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September 17, 2014 Talca, Chile [Editor’s Note: This is the first in a multi-part series on some of the top Startup ecosystems in the world] When Chris D. came up with a great idea for his startup he was already thinking outside the box. But his innovation didn’t stop there. His thought process
June 11, 2010 Santiago, Chile As I mentioned in yesterday’s subscribers-only letter, I’ve been to Chile numerous times, and I like it more each time I’m here. For this trip, which is unfortunately short, I wanted to survey the countryside to see the extent of the earthquake damage. It’s easy to have already
June 9, 2010 Panama City, Panama Panamanians are generally a carefree lot… but there are a few things that they curiously take very, very seriously. Mother’s Day is one example– it’s held in December, and the entire country shuts down for the day, including banks and government offices. Voting is another example– it’s
April 7, 2010 Darien, Panama My Panamanian boat captain looked at me like I was crazy. “Amigo, you shouldn’t jump in over here… the waves are very dangerous.” I agreed. But we had been trolling for sailfish for a couple of hours with absolutely no success, and I really felt like livening up
March 24, 2010 Hong Kong, SAR One of the worst things that can happen to a country is to experience a brain-drain. The loss of productive people who create new technologies and companies means the loss of the jobs and wealth that they create. The long-term aggregate effects of this can be truly
March 19, 2010 Pattaya, Thailand My time here in Thailand is finally coming to an end, at least for now. On Monday morning, after I stop by the US embassy to pick up my renewed passport, I’ll be headed to Hong Kong. I should briefly mention something about passports. Starting in 2007, the
February 2, 2010 Panama City, Panama I see a lot of opportunity in Panama right now for entrepreneurs and small businesses; in fact, I see more opportunity here than in just about every other country in the western hemisphere with few exceptions. Why? Panama has two strong emerging consumer markets. The first is
Blair is in her early 40s from Southern California. She’s intelligent, fairly aggressive, and an experienced financial executive at a mid-sized manufacturing company. In total, she has about $250,000 in savings, some of which she used to buy property in Panama. She is single with no children and has been traveling to Panama
January 19, 2010 Mexico City (DF), Mexico For such a pale skinned gringo, his Spanish was impeccable. We were both sitting in the business class lounge at the airport, and the fluidity with which he was prattling away in Spanish on his mobile phone caught my attention. Ordinarily, given his very light complexion
January 12, 2010 Estepona, Spain There is really a great deal of information out there about offshore corporate structures… frankly it’s mind numbing. Do a search for “offshore corporation” and you will undoubtedly return over a million websites promising you fast incorporation in Panama or the BVI, as well as a host of
If I have been too subtle in the past, let me be absolutely clear this afternoon: the time to do something, the time to take action to safeguard your future and your families livelihood, is NOW. I’m more impassioned than usual this morning… and with reason. Reluctantly, I tuned in to Team Obama’s
I receive a lot of subscriber questions, and while I cannot answer them all, I wanted to specifically address three of them that key in on recurring themes in this community– second citizenship, investing, international opportunities, corporate structures, banking, and gold/silver storage. 1) Paul asks– “I was wondering what your 1st choice would
I hold it as a guiding principle that there is quite literally a world of opportunity out there… and this goes especially for business. Years ago, there were limited consumer markets available where entrepreneurs could sell their products and services. Today, the playing field has truly leveled. Emerging Asian economies have a burgeoning
I spend a great deal of my time on the road, traveling around the world in search of opportunity. I put boots on the ground while I’m on the hunt and end up screening a tremendous amount of both business and investment ideas. Some of these ideas make the cut, and we take
I spent the better part of my day today at a small conference attended by many of Shanghai’s wealthy, plus their lawyers and accountants. Considering the subject material is highly frowned upon by the government, I was surprised that so many were in attendance. So what was the topic of discussion at
