Brent Skoda (born 1985 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America) is a controversial American businessman.
Legal cases
Brent Skoda has a company called Ahkeo Labs LLC. Ahkeo Labs was a startup that aimed to produce health and consumer electronic products. The funding Ahkeo received included a credit revolver agreement that failed to continue. In a November 8, 2016, ninety day loan, Samih Basaddiq loaned Ahkeo $3 million. Ahkeo defaulted on the November 8, 2016, $3 million loan from Samih Basaddiq. Samih Basaddiq pursued collection of the $3
million loan from Ahkeo through court filings in Northern Ohio. Skoda then sued Plurimi Investement Managers LLP, in Northern Ohio accusing them of failing to fulfill the revolver loan agreement. The case against Plurimi was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
Legal cases
Brent Skoda has a company called Ahkeo Labs LLC. Ahkeo Labs was a startup that aimed to produce health and consumer electronic products. The funding Ahkeo received included a credit revolver agreement that failed to continue. In a November 8, 2016, ninety day loan, Samih Basaddiq loaned Ahkeo $3 million. Ahkeo defaulted on the November 8, 2016, $3 million loan from Samih Basaddiq. Samih Basaddiq pursued collection of the $3
million loan from Ahkeo through court filings in Northern Ohio. Skoda then sued Plurimi Investement Managers LLP, in Northern Ohio accusing them of failing to fulfill the revolver loan agreement. The case against Plurimi was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
Remitbee
Remitbee is an international money transfer company located in Mississauga, Canada. Its primary competitors include WorldRemit, Remitly, Transferwise and Western Union.
History
Remitbee was founded in 2014 by Pratheepan Yoganathan, Yogi Yoganthan and Manos Yoganathan.
In June 2015, Remitbee raised an undisclosed amount from 500 Startups and later that year, they were able to launch their product using Microsoft Azure.
Operations
Remitbee offers money transfers from Canada to 45+ countries including corridors like India and Philippines. All the operations are conducted as cross currency payments from Canadian Dollar to more than 30 other currencies.
Remitbee is an international money transfer company located in Mississauga, Canada. Its primary competitors include WorldRemit, Remitly, Transferwise and Western Union.
History
Remitbee was founded in 2014 by Pratheepan Yoganathan, Yogi Yoganthan and Manos Yoganathan.
In June 2015, Remitbee raised an undisclosed amount from 500 Startups and later that year, they were able to launch their product using Microsoft Azure.
Operations
Remitbee offers money transfers from Canada to 45+ countries including corridors like India and Philippines. All the operations are conducted as cross currency payments from Canadian Dollar to more than 30 other currencies.
The Skull Cave is the hideout of The Phantom. The Skull Cave is hidden behind a large
waterfall in the Deep Woods of Bangalla.
To find the cave, one must go through the waterfall. Numerous members of the deadly Bandar tribe, the Phantom's close friends, are guarding the entrance with their instantly deadly poisoned arrows.
Rooms
Other than being one of the homes of the Phantom and his family, the cave includes many special rooms.
The Chronicle Chamber
This is the room where the Phantom keeps his chronicle books, chronicling the adventures of his 20 forefathers, their thoughts about being the Phantom and advice for future Phantoms. The books have been written in a timespan of over four centuries.
Treasure rooms
The Skull Cave includes two treasure rooms, The Minor Treasure room with gold and jewels, and the major treasure room which includes invaluable, historical treasures, like the snake that killed Cleopatra, Excalibur, sword of King Arthur, the diamond cup of Alexander The Great, Shakespeare's original Hamlet script, and much more, including one of Alfred Nobel's first sticks of dynamite.
Radio room
The room where the Phantom keeps his technical equipment, like radio-transmitters, computers, fax-machines and telephones. It is believed that the Phantom gets the electricity for his machines via water turbines at the waterfall nearby.
The crypt
The place where 20 Phantoms are buried. They were all killed on duty. Also buried here are a couple of extras including a pirate and a viking.
Costume room
Room where the Phantom keeps the costumes worn by himself and his ancestors. Due to bad damages, the Phantom frequently needs new costumes, and this is the place where he finds them. The costumes are often made by the Phantom's good friend Guran.
Modernization
While the Skull Cave has changed little over the centuries the Phantom family has lived there, it has evolved with the times. The 21st Phantom equipped it with electricity (presumed to be run by a waterfall in the Deep Woods), telephones, and computers. To keep up with his modern growing family the Phantom has also built a special 'Castle in the Trees' as a second home.
waterfall in the Deep Woods of Bangalla.
To find the cave, one must go through the waterfall. Numerous members of the deadly Bandar tribe, the Phantom's close friends, are guarding the entrance with their instantly deadly poisoned arrows.
Rooms
Other than being one of the homes of the Phantom and his family, the cave includes many special rooms.
The Chronicle Chamber
This is the room where the Phantom keeps his chronicle books, chronicling the adventures of his 20 forefathers, their thoughts about being the Phantom and advice for future Phantoms. The books have been written in a timespan of over four centuries.
Treasure rooms
The Skull Cave includes two treasure rooms, The Minor Treasure room with gold and jewels, and the major treasure room which includes invaluable, historical treasures, like the snake that killed Cleopatra, Excalibur, sword of King Arthur, the diamond cup of Alexander The Great, Shakespeare's original Hamlet script, and much more, including one of Alfred Nobel's first sticks of dynamite.
Radio room
The room where the Phantom keeps his technical equipment, like radio-transmitters, computers, fax-machines and telephones. It is believed that the Phantom gets the electricity for his machines via water turbines at the waterfall nearby.
The crypt
The place where 20 Phantoms are buried. They were all killed on duty. Also buried here are a couple of extras including a pirate and a viking.
Costume room
Room where the Phantom keeps the costumes worn by himself and his ancestors. Due to bad damages, the Phantom frequently needs new costumes, and this is the place where he finds them. The costumes are often made by the Phantom's good friend Guran.
Modernization
While the Skull Cave has changed little over the centuries the Phantom family has lived there, it has evolved with the times. The 21st Phantom equipped it with electricity (presumed to be run by a waterfall in the Deep Woods), telephones, and computers. To keep up with his modern growing family the Phantom has also built a special 'Castle in the Trees' as a second home.
Voices for Burma (VFB) was a Non-Governmental Organisation founded in 2003, closing in 2009. Founded in the UK, Voices for Burma campaigned on two fronts. First, to examine the complexities of the tourist boycott of Myanmar promoted by Aung San Suu Kyi and secondly to educate visitors to Myanmar on the need to travel in the country ethically.
Original founders
Voices for Burma was founded by Andrew Gray, Anna Laycock and Zishaan Arshad, following Andrew Gray’s visits to Burma/Myanmar in 2002 and 2003.
Change of leadership of Voices for Burma
As Cherie McCosker and Emily Pelter joined Voices for Burma, Zishaan Arshad and thereafter Anna Laycock stepped aside. Andrew Gray remained throughout.
Campaigning
Voices for Burma was supported by Dr Maung Zarni of the Free Burma Coalition and several British former diplomats and Myanmar scholars. On their key message that ethical tourism to Myanmar could be undertaken ethically, Voices for Burma took the counter position to The Burma Campaign UK which had maintained strict adherence to Aung San Suu Syi call for a total tourism boycott.
Primarily, Voices for Burma educated potential visitors to Myanmar through its website (now defunct) and through Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree online travel forum. The website was created and managed by Burmese refugees living in India.
Voices for Burma was invited by Lonely Planet editors to advise on the 9th edition of the Burma/Myanmar guidebook, referenced in the 2005 edition.
Publications
In 2006, Voices for Burma submitted written evidence to the UK House of Lords on the efficacy of the tourism boycott. Voices for Burma concluded:
“It is VFB's stance that the UK Government's policy on tourism to Burma is at best confused and at worst irreconcilable with its commitment under the Common Position to assist the poorest sections of Burmese society. It is not VFB's argument that the Travel Boycott is fundamentally flawed, as VFB discourages some tourists to Burma, however the boycott policy has not been evaluated and has not engendered any positive societal shifts.”
In 2006, founder Andrew Gray appeared in the New York Times.
"When I was in Burma, I've never met anyone who said that I shouldn't be there," said Andrew Gray, founder of Voices for Burma, another advocacy group. Mr. Gray argues that educated tourists can spend money on local businesses without government links and help average people in one of Asia's poorest nations.”
In 2010, though now defunct, Voices for Burma appeared in The Guardian.
“While favouring engagement, Voices for Burma and the Free Burma Coalition urge tourists to do as much as possible to help private Burmese citizens and not put money in the government's pocket, and in fact it is possible to do so now as a tourist.”
Original founders
Voices for Burma was founded by Andrew Gray, Anna Laycock and Zishaan Arshad, following Andrew Gray’s visits to Burma/Myanmar in 2002 and 2003.
Change of leadership of Voices for Burma
As Cherie McCosker and Emily Pelter joined Voices for Burma, Zishaan Arshad and thereafter Anna Laycock stepped aside. Andrew Gray remained throughout.
Campaigning
Voices for Burma was supported by Dr Maung Zarni of the Free Burma Coalition and several British former diplomats and Myanmar scholars. On their key message that ethical tourism to Myanmar could be undertaken ethically, Voices for Burma took the counter position to The Burma Campaign UK which had maintained strict adherence to Aung San Suu Syi call for a total tourism boycott.
Primarily, Voices for Burma educated potential visitors to Myanmar through its website (now defunct) and through Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree online travel forum. The website was created and managed by Burmese refugees living in India.
Voices for Burma was invited by Lonely Planet editors to advise on the 9th edition of the Burma/Myanmar guidebook, referenced in the 2005 edition.
Publications
In 2006, Voices for Burma submitted written evidence to the UK House of Lords on the efficacy of the tourism boycott. Voices for Burma concluded:
“It is VFB's stance that the UK Government's policy on tourism to Burma is at best confused and at worst irreconcilable with its commitment under the Common Position to assist the poorest sections of Burmese society. It is not VFB's argument that the Travel Boycott is fundamentally flawed, as VFB discourages some tourists to Burma, however the boycott policy has not been evaluated and has not engendered any positive societal shifts.”
In 2006, founder Andrew Gray appeared in the New York Times.
"When I was in Burma, I've never met anyone who said that I shouldn't be there," said Andrew Gray, founder of Voices for Burma, another advocacy group. Mr. Gray argues that educated tourists can spend money on local businesses without government links and help average people in one of Asia's poorest nations.”
In 2010, though now defunct, Voices for Burma appeared in The Guardian.
“While favouring engagement, Voices for Burma and the Free Burma Coalition urge tourists to do as much as possible to help private Burmese citizens and not put money in the government's pocket, and in fact it is possible to do so now as a tourist.”