May 2026

As an owner of a fourth-year BAM coffee startup in Northern Thailand, my wife Rebecca and I find ourselves hyper-focused on our own world day in and day out. That means trying to control costs, boost marketing, improve employee contact and relations, contact new prospects, inspect products before shipping, preparing loan payments for investors, receipts, accounting, […]

It has been a long time since I was in business school and it seems I don’t remember much; however, there is something I do remember.  It is the question, “why does one start a business?”  The answer (and the books remind us) is to either solve a problem, or meet a need, or follow

“My job is that of a detective,” stated Micah Lund shortly after we met. What? I thought we would be talking about a significant agribusiness, Oasis Agro, in Central Asia where he serves as the CEO.  I had learned about his robust work in the development world with organizations like the Peace Corps and USAID,