The Pay-It-Forward Democracy

Paying Dues. Earning Your Stripes. Becoming an Expert. Climbing the Ladder.

Traditionally, whether as an employee or an entrepreneur, you start at the bottom and work your way up (if you're lucky). It can take years, and incredible effort to get where you want to go, and the journey can be loaded with obstacles. It can be demeaning, frustrating, and overwhelming.

At IDEABASH, we decided that there is a much better (and quicker) way for people to achieve their dreams.

As a member of IDEABASH, when you pay it forward, purchasing products and supporting entrepreneurs who you might not know, you're participating in an egalitarian, democratic process. You first give of yourself to help others succeed, and by that very action, you are initiated.

In turn, five generations of people will pay it forward to you, giving of themselves, to help you succeed. It's a beautiful system which empowers every person who takes part.

IDEABASH also allows the space for our members to "earn while they learn." Whether you're just dipping your toes into the waters of entrepreneurship or you're a seasoned professional, the system works the same. It does not discriminate against experience. It offers equal opportunity for anyone who has the will and desire to succeed.

Take advantage of the plethora of opportunities offered by IDEABASH.org to help YOUR business skyrocket to the next level! 

Meg Montgomery is the founder of the IDEABASH Entrepreneur Ecosystem, a global community of entrepreneurs supporting each other into success. 

The Magic 3%

When I was in the music industry, I learned that record companies make almost all their money from 3% of their artists. Once this fact was discovered, it created an evolution of practice in which the record companies would sign restrictive contracts with many different artists, including those who sounded similar to their A listers, in order to keep them out of the distribution loop. *ALL* of the promotional money would then go into those 3% of artists who they were SURE were going to bring home the bacon.

It's a repulsive model, and once we understood what was happening, my friends and I backed away from the industry completely, deciding to go it on our own.

In the vast majority of the business world, it's a similar game. Whether you have a brick and mortar storefront or an online business, your goal is to get as many people in front of your offer as possible, knowing that a tiny fraction of those people will actually be attracted enough to what you have to sell, to a) spend time learning about it, and b) spend their hard earned money on it. 

The way that this has traditionally been accomplished is through Marketing. Whether it's social media or print, telemarketing or word of mouth, Marketing has been the vehicle for promoting businesses, products and services. The very concept of marketing was devised during the rise of the Consumer Economy in Post WWII America, and to a great extent it grew from the work of Edward Bernays, the nephew of Sigmund Freud, who developed the philosophy in which selling became a process of appealing to the 7 Deadly Sins - wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony. Whether its cigarettes or alcohol, washing machines or cars, marketing firms have perfected the art of appealing to the basest emotions of humanity.

"If you don't buy our product, you won't be as desirable as your neighbor."

Unfortunately it works. And the longer it's in play, the more sordid are the ads we see on TV, as well as all types of programming. Most media has become a form of propaganda, promoting the Lowest Common Denominator (LCD) - the least of all possibilities.

IDEABASH.org presents a progressive concept in marketing, in which we turn the Bernaysian philosophy on its head. We are not interested in selling products for the sake of money; instead we're asking people to support and uplift other entrepreneurs into success. And, by paying-it-forward to just five other entrepreneurs, you will then be supported by *thousands* of others in a resilient  fractal-viral system that empowers people to find and live their passion, creating products and services that add value to the world.

Instead of appealing to the least of our capabilities, IDEABASH inspires people to discover their inner genius, and become empowered entrepreneurs.

Among those thousands of people who support you by purchasing your product or service, you will find that 3% (or more!) of people who have been looking for what you have to offer, and they will be YOUR A-listers, thrilled to have found you, and willing to spread the word about the magnificence you have created.

IDEABASH is an empowerment loop. It is layers and layers of possibilities. If you're looking for a way to build your business without debt, come visit and see how we can work together to create a beautiful future.

Meg Montgomery is the founder of the IDEABASH Entrepreneur Ecosystem, a global community of entrepreneurs supporting each other into success. 

How and Why IDEABASH Works

IDEABASH is a New Paradigm Business. 

About 90% of people reading this won't know what that means, and about 10% of the people will be rolling their eyes, thinking "Ugh! that is SOOO passé!"

If you have the patience to stick around long enough for an explanation, you'll learn why the IDEABASH Resilient Network, a viral-fractal growth system, is based completely in the New Paradigm, built with the strongest ethics and advantages.

Just out of college, I worked on Wall Street during the booms and busts of the late 1980's and early 1990s, while pursuing music at night.  

I was at Goldman Sachs for many years, and at one point I was forced to work on a mergers and acquisition deal that put my step-father out of work. Soon after, I left Wall Street forever because the thought of hurting people, for the sake of money, made me ill.

For many years I pursued a music career, but wasn't able to make a living from it as a performer/producer because the music distribution model was also broken; created expressly for the purposes of exploiting musicians and enriching the non-creative "administrators" of the music companies.

I flitted from corporation to corporation, as a software expert, and never lasted long at any one place because I couldn't help sharing my ideas on how to improve the workflow. In reality, corporate America is not at all interested in efficiency.... and I never lasted more than about 18 months at any one job.

One excellent experience I had was working at iVillage.com during its startup phase (it is now a part of TODAY.com). There was so much creativity, and money flying around, and I was fantastically inspired. It was also very different from Wall Street, and it took me a long time to understand the culture, and by that time they were going public.  I recognized the beginnings of corporate culture, and I left.  

When I became a mother in 2003, I decided that I wanted to "work from home." I spent the next 5 years learning about "fear" marketing, a very negative form of marketing developed using the psychology of Edward Bernays, who twisted the work of his uncle Sigmund Freud to fuel the Age of Consumerism. This form of marketing is used to make people feel inadequate if they don't purchase your product, and has been highly successful. It gave me the same gut-wrenching feeling as putting my step-father out of work, and although it was ubiquitous in the business world, I found myself unable to succeed with it.

For a few years, I tried to find success with Melaleuca.com, which promotes itself as a Direct Marketing company, selling products which are nontoxic for your home and body. Every month I purchased about $75 worth of products, and tried get get people to join, but I was rarely successful. The longer I was with them, the more I realized that the products were actually quite toxic, and the growth model was exceptionally pyramid-shaped. The owner of the company earns a percentage of every sale made, and as a member, you only make money by getting more and more and more people to join. After I left, I learned that it was also a Mormon evangelical organization.

Yikes. I had beat myself over the head, thinking that I was hopeless, and I really began to believe that it was quite impossible for a person with ethics to succeed in business.

Then, around 2005, the age of the Social Entrepreneur began to grow roots, a new philosophy which stated that if you set out to help people, you will always find success. I began meeting women entrepreneurs from all over the world who were finding great success in their niche markets.  I developed Women-Money-Power.com to encourage women to become entrepreneurs. I wrote my first book, The Art of Personal Transformation. Then in 2011, I met Lynn Serafinn, author of the best selling book The 7 Graces of Marketing, a no-holds-barred antidote to fear-based marketing, and she became one of the founding members of IDEABASH.

Over the course of five years, I have painstakingly invented the IDEABASH growth model, called Resilient Networking, removing every vestige of negativity, and imbuing it with Love and Gratitude.  It is a viral-fractal growth method, which succeeds for several reasons.

But first, let's define Resilience. I am using the definition given to me by my brother Tad who is an ecological engineer. If Sustainability is balance, replacing what you have taken, then Resilience is giving more than you take, because it's the only way back to balance. In my opinion, this is true in economics as well as the environment.

That being said, here are 10 reasons why the IDEABASH Resilient Network is an ethical, new-paradigm, spiritually-imbued distribution model:

1. Pay it Forward. Each member must GIVE FIRST, supporting other entrepreneurs who joined IDEABASH before them, before they are then supported by members who join after them.

2. Mentoring. Aside from creating and distributing your product, the only work you ever have to do is to find 5 people to join your Primary Community, and you mentor them as they learn how it works and develop their own Primary Community of 5. In fact, you don't even have to do this if you decide to join at the Distribution Membership level, in which IDEABASH does this work for you, but we do encourage people to join at the Community level, and build their own Primary Community. There are webinars, and conference calls, and materials in the IDEABASH Institute to help you accomplish this step.

3.  Keep 100% of your sales. When you sell on any marketplace, such as Amazon or Ebay or Etsy etc, you pay a hefty fee for their services, and you still have to drive your own traffic to make sales at all. With IDEABASH, there is no marketing needed and you keep every penny from every sale you ever make.

4. The Law of 3%. There's a law of business that states that 3% of the people who come in contact with your product or service will become dedicated customers, which is the holy grail of business. That would be about 117 people out of your Grand Community who will be attracted enough to the product or service that you are offering, that they will come back to your website and be hungry for more.

5. Philanthropy. IDEABASH is committed to donating at least 10% of monthly revenue to non profit organizations recommended by our members.

6. Community. The IDEABASH community is a global network of like-minded entrepreneurs who will look out for each other, share opportunities, collaborate, and form alliances to design constructs that shape a beautiful future.

7. Low Cost. Considering what you receive as a member of IDEABASH, including the income and everything listed here as well as the IDEABASH Institute and the social network, the membership cost is extraordinarily low, and will never be raised. It was designed to be affordable for the vast majority of the world population.

8. Guarantee. Our members are offered a money-back guarantee on their membership fees. If, within 6 months, you are not pleased with how your community is growing, you can request your membership fees to be returned, or if you would like to upgrade to the Distribution membership, that will be offered as well.

9. Learn While You Earn! In addition to the existing wealth of resources in the IDEABASH Institute, there will be webinars and conferences with leading experts in every field of entrepreneurship, so that you can learn how to grow your business responsibly, for the long term. We will cover every area of business, including accounting, product development, marketing, social media, joint ventures, investment, and much much more.

10. Excellent, Passive Income. If you offer a digital download as your IDEABASH product, you will enjoy the luxury of passive income, which will give you all the free time you need, and an excellent income to boot, so that you can live your life as you desire. The essence of Freedom.


It's also important to talk about the Foundational Goal of IDEABASH, and the eventual saturation of the viral growth model. My goal is to jumpstart the global entrepreneurial economy, and to expose IDEABASH to at least half the world population.  The way to do this is to use our business income to build community centers where people can learn to use computers, get inspiration and ideas for their business, and connect with people at the local level, and globally. These centers will exist all around the world, in as many places as we can build and staff them. We will also offer scholarships in the most destitute communities. By the time the Resilient Networking model is saturated, in about 50 years, we will have created millions of new businesses and empowered millions of people to use their ideas, skills and passions to make the world a better place. And, we will have eliminated poverty in many places in the world.

Long before that saturation point, IDEABASH will have diversified to help maintain the entrepreneurial economy. In 50 years, the concept of money and income will have changed quite drastically, although we don't exactly know how that's going to happen. As the future unfolds, IDEABASH will be right there, ready to guide the evolution.

Meg Montgomery is the founder of the IDEABASH Entrepreneur Ecosystem, a global community of entrepreneurs supporting each other into success. 

How to Use IDEABASH to Market Your Business

The IDEABASH Entrepreneur Ecosystem is, among other things, a distribution network for entrepreneurs. 

Many of our members will offer their original products, but there are certain services that work well in the framework. If you are a service professional who works live with several people at once via a YouTube Channel, or Skype, or other digital channel, you would thrive with IDEABASH. If you have a subscription channel, teaching people through podcast or video, that would also work well. But if your business relies on one-on-one interaction, there wouldn't be enough time in a week for you to cater to the community you grow as a member of IDEABASH.

The good news is that for many traditional services, such as travel, real estate, communications etc, there is a way that IDEABASH can help grow your business, and it's purely in the form of marketing. You can put together a digital brochure that describes what you do, and sell it for no more than $5.  Offering a discount to IDEABASH members would fit right in with our business model. There will be a small percentage of people who purchase your product who will be interested in what you have to offer, and contact you for more information. It's a microcosm of the greater marketing world.

Likewise, if you are selling high priced items such as art, haute couture, or rare books, you can do the same thing: create a digital brochure that illustrates what you have to sell, and price it at no more than $5, offering a discount to IDEABASH members.

By participating in our social network and our community, it will boost your Google ratings and expose you to an increasingly large, global community that is dedicated to supporting each other into success.

Take a moment to visit http://ideabash.org to see how you can expand your business in the new paradigm over the coming years. 

Meg Montgomery is the founder of the IDEABASH Entrepreneur Ecosystem, a global community of entrepreneurs supporting each other into success. 

The Age of Entrepreneurship

Humans are natural entrepreneurs; it's how we evolved into the world we know today. 

An entrepreneur is someone who uses their creativity to invent something; create a new way to do something, or think about something, or interact with the world. Think electricity, automobiles, music, paintings, games, electronics - they were all created by entrepreneurs; people who turn their ideas into products or services that make the world a better place.

The global workforce and economy are changing drastically. Jobs are disappearing and the middle class is dwindling. We are witnessing a transfer of wealth that is reminiscent of the the age of kings and peasants. But it's not supposed to be this way at all... we live in an abundant world, an abundant universe.  It's time to get back to thinking creatively; using our talents and our passions to create a better life, and help each other succeed using a whole new, empowering methodology.

Each one of us has unique talents, skills and interests. When we discover and activate this uniqueness, then we are a part of a change toward a new, vibrant world. Because society has developed over time to separate us from our natural creative abilities, it's up to each one of us to recognize, and reconnect with this integral part of ourselves.

So many people say "I don't have a creative bone in my body" but it's only because they have never had the opportunity to do something creative. If they were aware that by connecting with their creative self they could create a fantastic income, they might change their tune!

Each one of us needs to imagine an abundant future. We need to dream of, and work towards the future of our dreams, in order to make it reality.  Whatever your ideal future is, the only way to get there is by dreaming, and doing. You must do the work necessary to discover your unique skills and passions in order to arrive at the future of your dreams. Jealousy of other people's success is never helpful, but it can be inspirational. Whoever it is that leads a life that you desire, imagine yourself in their place and then put in the time dreaming and doing to get yourself there. Oprah, Elon Musk and Steve Jobs didn't accomplish their dreams by sitting in front of a TV or Xbox; they dreamed their dreams, and then did the work necessary to make it happen. So must we all!

The truth is, it is so much easier now for every-day people to achieve amazing success, than it was for previous generations of entrepreneurs, because the roads are already paved. The basics of how to succeed are in writing, and proven. There's no need to re-invent the wheel. There is no need to invest tons of money, or study for years to achieve success. Everyone can achieve moderate to excellent entepreneurial income by following a path that has already been paved.

IDEABASH offers one of these paths, helping new and existing entrepreneurs to build a global pay-it-forward network to achieve the best results possible. IDEABASH is a community of people who are dedicated to making the world a better place by offering products and services that add value to the world around them. IDEABASH helps people who are new to entrepreneurship, to learn the ropes without the threat of failure. And, we help people who are already entrepreneurs to grow their business and achieve magnificent success.

According to economists, politicians and philosophers, entrepreneurialism is the best way to fix this broken economy. Won't you join us on this incredible journey?

 

Meg Montgomery is the founder of the IDEABASH Entrepreneur Ecosystem, a global community of entrepreneurs supporting each other into success. 

The IDEABASH Resilient Business Model

In our quest to evangelize entrepreneurship, the IDEABASH Entrepreneur Ecosystem has branched out into four separate entities.

 

Ideas Into Income Workshop

In 2015 I will be going out into the world and presenting the Ideas Into Income Workshop, at first locally, and as IDEABASH grows, all over the world. It will also be accessible online for those who can't make the live workshops.

In this workshop, I will teach people how to recognize their specific skills, experience and passions, and how to turn them into a product or service that adds value to the world. "See a need, Fill a need!" in the words of Bigweld, from the movie Robots.

I will present a wide range of options for distribution and growth in addition to the Resilient Networking System.

These workshops will be open to everyone who is eligible to join IDEABASH, ages 10 and up.

Resilient Networking Distribution System

The Resilient Networking Distribution System is the engine that will drive IDEABASH. This unique Pay-It-Forward system offers our members the ability to "earn while they learn the ropes", take the time they need to build their their businesses from the ground up, avoiding the frustrations and pitfalls of lack of funds.

Most of our members will develop successful home businesses. Many of our members will go on to develop multi-million (or billion) dollar enterprises because the Resilient Network afforded them the opportunity to learn from the best, without financial stress.

The IDEABASH Institute

Education is everything!

At IDEABASH we will present the greatest entrepreneurial minds of our time to teach and inspire our members. The IDEABASH Institute is an ever-growing library of resources - links, PDFs, videos - teaching every aspect of entrepreneurship. We will have webinars with the likes of Richard Branson, Elon Musk and Oprah, which will be recorded for community access. We will present speakers in the areas of personal finance, accounting, social media, planned growth, product development, distribution, networking, and so much more.

The IDEABASH Social Network

Running your own business can be difficult, tiresome and lonely. Our social network will become your go-to place for advice, inspiration and community as you bring your dreams to life. It will also introduce you to all the different ways a business can be built and run. You will learn SO MUCH from your interactions with other members! The built-in social network is one of the greatest aspects of IDEABASH! Don't sleep on it!!

As you can see, you will enjoy tremendous benefits from your membership fee. At IDEABASH we are committed to being a prime example of the power of Resilient Business. When you give more than you take, that energy will ALWAYS be returned to you many times over. 

 

Meg Montgomery is the founder of the IDEABASH Entrepreneur Ecosystem, a global community of entrepreneurs supporting each other into success. 

The History and Future of Entrepreneurialism

The United States was built on the brilliance of generations of entrepreneurs.... from Ben Franklin to Levi Strauss to Andrew Carnegie to Henry Ford to the Wright Brothers to Mary Kay to Steve Jobs to Oprah Winfrey to Elon Musk. 

The entrepreneurs who built this country are gutsy people who let nothing get in their way; their obstacles were unimaginable, but they persevered and it paid off for them and for the rest of us. It's not an easy road; it has created unbelievable wealth for many people while the vast majority would-be entrepreneurs have crashed and burned, fading into obscurity, not being able to navigate the treacherous waters. 

An entrepreneur is a person who has the vision and audacity to bring ideas to life. 

Entrepreneurialism has always been about finding solutions to problems that face society. It's about offering goods and services that help people to live higher quality lives. Unfortunately, in the 1980s when greed reigned supreme, the entrepreneurial culture became more about wealth, and this caused severe problems in our economy. The tech boom of the late 1990s was fueled with speculation, and its crash in early 2000 revealed the how depraved the entrepreneurial world had become.

The tech boom spawned an entire generation of snake oil salesmen, and in the early 2000s the internet was stuffed to the gills with marketers selling empty promises for huge sums of money.

But the world changed after 9/11. Out of the cesspool of pyramid schemes and get-rich-quick mentors, something beautiful began to grow. Human connection became a moral imperative, and those who appealed to the greed factor were shamed. Universities began offering courses in socially conscious business practices and opportunities. The Secret movie inspired a tremendous uplift in conscious business practices.

After the financial collapse of 2008, the shift toward conscious entrepreneurialism gathered even more steam. Many of the entrepreneurial mentors who had previously been marketing to greed and avarice changed their word choices and began presenting themselves as masters of conscious business practices.

The social change has come full circle from the depths of depravity to the greater good, and that's where we are now. Today's young entrepreneurs are coming up with brilliant ideas to solve problems, just as our forefathers did. They have a burning desire to be a part of the solution. They idolize Ben Franklin and Martin Luther King, Jr., not Donald Trump or Gordon Gecko. This generation coined the term "SocialPreneurs."

But at this juncture, there is an understanding that is only just coming into the light. Economists and philosophers and even politicians are saying the same thing:

Entrepreneurialism is by far the most powerful way to develop financial stability and economic equality in our modern world world.

The real power of entrepreneurialism hasn't even been scratched. It's our job now is to open the floodgates to more and more entrepreneurs, to ensure the financial health of individuals and the society for the long run. As the greater population begins to have faith in their innate talents to create positive change as well as income, the world itself will transform.

At IDEABASH.org we inspire and educate people from all walks of life to become entrepreneurs, adding value to the world around them, inspiring them to turn their ideas, skills and passion into products and services that add value to the world. We have developed a low cost earn-as-you-learn system that teaches a wide range of business skills, eliminating start-up costs and the huge learning curve that prevent the vast majority of entrepreneurs from succeeding.

IDEABASH.org is a global distribution network for original products and services that add value to the world.

It's our goal to inspire a massive upturn in entrepreneurialism in the coming years, helping to build businesses that will provide long-term sustenance for families and communities.



 
Meg Montgomery is the founder of the IDEABASH Entrepreneur Ecosystem, a global community of entrepreneurs supporting each other into success.