This is a thought experiment/discussion-opener, prompted by a conversation in the back of a taxi with 
A little background information:
- I'm a homeopath.
- I specialise in treating autism & have seen around 1000 cases of ASD so far with great results (i.e with many losing their autism diagnosis after a year of treatment)
- I'm very busy & people need to wait several months to see me.
- I had to stop marketing a while back as i couldn't service all the enquiries (in fact I don't even have time to reply to all my enquiries now).
- There's an enormous number of people out there that could benefit from my method.
So, put all that together & the logical conclusion is: I need to increase the size of my clinic.
But how do I do this? My business model is beautifully simple: I'm 1 guy with a computer & an internet connection operating out of my house. It's a low-cost/high-return model, but it is limited by my time & energy. To grow this I'd need:
- Some real estate
- Support staff for admin, marketing & data collection
- a training program/apprenticeship scheme for qualified homeopaths that want to learn my methods so they can work with me
- A software solution to store the cases & data that needs to be collated. Although I think a centre is necessary, I also plan to use homeopaths working remotely. I need a way for their efforts to be collated, and a bookings/payment system. Currently I use a Virtual Assistant for my admin support, but it's not scalable.
Is there a way to utilise SMTs to finance this expansion? I'm loath to borrow money from a bank (if they'd even lend), nor am I particularly interested in paying a parasitic landlord £2000/month for office space + another £1000/month utilities/taxes for a year or two before hitting break even. It'll take time to build, but I currently earn £100 for every hour I work, and I've estimated that a larger clinic could be making £40 net profit per billable hour. The 'game' then becomes one of increasing the billable hours - I call it the John Grisham model.
Would this be something Steemians might finance? My results speak for themselves & are something reproducable (in fact I've trained close to 100 other homeopaths in the method this year so far through a combination of seminars & webinars). As I was saying to 
I see many side benefits coming out of this project - a growing body of evidence showing the efficacy of homeopathy, raising awareness in the wider world that an autism diagnosis isn't permanent, that in many cases these kids can be healed (note I'm using 'autism' to mean someone with serious mental & physical issues that would mean they need life-long care, not someone who's a bit 'quirky' or introverted).
Thoughts? Offers of collaboration or assistance? Advice?
I wouldn't expect this to be some sort of charity effort, more like an equity token that would pay dividends based on the profits of the company, perhaps in Steem.
Thank you.
Either: I'm a fraud, the parents of my patients are deluded....OR there's something incredibly important going on here.
p.s does anyone know why Steemit doesn't like my website & how to fix the link?!