Scooter Tutor

Ramesh is a good friend of mine whom I've played squash with over the last 25 years. He gave up banking to be a tutor in San Francisco. One of the characters of the City....


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The most expensive city in America is ..........San Francisco?

Rates across the country have sored and leave San Francisco in first place.


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Team Member Spotlight: Sabine

One of our interns, Sabine from Austria, shares her experience and take on what student housing could offer her and her fellow peers...

My name is Sabine and I am a student of a language school, located here in San Francisco. I’m staying here in San Francisco for 6 months and I’m living with a host family, a house with 10 other students. I really enjoy my time with my host family because of the people. However the lodging situation isn’t what I presumed it would be. 

At one point, some of my peers and I thought about renting and sharing an apartment. Unfortunately, we never ventured to this step, because we didn't have enough information about how it works. We didn't really know where we should search for an apartment, in which neighborhood we should rent, mostly we didn't know if we were even allowed to rent an apartment in the USA, because we were all students from abroad.

It would have been really helpful if our school could inform us about apartment rental, because I know that a lot of students aren’t satisfied with their current options.

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Team Member Spotlight: Li Qin

I came from the city of Shenzhen, which is located in Southern China and part of the Canton Area, so you may be surprised to find that besides English, I also speak Mandarin and Cantonese. I have been staying in the U.S. since 2008 and my experience is pretty unique: from Kansas to California.

My daughter recalls 9/11

This is an article of a few Kiwis who recall their reaction to 9/11. My daughter Pietra is now studying in New Zealand although has spent most of her life in Maine.

Team Member Spotlight: Stefan Gunawan

Today is another post in our Team Member Spotlight series. Here at Latitude 38 Group, we have many valuable team members and today we would like to introduce you to one of them. Stefan Gunawan.

Damages

My sister, Jody who lives with her husband and four children in Oakland, writes a great blog and made a big hit by being published in the Huffington Post. In her previous life she worked at the Sunday Times in London and a number of prominent publications. If you don’t have a good chuckle, let me know…

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jody-brettkelly/damages_b_948005.html

Team Member Spotlight: Mariya Nesheva

Here at Latitude 38 Group, we like to shine the light on our team members. This marks the first of a series of articles written by each memeber of the L38 Team which sheds light on the the people behind the scenes. Today, we'd like to introduce you to Mariya.

Mother Teresa: Organizational Leader

This is an interesting article by Steve Watkins. He basically discusses looking at Mother Teresa and analyzing her efforts more from the stand point of a business leader than as a humanitarian.

While many people know Mother Teresa for efforts in helping the poor, many people forget that she built an organization from the ground up. She started out as a small outfit and transitioned into a global one, which employs more than  4,000 people. Here are some goals any business leader can benefit from.

The Dawn Patrol

Our very own Tony Brettkelly is in the news. Always the athelete, Tony gets up early everyday to play squash with his buddies. Click the break to find out more. 

Where Will You Be During World War III?

If World War III broke out, where would be the safest place to take refuge in? Canada? Madagascar? Well according to this article, it's New Zealand. Isolated and having no real enemies, the country is the ideal place to live when the unthinkable hits. Here is the list of the top ten places to escape world conflict:

1. New Zealand
2. Bhutan
3. Iceland
4. Tuvalu
5. Finland
6. Seychelles
7. Canada
8. Papua New Guinea
9. Costa Rica
10. Switzerland

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The Dreaded Cold Call

I spoke recently to a successful entrepreneur and his comments were - to get an early edge, you have to be out there, be fully exposed, often make mistakes but by doing so hopefully you will be able to better understand what is required and therefore you have an excellent chance to create the WOW factor ahead of your competitors.

The point that resonates for me is: success in most situations is about reaching out to people, the reason most successful people, one way or another, create their own success is by uniquely finding a way to communicate.

Starting a Family After a Century of Waiting

After over 110 years, Henry the Lizard has become a father. Henry is a tuatara, an endangered species only found on New Zealand's offshore islands. He is the oldest tuatara to ever mate at Southland Musuem on the country's South Island. For the longest time, Henry was kept by himself  since he showed no interest in any females and would sometimes attack them when they were looking to mate. But that all changed in 2002 when a cancerous lump was removed from beneath the lizard. Soon after, Henry's attitude towards women quickly changed. Now, Henry is a happy father who has recently entered his middle age for a species that can live well past 200.

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New Zealand by the Sea

This is a cool property in New Zealnd. A four bedroom home on about 44 acres of land. This gorgeous property has stunning views of the ocean and even has a 82-foot pool. Not too bad. It'll only cost you $45,200,000.

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New Zealand Mourns Loss of Shrek the Shaggy Sheep

This past Tuesday, New Zealand loss their most famous sheep, Shrek, who was reknowned for avoiding being shorn for years. Shrek first appeared in the national spotlight back in 2004 after he evaded annual shearing roundups for the previous seven years by hiding in caves. When he was eventually found, he was engulfed in 60 pounds of wool. Shrek's story has inspired three books.

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Handwriting: A Lost Art?

With computers, tablets, and e-books, people have been predicting the end of print media for a while now, so it's hard to imagine that a newspaper, written by hand, is still in existence. This is a pretty interesting piece following a group of dedicated Urdu calligraphers in India, spending hours in a tiny room for little pay, all to preserve their art.

Chinese Online Retailer 360buy.com Attracts Investors

360buy.com is the biggest business to consumer website in China, so it is no surpirse that this company is attracting big time investors. Most recently Robin Li, founder and CEO of Chinese search engine giant Baidu.com (as well as the richest man in mainland China), has chosen to invest in the growing company. Other investors in 360buy.com include the Walton family, who controls Wal-Mart Stores Inc, and Digital Sky Technologies, the Russia-based internet investment group that owns stakes in Facebook and Groupon. At the end of last month 360buy.com was valued at about $10 billion dollars. Clearly they're doing something right. Post your comments below.

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Japan focuses on Chinese tourists

Looking to rebuild its tourism industry, Japan made its presence felt at the Eighth World Travel Fair in Shanghai last week. Nearly 20 Japanese organiations vowed to restore the confidence of the Chinese market, which comprises the second-largest tourist group. Though Japan is facing some stiff challenges, there's no doubt that the country, in time,  will be able to reinvigorate it's tourism industry.

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Trump University: How to be a real estate mogul?

In 2005, Donald Trump founded Trump University to help teach the inside secrets of how to be a real estate mogul; however, two former students of the “university” have filed a lawsuit saying that the courses were actually expensive “infomercials” disguised as courses.

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Songdo, South Korea: City of the Future?

Described as the future of urban planning, Songdo International Business District already has 22,000 residents. But there’s only one thing. Only a third of it is built. Building a sustainable metropolis is no easy task, but already the rest of the world is taking notice of this mammoth project.

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