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The cheerful stewardess on my red-eye to Argentina was delivering her pre-flight speech. Her soothing voice washed over me as I sat in a window seat, reading a business plan for a technology start-up on my laptop.
“There are 10 emergency exits on this Boeing 777 aircraft: 4 in the…
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Last Thursday morning, as I was browsing headlines on The New York Times, I saw an article entitled, “Which Start-Up Could Be the Next Big Thing?”
That’s a serious newspaper and an exciting topic. Coffee in my left hand, mouse in my right, I clicked on through.
After the author…
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Few things are certain in this world; few things are actually guaranteed.
Ben Franklin famously put death and taxes on his list. But on a sunny summer day in August, I’m not so interested in addressing those dreary topics.
Guaranteed money, on the other hand — now there’s something that…
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Remember a game called “Follow the Leader” from when you were a kid?
One kid, the leader, would stand up at the head of a line. He’d touch his nose, zig and zag, click his heels. Everyone else would have to copy what he did.
If…
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Those are my feet you're looking at...
They haven’t moved much this weekend:
In and out of the pool. A stroll through town to the classy restaurant in the converted farmhouse. A little tapping when I went to hear some live music.
And yet, over the course of two days,…
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This is Part 3 of a 3-Part Adventure. To read Parts 1 and 2, start with our post below from July 17.
You know how male peacocks flash their bright colors to attract the ladies?
A short, tanned guy was walking towards me on Fifth Ave. Stuffed into the chest…
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This is Part 2 of a 3-Part Adventure. To read Part 1, see blog post below from July 17.
“Great company,” said the man in the bow tie. “But it’s looking like a crappy investment.”
I was sitting on a swanky leather couch in a Fifth Avenue office, chatting with…
