3 years of running A PROFITABLE Travel agency, then one day the airlines say " we are not paying commissions any longer", Then 9/11 hits no one is traveling just when we thought we could get ahead, SARS and the Iraq war (Terrorist jitters).

My Company is 98% corporate, So I am also a victim when my clients are htiing the shitter. We are in the middle of trying to sell the business. I am getting the hell out. 13 years invested in the Travel industry and nothing to show for it....

My soon to be wifes brother inlaw worked as an engineer in the Oil industry. 3 of the people (including him) got laid off in 1999. They started a consulting company that was going nowhere until they invented a valve for some pump (do not ask me what). While the patent was pending they got a call from Exxon who bought the proto type for a cool 66 million Canadian. The guy is now 38 years old, bought a share in the Edmonton Oilers, Buildt a dream house in the interior of BC and does not have to work a day in his life.......

All it takes is pooling of talent and idea's. Networking gentlemen that is where it is at. Big corporations would be NOWHERE with out the talent (YOU). think about it and start exploring you never know.....