Welcome to my blog. I’m sharing my thoughts either in direct relation to my business, exciting ventures I get involved in, new science or technology breakthrough that got me thinking, or higher-level macro considerations, or even philosophical, literary thoughts, which I know won’t make me rich, but make me tick.
RESA Wearables, a custom 3D footcare company last week launched its automated insole maker at First Friday in Phoenix, AZ and this week in Chandler Fashion Mall. The company demonstrated it could leverage its scanning, CAD and 3D printing technology to produce a pair of custom insoles under 1 hour at the point of scan. This is a breakthrough achievement, taking on and $3.5 billion market.
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Over the past year, I have been advising my friend Idriss Al-Rifai, Founder and CEO of fetchr, the leading last mile logistics in the GCC. The company currently operates in 6 countries, raised funds from a who’s-who list of investors, is growing by double digits every month and is on track to change the industry. In the past 2 months, the company’s revenue nearly doubled.
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Over the past six months, I have had the pleasure of being associated with a company that has a fair shot at changing the foot health industry in a meaningful way. Arizona-based RESA Wearables (the company) has innovated a way to scan-design-and-produce a pair of high-quality custom foot orthotics (insoles) at a very low cost, all on site at the point of sale/care in about one hour. This is comparable to what LensCrafters did to the eyewear market in the 80's.
Read MoreAristotle held that eudaimonia (εὐδαιμονία) is the goal of human thought and action. Eudaimonia is accurately translated as "human flourishing" and involves activity, exhibiting virtue in accordance with reason. Eudemonism is the system of ethics that give moral value to actions based on their potential to bring happiness. In this blog post, I explore the possibility to "eudemonist investment" as an asset class.
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