Chris and I took a trip to Yangon a few months back. We wrote about it here and here. While in-country we met an intrepid American chap named Billy Selig. Billy runs an outfit called New Crossroads Asia. We spent several hours discussing the country, Billy’s background and his plans for investing in the country. [...]
December 6, 2012 By 1 Comment
A Revolution in Agriculture – Part II
Today we’re back with Nate Storey, PhD. Nate’s company Bright Agrotech is revolutionizing food production by creating innovative new ways to grow food “vertically”. Nate and his team are the real deal, so read on and learn a bit more about how you can add a bit of food security and resiliency right in your [...]
December 4, 2012 By 6 Comments
A Revolution in Agriculture – Part I
If you’ve been reading this blog for more than a week you know that the three of us like agriculture. The world has structural issues with the food supply which won’t disappear soon. The age of farmers is ticking ever-higher, with average ages in the United States, Great Britain and Canada approaching 60, 60 and [...]
October 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Capitalizing on Exponential Growth
“There’s no way that company exists in a year.” – Tom Siebel, founder of software firm Siebel Systems. This was Tom Siebel talking about Salesforce.com, easily one of the hottest companies in the cloud computing space, and the reason behind founder Marc Benioff’s billionaire status. Siebel Systems, on the other hand no longer exists today, [...]
October 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Impact Investing – An Opportunity to do “Good
Chris and I are capitalists. If that isn’t completely obvious by now (the name of this site should be a dead giveaway!) then you’re in the wrong place. However, we aren’t heartless capitalists, greedy capitalists, capitalist pigs or any other derogatory or unethical variety of the species. When we can invest and back entrepreneurs who [...]
September 27, 2012 By 2 Comments
Why Libya? A Follow-up
Our friend Kevin Virgil is still on the ground in Libya, assessing the situation. Last week, in Libya – The Real Story we got an update from him which proved to be right on. Let’s hear what else Kevin has to say on Libya, which is a country he’s betting big on. ——– Mark: Kevin, [...]
