Introduction This will be a brief review of the Advanced Cash payment system. In this review I'll relay, in my opinion, what constitutes the advantages and disadvantages of the Advanced Cash system. I'll

I've always thought Georgia should pursue closer ties with it's neighbors rather than trying to throw all its eggs in the single EU basket. It now seems that Georgia is moving in the right direction. Iran

Russia insider asked me to share my opinion on why gold, or a gold backed currency is not be sufficent enough to safeguard the Russian Federation against western economic warefare. The following is my

Emerging Markets in an Upside-Down World

In this post, I'm going to outline my daily time management strategy. We all have the same 24 hours each day, so the basis of my strategy, is to maximize my personal productivity each day. Here is the

What do I think of the prospects for Turkey? I think the prospects for an independent Turkey are very good indeed. There are many industries an independent Turkey could develop which a western aligned

This is a rewrite of a piece I posted a while back, and that was inadvertently deleted recently. In this post I will list (what I believe to be) the properties of the ideal legislature for a unitary state.

I like the Startup studio concept. I particularly like the idea of an investor-led startup studio. I think that investor-led startup studios may be how the venture capital community saves itself from oblivion.

'A closed China willfully narrows its access to the global pool of professional talent.' This is the statement made in the linked article by the Economist. I don't by it! Here's why. There's scores of

Venture capital is for all intents and purposes nonexistent in the non-industrialized markets/jurisdictions. Is there a way that ordinary folks can raise the equivalent of venture capital funding? We seem

Weekend Wisdom: A currency is NOT what matters but the QUANTITY & QUALITY of goods/services for which units of currency can be exchanged does. Attribution: This content was originally posted on the

Weekend Wisdom: That which is without definition is without limit. Attribution: This content was originally posted on the 19th March, 2017.

Introduction This is a brief summary of a method discovered and refined by the team at the Exceptional Insights Group, a distributed research and intelligence firm operating exclusively from the cloud.

Introduction Could a bitcoin remittance model service the needs of individuals in the non-industrialized global south? If the answer is yes, then how should such a model be implemented in order to ensure

Introduction Venture capital is for all intents and purposes nonexistent in the non-industrialized markets/jurisdictions. Is there a way that folks in the non-industrialized markets/jurisdictions can raise

Turkey’s currency is having a hard time on the foreign exchange market. Turkey’s government alleges the nation’s currency is coming under attack by foreign foes. We all know that international securities

Cyber groups are commercial associations that operate exclusively in and via cyberspace. Most cyber groups are, for official purposes, organised as unregistered associations or companies. For example the

They’re many in places like Africa and the Caribbean who are betting that bitcoin industries will become a source prosperity for them. That’s indeed a possibility. However, bitcoin needs to become more

Crypto-currencies? Crypto-currencies, are recent digital innovations which could have a major impact on the dynamics of various markets around the world. They could also have a major impact on market dynamics

So Saudi Arabia plans to create a 2 trillion dollar investment fund. Thinking about this the other day, I wondered if they had allocated any funds toward the seed/venture capital asset class. If not then