Thursday, April 5, 2012

How to quit business and go to the Balearic Islands

Many Russians open up a business in Cyprus, Germany and Finland. This is no surprise - you ran a restaurant in Thailand and a fitness center in Montenegro.

But about the Balearic Islands had not heard of such a. However, 29 -year-old St. Petersburg entrepreneur Aleksandr Shilov, arrived here, suddenly realized that here for him energetically ' absolute center '.
Technically, it was easy to stay - rented for 600 euros studio apartment with sea views and a huge balcony and began to turn profit in its own tale of a beautiful dull life.
In St. Petersburg, Alexander left it on the salt trade (the company a few years sold under the brand of salt ' Zimushka - beauty '). Salt business he started with a friend and borrowed ' gazelle ' and in six months managed to sign contracts with the leading urban retailers. For six years, turned into a wholesale manufacture of filling, and its sales are now made ​​through three distributors. But when the market came the big players and work became more difficult, Alexander decided to sell its stake in the business and thought about what he could do.

The idea has prompted interest. Two years ago, he accidentally fell into the St. Petersburg Club Atlantic Challenge, worked there for two seasons sailing and rowing, and then received a license to skipper a yacht in the British school in Mallorca. I went to the Greek and Spanish islands and fell in love with baleares. Events with the sale of businesses layered in the summer, during which he flew back eight times, shoving the travel friends rented a boat and traveled on it from island to island.

During the summer he showed his friends the most favorite places and by the end of the season, when some friends came back to him 2-3 times, and realized that might well have to do it professionally. And then, turning to local lawyers, Alexander of 1.5 thousand. euros registered company and decided to open a kind of Russian club.

... - In a healthy sense of good get-together, a lot of interesting and agreeable people, and no enthusiasm '.

First, the businessman had planned to sell just a yacht tours, signed contracts with several travel agencies in four cities in Russia, and then decided to promote their own services. In fact, the partners simply called me to visit those people who know. There was enough to have the first season. Graduate School of yacht goes for 13 -17 -foot motor sailing boats. Rental costs of such 2.5-4 thousand. euros per week.

Almost all of the initial capital of 60 thousand. euros was spent on rent in advance, so that the discount on the charter of the company amounted to almost 30%. The crew - from 4 to 10-12. ...

In October Shilov in the winter will return to St. Petersburg to engage in yacht design and the legal corporation UATL Tallinn Yacht Club. The project will include the agency that organizes cruises, rental and maintenance of boats around the world, skipper school and the legal department, which will help to buy and register a boat. Learn skippers will be in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and seamanship for them to be held in Tallinn.

1.5 thousand. euros worth to register a company in Spain, the Balearic Islands. It took 3 weeks.

By the way: 25% - this is the expected profit from the project for yachting. Rent a yacht costs about 2.5-4 thousand. euros per week. The crew - from 2 to 12 people.

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