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… Shipping Packages

Aug 11

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My MBA internship this summer is with UPS, so that makes me a venerable expert on the small package shipping industry. Let’s dive in: Lots and lots of people and companies don’t ship enough to fill trucks and get those trucks to every corner of every country in a short amount of time, so they […]

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Posted in Business Models, Capitalism, Innovation, Logistics, Shipping.

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… Complaining About Airlines

Jun 25

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How many times have you heard from a friend or seen on a Facebook wall “I am never flying XYZ Airline again!?” I’m sick of hearing that. People just say it so that people know that they travel and so that people hear about their problems. It is the epitome of #FirstWorldProblems. The truth is that […]

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Posted in Air Travel, Climate.

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… Economic Development

May 22

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This post is being cross-posted on my other blog about my life, travel, and Peace Corps service in Nicaragua, Incidents of Travel. It was written in 2015 but I delayed publishing it until I completed my service. As a Small Business Development Volunteer, I naturally find myself asking myself questions like why Nicaragua is underdeveloped and […]

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Posted in Development, Geopolitics, Globalization.

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