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In the roaring heart of the 1920s, amidst the cacophony of a burgeoning city, Samuel, a savvy saloon owner, stood at the precipice of a transformative

In the ever-evolving landscape of global business, where startups rise and fall in a frenzy of new ideation, there exists a rare breed of companies that

A few months after Jim and his roommate moved into their new apartment, he invited his mother over for dinner. When Mom arrived she was

“Every homeowner in America should rejoice. Aussie- style real estate is on the way.” – Greg Hague Back when Uber displaced the taxi model many

The lawsuit was filed back in 2019 on behalf of 500,000 Missouri plaintiffs claiming almost $2 billion in damages. They alleged that they paid thousands

COMMUNICATION CONTROL   Close your eyes and come back in time with me. It’s 1974. Bell bottom jeans are your statement in fashion. Float-like-a-butterfly, sting-like-a-bee Muhammad

It was a beautiful Memorial Day in 2018. Teresa and I decided to meet for lunch at Rancho Mañana golf club. I was excited to

In the vast landscape of entrepreneurial success stories, there exists a humble yet powerful artifact—the bar napkin sketch. I know you know the kind –

While having lunch with a friend last week, I asked how his short-term rental business was going. The story he told was of a double-edged

I am excited to announce that Teresa and I have a new baby. His name is Wyatt, and he’s now ten weeks old. Okay, I admit

The snake was in serious peril, frantically (but futilely) struggling to squiggle out of a boiling hot sand trap at Seven Canyons in Sedona. Greg stopped,

“Value is more expensive than price.” – Toba Beta  Ferrari’s stock valuation is roughly the same as GM’s – each around $30 billion. Yet Ferrari sells

Life is full of a thousand red herrings, and it takes the history of a civilization to work out which are the red herrings, and

Don’t misinterpret my title this week. It doesn’t mean you will be selling your home for half its value. It does mean you may soon

The media lambasted his suggestive gyrations as “obscene performances.” Cities refused to grant permits for him to perform. Music labels rejected him, one saying, “His music

Some things just keep… hanging on.   The girl (or guy) you asked out to the movie, and end up spending the rest of your life with. 

One beautiful summer day the tiger and the donkey were walking through the fields together. The donkey proclaimed to the tiger that the grass was

Did you hear about the man caught flashing the Chapel? To be precise, the Sistine Chapel.  Why would anyone commit such a lascivious act, especially

It’s a hot and humid day on the ranch. Tex is working hard, but his Belgian horse is working harder, hauling goods and plowing fields. Tex

Many years ago my son, Brian, was excited to buy his first new car. He did weeks of research before deciding on a top of the line