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Term Sheet Template And Open Source For Entrepreneurs

A quick follow-up to my latest views on medical care in the “3rd World” from the surgical wards of Thailand. Some months ago while spending time in New Zealand, I had inquired about some minor elective surgery. I was quoted a whopping NZD$1,000 for what amounts to a 15-minute operation.

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A Poignant Display of Asian Work Ethic in The Midst of Thailand

“Immediately excruciating and incapacitating localized pain.” This is what I found when I Googled “Lionfish sting.” I’d like to say I took it like a man and gritted my teeth without muttering a single word, but that would be fiction and the fact is I swore like a trooper through

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Fact or Fiction?

This post either has everything or nothing to do with investing and capitalism, but I can’t get the topic out of my mind so… I want to ask you a couple of questions, but before I do that I want to tell you a short story. Last night I had

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Chinese FDI and What it Means for Hong Kong and Singapore

Sound bites… We need to dig deep into the bowels of these nasty little things, which are eagerly snapped up by an increasingly frivolous media. An argument put forward to me recently is why I am engaging this topic. The argument was that foreign capital flows into China are completely

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Voyeurism And Observational Learning

Voyeurism is a strange thing. We bipeds like to watch other people, and we seem to be totally addicted to it no matter what our race or nationality. Ask yourself this:  What do most people do with their spare time? Heck, what do you do with your spare time? Do you

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Two Types of People and Two Ways to View a Pie

I don’t usually believe labels are worthwhile. Labeling people is an unproductive endeavour. All too often you come up short, and in the end it is just this type of thinking that is at the root of conflict the world over. He’s a Christian, she’s a communist, they’re racists, I’m

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Santa Claus – A Drug Pusher and a Terrorist…?

I’m going to make a tribute to Santa this year. Christianity boasts 2.1 billion followers, and if you add in non-believers like me who still put up a Christmas tree and pile presents underneath it, you’re likely to ramp that number even higher. Why a tribute? I’m truly impressed with

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