Q&A - Mark Dizon (MDG Property Management Ltd.)

Mark Dizon

He was featured in an older post in my other blog.  I'm re posting it here since he is an entrepreneur that could serve as an inspiration for others too.  There are so many challenges and hurdles in putting up, running and maintaining a business.

The aim of this blog is for new, budding, aspiring, prospective and existing entrepreneurs to know and be inspired by the failures and triumphs of our Kiwi entrepreneurs.  I've often heard this statement "punching above your weight."  I guess the people I've featured in my Q&A have done just that.  Here then is another one of a kind entrepreneur, Mark Dizon, Property Manager and Managing Director of MDG Property Management Ltd.

Q: What's the inspiration behind your business?
A: The inspiration behind our business which is a property management company is serving God while doing the best we can to help our clients, supply New Zealanders comfortable properties to rent, give business to our suppliers and in turn giving the directors and employees of our company sufficient satisfaction financial and otherwise.  Being engaged in business gives me more time for family and loved ones.

Q: What were the challenges you encountered while building your business and how did you manage it?
A: The biggest challenge was getting new clients.  Our existing clients actually helped us by referring friends who became our clients.

Q: Name three people, dead or alive, you'll like to have dinner with, and why?
A: Jesus Christ, Pope Francis, and my late father.  I would like to ask Jesus a lot of questions about religion.  I would like to discuss with Pope Francis the problems of the world today.  With my late father, I would just want to spend time with him.

Q: Are you a cat or dog person, and why?
A: I am a dog person.  In my younger years, we had a lot of dogs at home.

Q: Where in NZ is the place you can call as your sanctuary, and why?
A: The home is my sanctuary.  It is where I relax and get privacy.

Q: Something not many people know about you?
A: Not a lot of people know that I am an International Rowing Umpire, get to travel to different countries for free because of this so I can officiate at regattas around the world.

Q: If you could travel back in time, where and when would it be, and why?
A: I would like to travel back in time to watch the Pyramids being built or watch the method of construction of Stonehenge.

Q: What are your plans for the future?
A: In terms of business, my plan is to expand the company (MDG Property Management Ltd.) thus serving more clients and provide more comfortable housing for the people in New Zealand.