Vietnam - Pete's Newsletter - Issue #16
Book of the Week
The Best and the Brightest is an American classic and the perfect pairing to my first trip to Vietnam.
If you are wondering how the US ended up in Vietnam, this is a good place to start. There are many applicable lessons to the business world as well.
“true wisdom ... is the product of hard-won, often bitter experience.”
Picture of the Week
Post of the Week
I recently signed on as an Advisor to an exciting decentralized company in the Travel space - Cool Cousin. They are based in Tel Aviv, are early-stage with 17 employees, raised a seed round from the VC firm Elevator Fund and are now in the process of an ICO.
I will be helping out the team remotely while we continue our travels.
Full post here:
Article of the Week
This article nails America's futile obsession with "self-help" and "perfection."
"Once you realize that it’s all just an act of coercion, that it’s your culture trying to turn you into someone you can’t really be, you can begin to free yourself from your demands.”
Improvement begins with acceptance.
Blockchain Post of the Week
This post is a good high-level overview of the opportunity for network based companies provided by a decentralized model.