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The Best Businesses Often Begin With Something Broken

The next billion-dollar company may not begin with a brilliant idea. It may begin with someone asking: “Why the hell does this still work like this?”

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AI & infrastructure

Models, chips, power, and the systems underneath AI.

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The Chip War Isn't Really About Chips

A chip smaller than a fingernail can hold up a car, a data center, or a weapons system. That sounds like a contradiction: how can something so tiny matter so much? Because the chip is only the visible end of a production system that spans d…

Omniv·8 min read

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Why Africa Could Produce a Different Kind of Startup

Africa is often described as a collection of problems waiting to be solved. That framing is incomplete. Africa is also a collection of markets being built in real time.

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Putin, Russia and the New Network Around North Korea

The train is the telling detail. North Korean ammunition leaves the port of Rajin, crosses the short border into Russia, then travels by rail toward depots nearer the war in Ukraine. A shipment that begins on one isolated peninsula becomes…

Omniv·7 min read

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Why Taiwan Sits at the Center of the U.S.–China Relationship

A disruption in the Taiwan Strait would not stay in the Taiwan Strait. It could test the limits of U.S. policy, unsettle American allies, interrupt trade routes, and expose how much of the world’s advanced computing depends on production cl…

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The Epstein Files: What Do the Documents Actually Tell Us?

The first thing to know about the Epstein files is that they are not one file, and they are not a verified list of perpetrators. They are a sprawling collection of records from criminal investigations, court proceedings, custody reviews, an…

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The Epstein Files: What Do the Documents Actually Tell Us?

The first thing to know about the Epstein files is that they are not one file, and they are not a verified list of perpetrators. They are a sprawling collection of records from criminal investigations, court proceedings, custody reviews, an…

Omniv·8 min read
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Why Japan Matters More Than Most People Realize

When people talk about a crisis around Taiwan, the focus tends to land on Taiwan itself, China, and Washington. But the map tells a wider story. Japan’s southwestern islands sit near Taiwan and the East China Sea; U.S. forces operate from b…

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Worth rediscovering — strong work that stays useful.

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Stop Looking for Ideas. Look for Problems.

Entrepreneurship has developed an obsession with ideas. People ask: “What business should I start?”

Omniv Editorial·analysis

Worth rediscovering — strong work that stays useful.

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What We Still Don't Understand About the Brain

We have mapped neurons. We can record electrical activity. We can watch parts of the brain activate while people see, speak, remember, decide and sleep.

Omniv Editorial·analysis

Worth rediscovering — strong work that stays useful.

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The New Solo-Founder Economy

There was a time when starting a serious company required a team. A designer. A developer.

Omniv Editorial·analysis

Worth rediscovering — strong work that stays useful.

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Why Timing Matters More Than Most Founders Admit

A great idea can fail. A mediocre idea can become enormous. The difference isn't always execution.

Omniv Editorial·analysis

Worth rediscovering — strong work that stays useful.

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Why Africa Could Produce a Different Kind of Startup

Africa is often described as a collection of problems waiting to be solved. That framing is incomplete. Africa is also a collection of markets being built in real time.

Omniv Editorial·analysis

Worth rediscovering — strong work that stays useful.

Article

The U.S. and China Are Talking Again. What Actually Changed?

In September, presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met at the White House amid ceremonial pageantry and the familiar list of hard questions: tariffs, chips, rare-earth minerals, Taiwan and artificial intelligence. The clearest result was…

Omniv·7 min read
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What Happens If the World Splits Into Two Technology Systems?

A phone, car or AI service can look like one product. Underneath it may depend on chip designs from one country, manufacturing tools from another, fabrication concentrated in Taiwan, minerals processed elsewhere, and software distributed ar…

Omniv·8 min read
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Why Taiwan Sits at the Center of the U.S.–China Relationship

A disruption in the Taiwan Strait would not stay in the Taiwan Strait. It could test the limits of U.S. policy, unsettle American allies, interrupt trade routes, and expose how much of the world’s advanced computing depends on production cl…

Omniv·8 min read
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The New Geography of Computing

For most of the internet era, computing felt almost locationless. You could build a company in Lagos, host its application in Virginia, serve customers in London and have engineers working from Nairobi. The software did not care about borders.

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What Actually Makes an Asset Valuable?

A building can be worth millions. A piece of land next to it can be worth even more. A company with no profits can be worth billions.

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The Difference Between Price and Value

A house is listed for $500,000. Someone offers $450,000. Another person offers $520,000.

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Why Japan Matters More Than Most People Realize

When people talk about a crisis around Taiwan, the focus tends to land on Taiwan itself, China, and Washington. But the map tells a wider story. Japan’s southwestern islands sit near Taiwan and the East China Sea; U.S. forces operate from b…

Omniv·8 min read
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Why Russia and North Korea Are Getting Closer

When Vladimir Putin arrived in Pyongyang in June 2024, he and Kim Jong Un signed a treaty that promised more than friendly declarations. It bound their governments to military and other assistance if either were subjected to armed invasion,…

Omniv·8 min read
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What Happens When Countries Start Treating Data Like Oil?

Oil changed geopolitics because controlling a physical resource could create enormous economic and strategic power. Data is different. You can copy it.

Omniv Editorial·analysis
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The U.S. and China Are Talking Again. What Actually Changed?

In September, presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met at the White House amid ceremonial pageantry and the familiar list of hard questions: tariffs, chips, rare-earth minerals, Taiwan and artificial intelligence. The clearest result was…

Omniv·7 min read
Article

Why Japan Matters More Than Most People Realize

When people talk about a crisis around Taiwan, the focus tends to land on Taiwan itself, China, and Washington. But the map tells a wider story. Japan’s southwestern islands sit near Taiwan and the East China Sea; U.S. forces operate from b…

Omniv·8 min read
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What Happens If the World Splits Into Two Technology Systems?

A phone, car or AI service can look like one product. Underneath it may depend on chip designs from one country, manufacturing tools from another, fabrication concentrated in Taiwan, minerals processed elsewhere, and software distributed ar…

Omniv·8 min read
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Why Investors Care About Cash Flow

A company can report a profit and still run out of money. A business can grow rapidly and become less valuable. A company can have billions in revenue and still struggle to pay its bills.

Omniv Editorial·analysis
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What Happens When Intelligence Becomes Cheap?

Imagine a world where intelligence is no longer expensive. You can have an AI researcher. An AI lawyer.

Omniv Editorial·analysis
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Why Entrepreneurs Should Study Infrastructure

Because once you understand broken systems, you start noticing something else: The biggest opportunities often sit underneath everything else. Not in the app everyone uses.

Omniv Editorial·analysis
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The Startup Ideas Hiding Inside Broken Infrastructure

When people search for startup ideas, they usually look at screens. Apps. Websites.

Omniv Editorial·analysis
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The Best Businesses Often Begin With Something Broken

The next billion-dollar company may not begin with a brilliant idea. It may begin with someone asking: “Why the hell does this still work like this?”

Omniv Editorial·analysis
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What Makes a Market Attractive?

Yes. This is a strong Entrepreneurship pillar for Omniv because it can teach people to think in terms of problems, systems, distribution, infrastructure, and ownership—not just “startup ideas.” I’d write them as a connected series, with each article naturally leading into the next.

Omniv Editorial·analysis
Article

Stop Looking for Ideas. Look for Problems.

Entrepreneurship has developed an obsession with ideas. People ask: “What business should I start?”

Omniv Editorial·analysis
Article

What We Still Don't Understand About the Brain

We have mapped neurons. We can record electrical activity. We can watch parts of the brain activate while people see, speak, remember, decide and sleep.

Omniv Editorial·analysis
Article

The New Solo-Founder Economy

There was a time when starting a serious company required a team. A designer. A developer.

Omniv Editorial·analysis