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The Whole Foods Real Estate Strategy, Coming To Colombia

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…

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When Old Becomes New – Investing In Railways (Plus a video)

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…

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A Chance Meeting In Toronto About Uranium In Kazakhstan

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,…

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Searching For Waldo – Finding Startups That Will Actually Make You Money

¿Dónde está Wally? Où est Charlie? Wo ist Walter? Or, if you’re in the US it’s, “Where’s Waldo?” If you don’t know what I’m talking about, do yourself a favor and go buy one of the Where’s Waldo books. It’ll…

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This Might Be One Of The Most Under Rated Cities To Start A Business

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…

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When This Chinese Bridge Is Done, You Can Buy These Boats

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…

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Getting Lucky in Boston

I told you about the strange smells that I found at Harvard University yesterday, but I didn’t tell you why I was there… This past weekend, we had a small gathering of Explorer Partnership members at two different restaurants –…

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Harvard Skunks

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…

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Forget About Black Friday, You Can Start Shopping Now (Rugs In Turkey)

Did you know that “The Day After Thanksgiving” is an official government holiday for most of the US? That means that government workers get the day off to digest their food and cure their hangover, from the previous day’s gluttony….

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Do You Own One Of These 4 Doomsday Insurance Policies?

“The market is going to crash within the next six months.” I think we’ve all heard someone say that for the past 3 years. Some people will say it to scare you into buying something… and some people say it…