Flexible Fuel Vehicle

Flexible Fuel Vehicle(FFV) - Motorcycles, Trucks, Cars in Brazil.

Use of flex fuel base ethanol representing 93% of car owners in Sao Paulo, ethanol attracts lower tax thus cheaper than gasoline. The source of ethanol from sugarcane.

After 1973 oil crisis, Brazilian government made mandatory the use of ethanol blends with gasoline.

E100 were launched in the market in 1979.

Only Renault Clio Hi Flex and Fiat Siena Tetrafuel are specially made with flexible fuel engine optimised to operate also with pure gasoline.

Private Equity

The Largest private equity firm in the world:

1.TPG Capital
2.Goldman Sachs Principal Investment
3.Carlyle Group [ Baskin Robins & Garuda Food]
4.Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR)
5.Blackstone Group [ Leica Cameras,Hilton Group & Seaworld, Orlando]
6.Apollo Global Management
7.Bain Capital
8.CVC Capital Partners [ QSR,KFC, PT Matahari Dept Store]
9. First Reserve Corp
10.Hellmn & Friedman

Organic Farming / Certification

> Farm management used labour intensive techniques such as crop rotation & optimum population, less stress environment.

> Farming method - Shimamoto, restores and nourishes the soil using compost made by natural enzymes & organic wastes.

> Vegetable will taste better if less synthetic fertilizer or chemical used.

> Certification & distribution:
Marketing
1) Direct sales to register customer with standing order

2) franchise/retailers ( Justlife )


> Standards typically prohibits the use of additive, chemicals, hormones and pesticides.

> Local certification is Scheme Organic Malaysia (SOM)

> Foreign certification National Association of Sustainable Agricultural, Australia.

Private Jet Charter

Blue Star Jet founder Richard Stomer and Todd Rome has built these brokerage model jet charter business two decades ago. Currently has accessed to 4,000 aircrafts / fleets ranging from light private jets, medium ad super medium ,private turbo props and jumbo private jets.


Fleet:

Light
Cessna Citation, Raytheon Premier $2,500 perhr

Medium
Learjet 45, Falcon 20/200, Gulfstream 100 $ 3,500 perhr

Heavy
Gulfstream III, Embraer Legacy 600 $5,500 perhr




Business Model - Competitor Light Fleet

Skycard
Blue Star Jet Company

Aquisition cost : None
Occupation hr Rate : N/A
Avg Hr Rate : $1,500 - 2,500
Monthly Management Fees : None


Fractional Ownership
Net Jet Company

Aquisition cost : $675k-$1m
Occupation hr Rate : $1,300 -$1,500
Avg Hr Rate : $5,000
Monthly Management Fees : $8.8 -12k/month


Ownership

Aquisition cost : $5 - 8 m
Occupation hr Rate : $1,300 - 1,500
Avg Hr Rate : N/A
Monthly Management Fees : $10 k -20k / month