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Yesterday a good friend of mine came over for lunch to talk about his new business. He has a very simple and compelling concept that easily helps restaurants make more money and creates a win/win for everyone– restaurant owners, diners, and the business itself. This is exactly the type of model that I
Yesterday I spent all afternoon meeting with government officials here in the Philippines, and I’m still in shock. I’ll explain– About a year and a half ago I purchased a fairly large manufacturing business that is oddly enough based in Australia. It’s been a fantastic investment so far, primarily because it generates so
The Federal Reserve in the United States just released a new report showing that “Total Household Wealth” in the United States has reached a record $94.8 trillion. That’s an impressive figure. Even more impressive is that Total Household Wealth has increased by $40 trillion since the lows of the Great Recession in 2009.
On May 31, 1866, John C. Ringling was born in Iowa to German immigrants in what felt like an extremely bleak year. The chaos and devastation from the Civil War that had ended in 1865 were still keenly felt, and the US economy was in the midst of a deep recession The country
Yesterday I wandered out to the hotel pool to cool down from my workout, only to find a handful of Americans in the midst of a screaming match. There were 6 or 7 of them altogether. Some pro-Trump, others vehemently anti-Trump. They were shouting… literally shouting… at one another about transgender bathrooms, Islam,
I’m looking for motivated, ambitious, talented people who know deep down that they can do amazing things in this world if they have the right mentorship. If that sounds like you, you need to know about our annual Liberty and Entrepreneurship camps. Each summer we gather top business and financial mentors, along with
April 27, 2015 Cancun, Mexico What an incredible experience. We just spent the last three days with 375 of the most interesting people I’ve ever met down here in Cancun. Our Global Offshore and Investment Summit was absolutely jam-packed. And a ton of fun. We were joined by brilliant financial luminaries like Dr.
April 8, 2015 Medellín, Colombia About a week ago after having one of those days, I felt like unwinding by turning off the world and tuning in to some mindless action flick. Netflix heeded the call and immediately served up 1994’s Clear and Present Danger starring a slightly younger Harrison Ford as CIA
March 31, 2015 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile Yesterday we discussed the utter insanity of the debt-based education system—the trillion+ dollar explosion of student loans out there that may very well be the next bubble to burst. It’s a completely ridiculous system which saddles 22-year olds with tens of thousands of dollars of debt
March 19, 2015 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile Early last week, I had the privilege of sitting down for dinner with Robert Kiyosaki and his wife Kim. Now, if you’ve never read any of their books, I highly recommend you go check them out, especially Robert’s first book: Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Rich Dad,
March 2, 2015 Bangkok, Thailand Whenever I land in Bangkok, I instantly feel the buzz. This is a city that’s alive, unlike any other in the world. Commerce is everywhere and sometimes it feels that the whole city is one big marketplace. Bangkok is known across the world for its exhilarating social life, but
February 2, 2015 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile When I was a teenager, it was pretty common for young people in my lower-middle class neighborhood to find work. I was a waiter myself… though probably one of the worst in history, as I may still hold the record at Tippin’s Restaurant and Pie Pantry
October 15, 2014 En route to New York [Editor’s note: This is the third piece in our series covering exciting startup locations in thriving markets around the world. See also, Medellín, Colombia, and Vilnius, Lithuania.] A strong community of other entrepreneurs and mentors makes all the difference for a young startup. Through a
October 1, 2014 Santiago, Chile Edmundas B. was in Tel Aviv when he and his co-founders got the idea for an SaaS service to better connect web designers and developers with their clients. Grabbing his mobile phone and laptop, he quickly set up an LLC, for his startup TrackDuck, back in his home
September 22, 2014 Santiago, Chile If someone mentions the Dotcom Bubble, Pets.com is easily the first thing to come to mind. The online pet product store failed hard and it failed fast. In just 268 days, the company went from IPO to liquidation, managing to lose $300 million in the process. Yet it
