Year: 2015

Terminator
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Chris MacIntosh

Are You Investing Like the Terminator? You Should Be!

When robots eventually take over this planet, killing us all (save a small group singled out to be used as slaves, and thrown into a big brother style environment with live streamed cage fights to the death), or possibly used in lab tests, you can bet that they won’t feel

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Greece Flag
Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

While the World Watches Greece THIS is Happening

Watching the ongoing Greek saga unfold is enough to make a blind man grimace. Capital controls which could be seen coming down the track like a freight train are but one more notch on the disaster stick called European Monetary Union. Why talk of Greek debt negotiations is even taking

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Mark Zuckerberg
Global Trends
Chris MacIntosh

Is This Why Mark Zuckerberg Chose This Country?

Dale Carnegie was a brilliant man. An intellectual giant with insights most of us will only dream of possessing. I read much of his works when in my twenties. His books are relatively small and I’d keep one in my coat pocket. When riding the train into London Bridge for

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Colombia
Podcast
Chris MacIntosh

KISS in Colombia

KISS… You’ve likely heard the acronym used before: Keep it simple, stupid! It can be applied to anything in life, except for perhaps keeping one’s wife happy which is why man invented quantum physics. I was reminded of this when a friend recently began complaining about his very expensive luxury imported

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Cartagena
Podcast
Chris MacIntosh

A Sensory Feast – The Fastest Growing Country in Latin America

Did you know that over 65% of people are visual learners and that we process visual representations 60,000 times faster than text? Over 90% of the information we process daily comes to us visually, which may explain why 40% of all nerve fibres connected to the brain are linked to

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Books
Other
Chris MacIntosh

How to Enhance Your Circle of Competence

A conversation with an investment promoter, let’s call him Mr Y, from many years ago came to my mind today when reading the news. It went something like this: Mr Y: “You HAVE to take a closer look at this.” Me: “No, thanks. Not for me.” Mr Y: “No, really,

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Grave
Global Trends
Chris MacIntosh

We Should All Strive to Be “Grave Dancers”

In the investment world he’s known as the Grave Dancer. Like many successful and outspoken men, he is loathed by some and loved by others. Whatever you may think of him, it’s valuable to keep an open mind to both success and failure in order to seek the former and

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iPad
Chris
Chris MacIntosh

This Country Offers More Than Just Discounted iPads

Everyone likes to buy things at a discount, right? This fact, together with human irrationality, explains why masses of eager shoppers line up in front of stores on the first day of a holiday shopping season. Black Friday anyone? While not exactly buying a new J. Crew V-neck sweater 30% off

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