The other day I was looking through my bookcase and came upon a few old tattered Asterisk books. As a child of the 70s, Asterisk and Obelisk and their tales of Gallic pride and resistance to the Roman Empire…

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Late last week, I made my annual pilgrimage to Westport to take part in the Old Ghost Ultra running event. It’s been running for nearly a decade now, and anyone who has ever participated will tell you it’s something…

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The other day, I was doing some landscaping at home. Specifically, I was moving a huge number of rocks off our driveway and realigning them so water would drain and hence we wouldn’t need to hike through mud on…

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I had the misfortune recently to encounter, both offline and on, a group of individuals advocating for their cause du jour. The cause itself is irrelevant, what is important is that these individuals were adamant that their cause was…

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The other day my PC lock screen randomly showed me an image of the pyramids of Giza, those burial sites that have turned into some of the biggest income-generators for modern-day Egypt. Seeing that picture made me think of…

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One of my running buddies is a thoughtful chap, a fellow we affectionately nickname BFG. He’s often full of insights during our runs, offering up observations that make one think. Which is great since thinking is an excuse for…

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I was saddened to read last week about the demise of Bay of Plenty-based electric bike manufacturer UBCO. For several years, UBCO had valiantly tried to  commercialize its various models of electric utility vehicle. Over time, I bumped into…

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The other day I had to avail myself of a corporate call centre. Said call centre has recently embarked on multiple rounds of automation which resulted in me being utterly unable to talk to a real human being and…

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A couple of weeks ago I headed off on a boys trip with a bunch of running mates to go and race the Kepler Ultramarathon. I’ll not dwell on the race itself – suffice it to say it was…

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In recent months, I’ve been fortunate to engage with some of the brightest minds in finance—investment bankers, private equity specialists, and others deeply immersed in the world of capital. These conversations have ranged across various opportunities I’m involved in,…

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