I am with Ellen spending a few days in Bratislava on the Danube today. We just take a long scenic run on the river. My legs feel like ‘bricks’ after spending 6 plus hours a day on a road bike. I don’t know much about this city or country but it does have a long …

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I have to say I love the countryside of Switzerland.  It’s a perfect place for my energy and my love of summer and outdoors.  I also love chaos and I hate planning so it’s really nice to have everything around you running perfectly.  The roads were great for biking. The scenery was magnificent. The air …

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I made it.  I’m not sure how. I ate, I drank lots of water and I got off my bike to take pictures 5 times and regroup mentally.  This is key from Velominoti blog (h/t @kentgoldman): Your mind is your worst enemy. Do all your thinking before you start riding your bike. Once the pedals start …

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I almost cried yesterday. I have been riding on and off for 30 plus years but never could have imagined or prepared for my ride yesterday.  We chose (seven riders and two crew, average age late fourties) to ride Fluella Pass (Switzerland) on a weather break. At the top locals told us the pass gets …

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I did not care that Davos (Switzerland) was the highest city in Europe.  I mean it’s July for f*#k sake what could go wrong.  Turns out a lot.  Rain, snow, freezing weather and that’s just my hotel room ⛷ . For the last week I’ve been in Florence and Tuscany with 90 degree temperatures and …

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I have been following the Theranos implosion the last few months. This week was likely the dagger in the company and founder Elizabeth Holmes. Andy Kessler has a great piece on the latest in his post entitled ‘When Startups put the Fab in Fabricate‘. I like this part: I’m in no way surprised. After 25 …

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I am watching Wimbledon this afternoon and taking a break from my vacay to look through the markets and catch up.  It was a ‘wow’ week in at least the US markets.  Just two weeks ago #Brexit was being talked of as a ‘Black Swan’ global event but by yesterday at the close the S&P …

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My friends Brad and Amy Feld invited us to Casetta (www.casetta.net) Tuscany back in August 2011 and we came and had an incredible time. We have stayed friendly with the owner Xenia who runs the farm and hotel on her magnificent property.   After we left in 2011 Xenia had asked me to help allocate …

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I am in Florence for a few days. Love this city.  Hotels Tonight keeps making magic for us on this EuroTrip in which I refuse to plan ahead. Last minute Europe is easy and cheap using Google search for flights and Hotels Tonight for hotels. I am so loyal to this app and kick myself …

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The US stock market is on auto drive pointed at higher prices.  We have robots, machine learning (mostly about robots I guess), Robo advisors programmed to deposit our money into an algorithm that is supported by the constant printing of money, the poor relative performance of the rest of the world. Nothing lasts forever but …

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