One of the biggest rewards of running this site is the people Chris and I meet. Heading into day 3 of our Meet Up, we’ve gotten to know our attendees a bit, and once again we’re truly impressed! Hedge fund managers, entrepreneurs, scientists, business owners, academics and more. It’s a small group of just over [...]
November 20, 2012 By 5 Comments
Finding Your Sneetch
Mark and I recently finished our Fiji Meet Up with a small group of totally awesome people. With the laughable US presidential election process taking place at exactly the same time, I have to say that our attendees spent their time far more productively than standing in a voting queue or sitting glued to the [...]
November 8, 2012 By 5 Comments
Profiting in Paradise
While Mark and Chris are up to their necks in salt water and coconuts at the Fiji Meet-up, I wanted to discuss an interesting opportunity in Fijian tourism. No, I’m not going to babble on about gorgeous scenery and warm water whereby those who start a tourism company will bloat with wealth. I would rather [...]
September 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Welcome to the Golden Land!
About 24 hours ago Chris and I arrived in Yangon, Myanmar, formerly Burma. It’s a surreal place… During the 45 -minute cab ride from the airport I felt a lot of emotions: excitement, angst, joy, desperation, hope, fear, scepticism and a hundred others. I’ve never been anywhere with this kind of energy. The country has [...]
August 29, 2012 By 3 Comments
Cannibals, Coups, a Dictator and an Opportunity
On my way to Asia, prior to our Mongolia Meet Up, I stopped in Fiji for 6 weeks to get an on-the-ground perspective of this South Pacific island nation. This was my first trip, and it was a bit different than I expected. My timing wasn’t great, as they were just getting hit with a [...]
June 29, 2012 By 3 Comments
Why Some Places Are Thriving While Others Are Blowing Up!
In December 2010 a jobless Tunisian graduate burnt himself to death. Having been forcibly prevented from the dangerous and criminal act of selling vegetables from a cart without the proper “license”, he took drastic action. The chain reaction which followed, now affectionately referred to as the “Arab Spring”, likely would not have happened in a [...]
