereby you can get a ticket at Shs 35,000 and if you are a group of 3 people and above, you will get each ticket at Shs 30,000. And as usual, each one of you will still get a free inspirational book or DVD of your choice. The discount offer expires on 25th Oct.
In my next message, I will share with you one or two of the points that I will present at the event and also tell you about a woman whom we shall host to testify on how she slapped multiple fatal ailments (including diabetes, high cholesterol and obesity) without medication. This episode of the Authors’ Forum is meant to fire you up so that in the remaining two months of 20Fortune (2014), you can achieve more results in whatever you do than ever. And how can you not share/forward this life-changing message to all your contacts?
Bake is the Managing Director of WORLD OF INSPIRATION. He can be reached via 0704666851 / 0712868424 / [email protected] / Facebook Page: BAKE ROBERT TUMUHAISE (Aka Mr. Inspiration).”
For now, it’s up to everyone to buy their tickets before they run out. Only 100 tickets were available by the time we came to publication.