Ugly, Uglier and Ugliest

I’m a bit rushed today. Airports, taxis, meetings… As such, if this post appears rushed that’s because it is being typed while trying to ignore the woman on my right, who won’t shut up about her “lovely new condo she’s purchased which EVERYONE should see.” Note to self… freaking insane!

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Holding Structure for Cross Border Deals

Firstly, I wanted to thank everyone who has written in wishing me well after my altercation with the Lionfish. My foot is still attached, and has failed to morph into some ungodly attachment that I fail to recognize upon waking each morning.  I am up on two functioning feet again and ready

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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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Japan… Actionable Ideas

I’m relatively confident that without the mundane sanity of squabbling children, and my lovely mild-mannered wife, my head would explode given all of the events taking place on this ball of dirt we call home. It seems that every time I go to sleep I wake to find something of

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An Investor’s Personal Evolution: A 4-Stage Process

Last week I promised you an article about a recent conversation I had with an executive from a Fertilizer company operating in China, however as I was finishing the article last night and adjusting minor grammar I managed to “disappear” the entire post from our website. I only found out

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Coup d’Etat: Surviving The Backlash From The Masses

There is an awful lot happening on this ball of dirt we’re on and Mark and I are fortunate enough to have some exceptionally smart and talented friends whom we rely on both to second guess our own analysis of situations as well as build our own understanding of the

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