Baptized into the world of business and travel at a young age I’ve subsequently lived in multiple countries, traveled to many more and built myself a small fortune investing in businesses and markets that I spend an extraordinary amount of time doing due diligence on.
People sometimes ask me what I do. It is not an easy answer. I guess I’m an entrepreneur, investor and speculator. I did have a permanent wage earning job once for about 2 years, but never regarded it as anything more than an opportunity to learn something new about the world and grow myself.
A background and education in law, Investment banking, and financial planning should have assigned me to a life of suits and ties, mindless ...More cocktail parties and corporate politics however that life wasn't for me.
I have certainly gained more value and wealth from self education, entrepreneurial activities on the ground and being an avid student of the world always attempting but not always succeeding in understanding how and why it functions the way it does, than any university sanitized education could ever provide me with. In fact I would go so far as to say that outside of the engineering fields much of the material published for University consumption is total garbage.
I am active investing in and trading real estate, foreign exchange, stocks, and options and have a penchant for venture capital investments. I provide advisory and portfolio management services for a small select clientèle.
My profile will always be low and I strongly believe that in the world we live in those with wealth and skills need to be increasingly vigilant. The best way to do this is to appear that you have neither.
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Description: Full time investor.
Trading frequency: Infrequent
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capitalistexploits.com When first becoming involved in investing in small non-listed companies, providing seed capital to small businesses and investigating entrepreneurial deals we scoured around for advice on how to put all the pieces together.How best do you put together contracts, how do you evaluate a deal where you’re looking ...More
at a concept or idea with no cash flows or assets? What to look for? What to look out for? We bounced from one lawyer to another becoming ever more frustrated. We consulted with accountants, attorneys, bankers, anyone that we thought would or should know this stuff. Much of it in vain. We felt like we were in search of the Yeti, Santa Claus or an honest politician. Whoever knew this stuff was rather elusive. We even joined some investing clubs but were largely underwhelmed. “Maybe”, we thought, “all this great knowledge was in a closet.” We felt like homosexuals in the 60’s. We were out of the closet but if there were any others out there like us they were in hiding.This culmination of our frustration that existed many years ago, combined with the wonderful global reach of the Internet, provides us an opportunity to reach out to you and to share what we’ve learned, and hopefully to learn from you. We are ever mindful of the fact that we are never in possession of all the knowledge, and never will be. As such we value you our reader more than you might imagine and invite you to share with us whatever you feel of interest.We know from experience investing in all manner of asset classes that some of the most lucrative, life-changing investments available are those in non-listed small companies. Additionally, we kind of like backing the small guy who is fighting for a better life, and who is driven to achieve something really valuable, rather than the CEO who is watching to see how he can justify another enormous bonus.As such our mission is to bring our collective thoughts to the table, and we encourage you to join us. Our opinions and views may not always be popular, and we make no apology for that, as it is not our intent to be popular but merely profitable.Sign up for our commentaries and feel free to refer a few of your friends, but especially your enemies. It may get you listed in a database somewhere, and you may run the risk of being detained the next time you try to board a plane, but we’d like to think it’s worth it Sincerely,Chris & Mark
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People sometimes ask me what I do. It is not an easy answer. I guess I’m an entrepreneur, investor and speculator. I did have a permanent wage earning job once for about 2 years, but never regarded it as anything more than an opportunity to learn something new about the world and grow myself.
A background and education in law, Investment banking, and financial planning should have assigned me to a life of suits and ties, mindless ...More