Mirabon at Playa Las Canas

An exclusive beach front community of high-end villas on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic. Mark Yellen has made a significant investment of capital and time to develop what was originally virgin land into a magnificent eco-friendly garden of Eden while, at the same time, helping to improve the quality of life in the small rural Dominican community of Las Canas. As quoted by the mayor of Las Canas “Yellen has done more for Las Canas is the last 2 years than the government has done in the last 20”.

Precision Funding

A micro-loan and underwriting program for low-income individuals and families in third-world countries to assist communities in the creation of sustainable revenue from external sources. The program focuses on helping people with little or no business experience develop their ideas into workable business plans and then provide the necessary human and cash capital to get the operations started and stabilized. Thus far, the program has had a 0% default rate.

Various other consulting engagements...

...including systems design work, business plan development and turn-around assistance for information technology, retail and real-estate based organizations. Currently engaged in projects in three countries.

“I’m committing to practicing what I’ve been preaching. At the moment, I have stepped way outside of my comfort zone and am developing real estate in a third-world country while also balancing several consulting engagements. I’m happiest when I am super-busy and, interestingly enough, that’s when things seem to get done well and on time. If you have a project that you want me to consider, I’m never going to be less busy than I am now... so, send it my way for consideration.”

GrinGasoil

Converting waste vegetable oil from restaurants and food manufacturing facilities throughout the Dominican Republic into high-quality biodiesel fuel that can be used in almost any standard diesel engine without modification. The biodiesel fuel manufactured by GrinGasoil works just like regular diesel fuel. There is no need to modify an engine to use the product. There are no known harmful side effects and, in fact, most engines will produce cleaner emissions using the product than with regular petroleum-based diesel fuels while achieving the same or better mileage per gallon.