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Shirt: 002 – Cause: The Stroke Survivors Foundation

You may or may not know the term ‘Value Trade’? We’ve all done it. It’s when you swop or trade something with someone because you both believe you are getting more value because of the trade.

Telana Simpson is trading one matchstick for office space. She started the onematchstick project on 12 June 2006, and will be trading different items until she gets the office space she needs. She’ll be contributing some of the space to mentoring start-up entrepreneurial enterprises.

She’s very passionate about trading:

I’m in Jozi, South Africa, and will go anywhere in South Africa to make the trade – I’ll even consider anywhere in the world if the trade is right!

She’s in the process of making her 10th trade, and has traded from her initial 1 matchstick into 375 Springleap.com t-shirts. This amazing growth highlights what could be achieved through trading. She is trading each t-shirt for cash, through Springleap.com, and only has 158 t-shirts left before completing the trade.

Trading with Telana for a shirt is simple. You just need to buy any Springleap.com t-shirt online, and make sure you use the coupon code onematchstick so she can track that you are trading with her. She even has her own shirt design – Mission: Possible.

Visit www.onematchstick.co.za for more info, or read this 2 pager that explains the story so far, or watch the movie for a fun account of her progress.

onematchstick.co.za is a great project which tests the power of value trades to achieve a significant objective. Let’s help Telana move on to her next trade. Get your Springleap t-shirt now!

Telana’s can be contacted at 083 730 2979 or onematchstick@gmail.com.