Eric Ware Email & Phone Number

Aubonne

Producing all natural Eric's peanut butter in Switzerland.Extending the product line with other peanut butter related products, such as Eric's Peanut Butter Cups.Developing key partnerships with fine food grocery stores (ex. Globus).Organizing promotional activities in stores and events.Try it now! http://www.ericspeanuts.com

Lonay

To make the story short, we had gotten the opportunity to buy a recipe to produce an innovative, refreshing drink. It looked interesting because, after the Cherry Orange experience, I was looking to create something in the food business again, which I could scale and which would be less perishable than a fruit. A drink sounded like a good idea, and, with my ex-partner, we purchased the recipe.We also paid 15000.- a designer to create a logo, a label, and help us define why anyone should buy and drink this drink. We tried to find the added value of this product, but we never found it. We settled on a logo nonetheless, but it was off balance because our story was off balance, and this was because we were off balance ourselves. We had been too anxious to jump onto a new ship to sail after the Cherry Orange had finished and we hadn't spent enough time understanding the specifics of the drink and why it could work. One year later, we had produced a few thousand bottles and even sold them. However, our storyline wasn't convincing enough to make a dent in the market. We were also running out of energy, again, and we couldn't find the motivation to move forward.We decided to end the project. We separated, this time in good terms, and I joined the unemployment community. I didn't think of the next thing I wanted to do this time, because I didn't know what to do anymore. I was at a loss. So I shut off my mind and started oil painting a lot. Check out my pictures here www.ericware.me

Lonay (Ch), Honk Kong (Hk), Rotterdam (Nl)

My friend in Hong Kong had started to work with Chaoda Modern Agriculture, a large grower of fruit and vegetables in China. He invited me to visit the company. I came with two Swiss experts in the field of fruits and vegetables. We met with Mr. Kowk, the owner of Chaoda, who suggested we start exporting his oranges to Europe. When we visited his farm, we discovered that these were not oranges but very tiny mandarines, which one had to pill and could eat in one gulp. Mostly, they were incredibly juicy, sweet, and delicious. I had never tasted such delicious fruit. They had existed for over 1800 years in China and had been an Emperor specialty. With my companions, we decided we would try to export it to Europe. In the minivan which took us back to the airport, we wrote the business plan and named this little marvel: "Cherry Orange, an Emperor's delicacy."Five years later and many containers shipped on the sea, we had successfully sold it in thirty-two countries across Europe. Our brand looked great, the demand was high, but we also had to handle many pitfalls.Since it grew in China, it was challenging to transport. We also had to teach farmers how to improve their farming techniques to comply with EU directives and avoid quarantine diseases. We had to convince the EU commissioner in Brussels that the Cherry Orange was a new variety and would not compete with the established Spanish producers. Each year it was a trial to meet the Christmas deadline. Because it is perishable, our margin was always under pressure. We also lacked control on the supply side, which made it complicated to predict available volume we could sell.These issues made it hard to create a sustainable business on the long haul. In 2010, even though the prospects looked promising and demand kept growing, we felt burned out. Sadly, we sold the company which put an end to this adventure.

Chamonix, France

I came across Thierry in 2004 while climbing with my parents in the Aiguille Rouge of Chamonix. We met again in the gondola on the way back down to the valley. Thierry explained that he produced the movie La Nuit de la Glisse and that he had just created a new brand of skiwear called Perfect Moment. He was looking for a factory in China to produce his garment. I had contacts in China.Unbeknownst to me, a few months later, we ended up becoming partners and created Perfect Moment Control Sarl to distribute the new line of Perfect Moment skiwear. We attended ISPO in Munich, where the gotta of the outdoor business meet every year. We made contact with prospects which we hoped to turn into new clients. When we received our first confirmed orders, we sent them to our partner in Hong Kong whom we had found and, whom we prayed could do quality work. We delivered our first customers late and got reprimanded for it. Then we started working on the line for the new upcoming season, built samples, attended ISPO again, struggled with cash flow once more and on we went for a new cycle. We also dealt with quality issues and deadline and customs.After four years of this, I had become an expert in the field, but I had also run out of money, and I could not allocate any more time to this project. I had two children now, Thierry was occupied with Nuit de la Glisse and had delegated the operations to me. In 2008, I wanted to focus my effort on the Cherry Orange, which was paying my salary, and eventually, I stopped working on Perfect Moment altogether.

Aubonne (Ch)

Before we started OTron, a friend and I had created an auction website (similar to eBay), and we had sold it to a UK computer company called Tiny Computer. Tiny computers, was like Gateway, selling computers directly to the consumer, all around the world, with sales grossing 900 million dollars, or was it in pounds?In 2002 the Internet bubble burst and us with it. Although I believe today we should have kept developing the business we had created initially, the auction website, we decided to change course. At the time, one could buy a 42' plasma screen in Switzerland for about CHF8000. Thanks to the contacts we had with Tiny computers in the far east, we could purchase a good quality plasma screen in Hong Kong for about $1800, and this gave us a great price advantage and an opportunity to retail it at a much lower price. So we started importing plasma screens to Switzerland and resold them directly to consumers through our website OTron.ch, for $4000. To our surprise, we found many interested customers, and we started to sell them well. Every other month, we imported a new container filled with new plasma screens. We didn't know anything about electronics and much less about the cumbersome after-sale service, which pertained to this kind of business. We learned as we went.Much to our regrets, the supermarkets around us joined the party and started selling cheaper plasma screens too. Since our main advantage had been our price, we saw our gross margin diminish subsequently. The last container we sold, we didn't make any money. Then my partner left, and I looked for something new to do too.

Région De Boston, États-Unis

Supervised money market wire transfers.Managed daily interest rates reconciliation.

Boston

Assistant to portfolio manager.Prepared funds prospectuses.

Master In Economics

Freshman, Ba

Baccalauréat

Beps