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The VC

The associate at the prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm once again looked at the visitor who had just come in, a cold call. His face was familiar; he had definitely seen him somewhere, perhaps even at many places. He will know soon. “Yes sir, what can I do...

Waste

The chief financial officer was looking at the spreadsheet ruefully. “This project is never going to make a profit” “Say that again,” said Ahmed. “I have said it a dozen times already, my friend. This project is a loser, from day one and until eternity” “But it is my...

The Farm

I have been living at the farm for now, let me think, about a year. They call it a farm, but it is a farm like no other that I have lived at. I have not seen much of crops here, though in the last two months, the owners have been planting some in the shade. I have not...

The Whale

“Whaling is prohibited” “Who says so?” “The government. The maritime authorities” “I know how to deal with them” “But look, sonny,” the yacht owner who doubled up as the senior member of the sea expedition admonished the brash youngster, “you should not do it” “I...

Nature

“Nature. Bah!” ejaculated the famous mining billionaire.”It’s such a mushy-mushy thing. What is nature? Is it the trees? The air? The birds? The river? What is nature? Besides, who cares? I’m about business Ruth, and I do five billion dollars of that every year. Tell...

Plastic

“Why not?” demanded Oscar of his beautiful wife, the famous London model and fervent sustainability evangelist Sharon. “Because it is against the very thing I stand for” They were arguing about an invitation that Sharon had received to a mystery event hosted by the...