How do we solve it? Education Education conjures all sorts of images, few exciting, mostly equated with a mental image of time (“I dont have”) and effort (“can I do it tomorrow?”). The Professor of Education at King’s College London first explained the concept of journey-based learning to me outside…

IT hit me as I sat outside the ‘Youngs Drugs and Stationary store’ of old, now rebranded the Coffee Bar in Redwood City, California. As i sat there drinking the barista’s recommended brew, I realised — there was a problem, a problem with our companies solution. Upside was incarnated as…

We have broken the world’s outcomes into 4 pieces. we move towards disaster we see a fairly quick return to the status quo we see a more positive world with a more open Russia following the war we see a more complicated world emerge Today we are going to dig…

So, in the last note we covered the possibilities, or probabilities of an extreme outcome. In this note, I wanted to talk a little about the 10%. For those who didnt read “investing through a crisis”- we assigned odds or probabilities to certain major outcomes. In this piece, we are…

California Dreaming As ever I’d encourage you to join the Upside Discord Debate: a highly informed and thought provoking space, where all opinions and questions are welcomed. Summary: Invest carefully, we are entering a new structural regime and transition will be painful and volatile. …

“What do you do?” — “So you are like…….?” Seems to be the closed loop of questions I get most of the time. It makes complete sense, the investor the other side of the coffee mug is time poor, and options rich. I need to find a box to jump into, quickly. I found that hard at Ivaldi, our…

In 1900 there were 77 countries in the world. Today there are 195. In that time the worlds population has grown from 1.6bn to 7.9bn A question was posed on my new favorite podcast, when did the Roman empire end; spoiler alert- it depends when you mean end. Technically in…

I love the concept of investment 3.0, a de-centralised, community powered investment ecosystem. It is a trend that we’ve seen emerging for years. Morgan Stanley launched a product called alphas many years ago, and since then lots have banks have followed, allowing investors a chance to ‘copy-trade’ hedge funds. Sector…

The thing is….. What is Putin’s objective? I’ve tried to look at this upside down. What doesnt he like; Nato Feeling left out The sting of the wall falling Rats So- as far as i can tell, his actions have on one hand highlighted Nato’s quandary. On the other he’s…