Well, that was exciting! Mark and I just spent an amazing month on the ground, networking and digging in with some of Mongolia’s best and brightest. A few days ago we concluded our first Frontier Markets Meet Up in Ulanbaataar, the capital city. To say that it was a success would be an understatement. We [...]
July 24, 2012 By 1 Comment
Crowdfund This!
Crowdfunding will change Wall Street for the better! There, I said it…let the hate mail ensue. This view is held by a new friend of ours, Dara Albright, the founder of NowStreet Media. She’s a pioneer in reforming the financial markets, and my new hero. Plus she’s just a cool chic! Her site, NowStreetJournal.com is [...]
February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tech Geekery
Chris and I are not tech gurus. I feel like I have a solid understanding of technology, but I’m not going to build the next Facebook any time soon. The likes of Warren Buffet and Peter Lynch are famous for telling investors to buy what they know, and avoid areas where they have no hope [...]
January 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Virtue of Failing – More on Incubators
Following on from our last post on incubators, since Mark and I don’t come to our investment decisions whimsically, I wanted to flesh out our logic and rationale for investing in an incubator. First, and most importantly, failure is a huge part of business and investing; heck, it’s a huge part of life in general! Capitalism [...]
