Month: May 2011

What are We Teaching Our Kids?

In the process of teaching my son some mathematics, letter recognition, and writing I found myself committing the gravest of wrongs. Understandably the poor guy was getting bored with practicing letters. Who could blame him? “Ok buddy, 10 more minutes and then we can go for a swim” 10 minutes passed and

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Patriotism: A Very Different View

Capitalism and politics are inextricably linked and so as an avid capitalist it certainly pays to pay attention to politics. Following straight on the back of my post on Military Minds, I thought it worth sharing an article written by one Fred Reed. Fred speaks his mind in a way that

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The Seemingly Flawed Military Mind

Years back, while returning home from a night out on the town in London, I found myself on the “underground” in a carriage packed full of late-night revelers. Into my carriage stepped a large brute of a man who immediately began threatening and harassing anyone close to him. Stoned, drunk

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Investment Mistakes – How to Lose Money in 11 Easy Steps

I tend to hang out with positive people as invariably they make me feel good, whether it be guys that are capitalists like me, entrepreneurs building businesses or people that appreciate similar things in life to me such as fitness and sports they’re all positive people. I made a pledge

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8 Reasons Not To Sign an NDA

One of the most important things for any Entrepreneur to do is to protect their intellectual property. As such I’ve often heard it being said that entrepreneurs seeking to raise capital should ensure that potential investors sign an NDA. This is nuts. This seems to me to be akin to asking a

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Technology Distraction is a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry

Recently I found myself interviewing a founder of a business who is seeking funding. While on a video call I could hear a TV talk show in the background, and during our conversation the gentleman I was talking to kept a text messaging conversation going on his mobile phone. While

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