Fidget Spinners. I want one. After all what better mindless activity can I find that will keep me amused for hours that requires little or no skill. And who knows, maybe I can get a premium one made of matt aluminum alloy that has lights so I can really get into it? For all the... Continue Reading →
Value #3 Business and Digital Disruption: Simple Answers
If I can’t leave you with that “smack yourself in the head, why didn’t I think of that” feeling, then I’ve failed. All too often in the past I took what was self-evident to me and dressed it up in ‘tails and top hat’. If I look at my success as a university lecturer, it... Continue Reading →
Value #2- Business and Digital Disruption: Communication, Much Like Investing, Should Be Direct
I had a peer in the early part of the last decade whose idea of selling life insurance was to hold a Bic lighter up, sparking it, and then looking at the flame say, “this is your life.” Promptly extinguishing it he would add “and then you die.” As blunt as that little ‘show and... Continue Reading →
Value #1 Business and Digital Disruption: Idea Generation and Communication
Linda (@lindaodnokon) and I often have arguments about how often I give away my investment ideas for free. Love of my life and business partner, I often frustrate her or lose my temper, but I fail to explain myself fully. Ideas mean nothing without the ability to execute, and we have that capability in spades. ... Continue Reading →
Babies, Puppy Dogs and Kittens: Struggling to Find Engagement and Action in Social Media
Let’s face it, pictures of warm cuddly adorable things get more attention than subjects that are germane to my business. In fact, measured purely on engagement rates, a picture of me beaming with pride holding my newest grandson Adriano is a home run. It doesn’t matter that I had neither self-serving or ulterior motives to... Continue Reading →