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A necklace with Angelskin Coral
The Birth of Two Businesses - Precious Corals of Hawaii - Ocean Mining and
Engineering
Since I had a window of time to operate without competition, I continued mining and
selling the angelskin coral locally and save some money. It was really a novelty for me to
have for the first time in my life more money than I needed to survive from week to week or
even day-to-day. With the extra money, I bought more nets and fabricated more dredges. I
was even able to substitute my old Volkswagen bug with a beautiful Mustang and later with a
convertible, baby blue, Austin Healey 3000. As the coral mining continued, I developed also
a storage need. I could no longer store everything on the deck of "Orpheus". Already the
boat looked like a floating junkyard with all the miscellaneous gear in full view of people
spying on my operation. Since I had begun marketing the precious coral in Hawaii and
abroad I needed also an address for an office so I could project an aura of legitimacy and
permanency. So my next move was to form and register a business with the State of Hawaii,
apply for excise tax license, print stationary, purchase office equipment and open bank
accounts.
Also I formed and registered two businesses. The first I named "Precious Corals of
Hawaii", and this was my precious coral business. The second I named "Ocean Mining and
Engineering", and this was my consulting business for oceanic support, services and
studies. I designed letterheads for both and had them printed. For "Ocean Mining and
Engineering" I designed a special logo. It was an Athenian trireme with the acronym "OME"
across its sail. I was now ready for marketing my coral, my consulting services and the use
of my little oceanographic vessel. Subsequently, as orders for the precious coral begun
coming in, I contacted the international department of the Bank of Hawaii to run checks on