Episode 03: Wheat and Straw

Charles R Jones

I want to tell you a story today about Wheat and Straw Wheat: Anything in the realm of Business in which you plant an amount of money and expect to receive a return greater than the amount planted. Straw: Certain Elements of any business venture, which after harvesting the wheat you find the return does not justify planting more capital. Most people invest in a project or enterprise as long as it continues to be profitable. Sometimes there will be elements that meet or exceed expectation (this is the wheat) but other times there will be parts that fail to justify planting more capital (this is straw), and as a result, it is decided to dispose of the project or enterprise after its time of harvest. I would like to demonstrate this concept, how you might be able to find orphaned, empty projects and potentially turn them into something profitable again. I also want to be very clear, this is just speculation there is nothing certain about it, it is a risk element in which you might make a lot of money, or you might not make any.