About Monty

“Introduction…”

Hi every one, my name is Thurston Montgomery, Jr. – my full name has 20 plus letters in it, what were my parents thinking? Please call me, “Monty”; it’s much easier to write!

Monty Montgomery Jr.

“A Little Background…”

I am going to school on Social Security’s empowerment program, “Ticket To Work”.

I am a “Non-Traditional” student, which is the politically correct way of saying that I am Old. I am a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Male- a WASP- with a slightly above average IQ, who also happens to be a Person with a Disability –a PWD. My left leg was amputated above the knee – AKA – in 1998.

I have been attending SFA in Nacogdoches, Texas where I live, to supposedly earn a double masters degree in Vocational Rehabilitation and as an LPC.

“The Bad News First…”

It appears that I have received some incorrect academic and career guidance – I was placed in senior level classes, while still a freshmen – sophomore. Additionally, I have all ready completed my senior level Internship.

The “Bad News” is that I still have 15 plus hours of core studies left to complete.Because of this bad, yet well intentioned, guidance I needed a better plan. I needed a Plan-B.

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“Plan-B…”

I saw I needed time to rethink my goals. So, I saw a need for a plan B a while back. Over the last 20 months I spent every available hour I had free learning about Internet Marketing and Online Monetization Streams.
This new found knowledge originally led some friends and I to become a New Kind of “Social Entrepreneur”

I started an Internet based LLC with personal money related to my father’s exposure to radiation during the DOD’s A-Bomb test project, “Teapot”, in the 1950’s.

I started the business – IPZEM,LLC– in order to apply cutting edge Social Entrepreneurship business models , like Paul Newman’s revolutionary model:” Newman’s Own”, to the Internet.

“My Relentless Pursuit…”

Q- “Why do you spend 8-12 hours a day, 6-Days a week in pursuit of that elusive creature, the “USP”?

A- “Why have I obsessively pursued such a mystical creature, you may ask? The answer is, quite simply, because if you manage to cage the little the beastie, why then a whole new world of opportunities will open up for you. Your dreams can now become reality.”

“That’s why.”

“I ask you, isn’t that a good enough reason to do as Benjamin Franklin extolled: that is, to do well for oneself and provide for your family, all the while actively doing good for others who don’t know the way to do good for themselves?”

“In my opinion…”

The general population mistakenly believes a number of widely held misconceptions about the Web.

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“The Facts Mam,Just The Facts…”

1) One of those mistaken beliefs is that the Internet is between 30 to 50 years old.

A) This is important:
The Internet has only been around in its present form since the late ‘90’s.

2) Further more, two of the biggest players on the Web, Mother Google and eBay, just celebrated their 10th Birthday’s within the last couple of years.

“Beware…”

Basically, the Net is a 10 year old child and not a grown adult between the ages of 30 to 50 years old with all that those ages imply: the experiences, the better developed judgment skills and behaviors. You have been warned. How many 10 year olds do You know? Enough said.

“Economic Empowerment at the grass roots level…”

My goal is to create Economic Empowerment at the grass roots level. If people, not well meaning agencies, have a $1000 bill to fix a $100 problem, they can meet their own needs. They don’t need outside help. They can keep their dignity.

This is the heart of that Independent Nature that built America to begin with; furthermore, we relied on our selves, family, friends, and our neighbors – in that order – for help. This will create less of a drain on all human service systems, which are under funded and overwhelmed. Imagine if you dare, all of these agencies, non-profits, social services, etc, frantically feeding for the last scrape of the limited and rapidly disappearing available funding. There simply are too many mouths at the funding trough and not nearly enough money to go around.

Yet, many of the cutting edge thinking out-of-the-box Social Entrepreneurship business models like Paul Newman’s revolutionary model that I previously spoke of:” Newman’s Own”, can be applied to the Internet and should allow the New Kind of Social Entrepreneur:

1) To tap into the tremendous monetization streams offered by the World Wide Web to create Economic Empowerment at the grass roots level. This not about giving to charity or helping some non-profit help others with your donation. It is about creating Economic Empowerment for your self and your family.

2) I believe that from this base of Economic Empowerment, the New Kind of Social Entrepreneur can create long lasting and meaningful Social Change.

OK. Great, however, how exactly do you “tap” these $ streams in order to replace my regular income plus benefits, you may ask?
Read on.

“I Fell and Hit My Head on the Toilet, Marty,and Saw The“Flux Capacitor…”

OK. I know you won’t get that sub-heading, unless you’ve watched the “Back To The Future” movies. But that line captures the essence of exactly what happened to me a little over two months ago, towards the end of August 2009.

I am only a few months out from having cervical-spine (neck) surgery, where they installed 6-titainium cages, replacing three levels of my severely degenerated vertebrae. So, falling is kind of scary.
Any way, my crutches slipped on some condensation on the linoleum floor, out went the crutches; down I went hitting my head on the printer paper tray.
It broke the fall of my head by breaking off as I hit the floor. So, that was good.

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“I Saw The Elusive‘Flux Capacitor’…”

When I got up, I saw my version of the Elusive “Flux Capacitor”. I saw my “USP”. All these months of relentless pursuit of the little beastie and how do I finally cage the creature? By falling down and hitting my head. How “Three Stooges” is that?

“The Light Bulb Came On?”

I wish I could say that the “Light Bulb” came on; however, this does not even come close to doing justice to what took place inside of me on that fateful day in August of this year.

It was in fact, a Paradigm shift in my “World Map”. A whole new realm that covers vast geographical lands of opportunities now appear as map makers, as guide post on this journey to fulfill my dreams. My goals to Economically Empower others at the Grass roots Level now has a solid accurate map to plot the path to my own Economic Empowerment.

“My Goals…”

As I accomplish my goals I will guide others in their own individual journeys to Economic Empowerment.

I have a dog that creates consternation wherever I go. No one believes her mother is a 35 lb. Staffordshire Bull Terrier and the daddy is a 12 lb chihuahua and daschund mix. Below is a picture for your contemplation. Her name is Chloe.