Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam It was a long day of interviews, meeting new contacts, and visiting with expat entrepreneurs here in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday. After...
Geoarbitrage and the ultimate productivity hacks
Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Notorious American industrialist J. Paul Getty once said, "I would rather benefit from 1% of the efforts of 100 people that from 100% of...
Was Marco Polo the perfect expat entrepreneur?
Every once in awhile, it's nice to look back through the history of entrepreneurship and realize that many of today's economic concepts are still the same. After all, we're all...
Why You Need a Location-Independent Business in 2024
When it comes to living your best life, you may feel that you’re just like the masses of people stuck in a rut incapable of seeing the potential that lies just beyond the...
Become a Chinese entrepreneur, fix this problem, become rich
Marco Polo, who traveled throughout Asia with his father and uncle as a teenager, returned to Venice to find his Republic at war with Genoa. He found himself imprisoned and...
How to start a business in the Philippines for $125
Reporting from: Manila, Philippines The Philippines has been experiencing solid 6% growth as it develops along with much of Southeast Asia. As such, the Philippines offers unique...
How Do You Become Rich in Countries Like Singapore?
Let's discuss how to become rich in your business - and why it's increasingly difficult in the bankrupt west. The European Union is set to impose the most stringent pay...
China’s beauty market offers clues to aspiring global entrepreneurs
A recent Wall Street Journal article explains how beauty retailers like Sephora are scrambling to maintain sales growth and even closing stores in China in the wake of new online...
How to profit from frontier and emerging market consumers
Reporting from: San Diego, California If you've ever spent time selling your own product or service, you've inevitably run into hurdles with people who don't value what you're...
How to find a real free market as an entrepreneur
We've talked about this concept before: some places get it, others don't. You should go to the places that "get it". That includes entrepreneurs trying to run a business in the...
The Fiscal Cliff and Why Innovation in The US is Dying
As the debate over the United States’ fiscal cliff continues with seemingly little progress, we can’t help but take a different (albeit predictable) view on the whole fiscal...
Sodastream: how governments shut down businesses for no reason
If you're a business owner, you realize that getting your message out and ultimately, selling, is the most important thing you can do. That's why the British broadcasting...
