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Mongolia – It’s a Wrap!

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

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Some Days just Suck!

Yesterday was a BAD day! Trouble came first thing in the morning when my children woke me at half-past-dark. Taddy was dead. Likely killed by a neighborhood cat. Taddy is, err, was my daughters pet tadpole. He lived in a bucket near the back door and was fed and talked

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Traditional Media & The Switch To Blogs

Traditional media is dead! The well-coiffed pigeon-chested peacocks that attempt to pass as conveyors of news may not know it yet, but it’s true nonetheless. I was recently sent a bubble vision clip (CNBC), you know that cradle of financial market intellect. After viewing it I concluded that there ought

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Education versus Schooling

Screw it, I’m not going to send my kids to university when they complete their schooling years. I’m going to send them travelling, and not only that – I’m going to make them pay for it. When they inevitably spend a day, thankfully still in the distant future, throwing up

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Australian and New Zealand Real Estate – Where to?

A quick Q&A regarding my last post. “Jake the truth” mentions that my thinking might be representative of a contrarian indicator. I prefer not to bother myself with who is saying what, why and when, until and unless I’ve reviewed the data first. In this respect I have a number

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Diaspora

My childhood years were misspent in Southern Africa where since ancient times (1960’s), prior to gracing my parents with my presence, the educated, ambitious and most talented often left the region for markets such as the UK, Europe and to a lesser extent the US. There were many who took

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Ideas are Just a Multiplier of Execution

A good friend of mine met up with Derek Sivers in Singapore earlier this year and instantly turned around and said to me, “Chris you need to meet Derek, he’s completely on your wavelength and you’ll get on well.” In 1998 Derek founded CDBaby.com with $500 and sold the business

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The Next Bubble to Burst – Student Loans

Scott is entering his senior year at a university in Boston, majoring in Business Administration and Finance. He is looking to enter the hedge fund industry after graduating. I first met, and was impressed by Scott due to a proactive, value driven approach he has adopted to secure employment after graduating

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