It’s all there. Stop signs, fire hydrants, storm drains, and paved roads for miles. The aerial view is hard to really comprehend. An endless maze of pre-planned streets that were built to be the backbone for the next utopian California…
I have an extended family member who won’t use Uber. He thinks it’s weird that some stranger will come pick you up anywhere, in their own car, and then you’re supposed to trust them to safely transport you to your…
When the grocery store chain Whole Foods announces a new location, it’s not the future shoppers who rejoice. Instead, it’s the property owners around the new proposed site that start jumping up and down. It’s been called the Whole Foods…
On May 10th, 1869, the final spike of the first US Transcontinental Railroad was driven into the ground by Leland Stanford. This spike was made of pure gold to signify the importance of the completion of this rail route, that…
I took the elevator to the thirty-second floor. The elevator door slid open, I walked out, took a left, and pushed open the double doors to the roof top bar. Looking across the room, I thought in my head, “Ugh,…
About a month ago I received an invite to come speak at a startup event that was to be held in the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Macau. When I received the invitation, I had literally just returned back to…
Looking out the window of the high speed ferry, the project looks massive. There are dozens, or maybe hundreds of barges with cranes mounted on top putting the last touches on the enormous bridge. It’s considered the world’s largest infrastructure…
This past Saturday morning I took a run through Harvard University. I had never seen the campus, but it was exactly how I’d expect it to be, except for one thing… I started running down the path on the bank…
We had just finished a casual dinner at a restaurant called “Greenbowl” that was located somewhere in Shenzhen. I couldn’t find the place again if my life depended on it, but it was a great meal in a clean and…
After hearing their pitch, my first question was, “So, you’re a Medical Doctor that graduated from Harvard, you’re from Chicago, and you’ve chosen to move to Shenzhen?” “Well, yeah, that’s pretty much the story,” he answered. “So why did you…
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