Good, Cheap, Fast… Pick two.

Life isn’t fair, and a great example of this is working with contractors.

As I have found in my working career, any task you take on in life is constrained by a lot of factors. How long will it take? How much will it cost? How good is the result? Almost always, you end up having to choose good results with regard to two of those factors and expect a bad result for the third one.… Read more

Love Coffee? Buy now while it’s cheap

I’m not a coffee drinker, gave up coffee in 1991, but i have seen a exponential increase in both coffee appreciation and business built around coffee. If you are a drinker or a coffee businessman, here’s early warning of pricing rises.

Coffee prices have seen a parabolic run-up in recent weeks as unprecedented hot and dry weather in Brazil has sucked the life out of what was expected to have been a record crop.… Read more