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After living in Africa for ten years, the last four in Cape Town, I have missed out on the great mobility boom across the world. Africa, generally speaking, has a ton of work to do in improving the roads and…

Jetlag causes a massive efficiency problem for me. I struggle to think clearly, my energy is low, and I fail at motivation. It’s particularly discouraging as I’m usually none of those things. So I’ve developed some tactics for dealing with…

Happy New Year to all my readers. Thanks for following last year. This year, I’ll focus more on regularly blogging on the fintech space. Here are the things I’m most excited about in fintech for 2019: Innovative business models and…

This Friday I want to keep it light and write about something fun.  I love reading Sci-Fi.  Recently I’ve been caught up in work too much, and not had time to read.  However, I’ve picked up the book The Book of…

Kristen and I moved into a new home this week.  It’s our first time in a house, and I love it.  Far more private and “homey.” We are celebrating by having a bit of a housewarming and 4th of July…

I named this blog after a term in Stanley McChrystal’s book A Team of Teams.   I’ve pasted below an excerpt from his book where he describes what blink points are.  He is describing them in terms of how he sped…