“OK, but can Montréal actually compete?” It’s the most common — and fairest — question I get (well, after “you’re not a billionaire, how can you pull it off? – previously answered. The TLDR answer is sports club valuations have… Continue Reading →
Every serious endeavour begins with missionaries, this is why I refer to prophets as the original entrepreneurs. Missionaries show up early—before capital is committed, before roles are defined, before outcomes are guaranteed. They operate on conviction, not compensation. They absorb… Continue Reading →
To succeed in entrepreneurship, you need: Vision vs vision: Vision (upper case V) is the “big idea,” the “Why.” Here, “making Montreal great again” (for lack of better term) via the return of baseball and the Expos, but also the… Continue Reading →
We hear of anti-colonialism and imperialism constantly, which prompted me to explore a simple question: what would the world look like if everyone had been isolationist? Not morally isolationist. Not intellectually closed. Just nations largely staying within their own borders,… Continue Reading →
As the Expos Peanut project moves from abstract idea to disciplined exploration, I’ve found it useful to be explicit about how I’m thinking about people, roles, and sequencing. Frankly, one month into the journey, I have not even focused on… Continue Reading →
One of the quiet milestones over the past few weeks has been crossing into what I’d call a FrieNDA phase. Not formal NDAs yet, but enough shared context, candor, and mutual respect that conversations are no longer hypothetical. While I personally adopt… Continue Reading →
Pourquoi l’équipe est le catalyseur — mais la ville est la véritable bénéficiaire Lorsque l’on débat du retour des Expos à Montréal, la discussion se fige trop souvent dans la nostalgie, les chiffres d’assistance ou la question de savoir si… Continue Reading →
Why the team is the catalyst — but the city is the beneficiary When people debate the return of the Montreal Expos, the conversation often gets stuck on nostalgia, attendance figures, or whether baseball “still matters.” That framing misses the… Continue Reading →
When people look at a complex, multi-year effort like exploring the return of Major League Baseball to Montreal, it’s easy to assume it’s the most daunting challenge one could voluntarily take on. In reality, it’s simply the latest expression of… Continue Reading →
For 25 years, I have built a couple of global media businesses, building what is predominantly an American professional network. If you ask American business leaders what they think of doing business in Quebec and you ask them privately, candidly,… Continue Reading →
Solving Large Problems Without Heroic Assumptions One of the most common mistakes people make when confronted with a large future obligation is assuming it requires an equally large amount of capital today, or extraordinary returns to bridge the gap. That… Continue Reading →
“Philanthropy is supposed to hurt your wallet,” said a very well-known, highly regarded member of the local business community. Last week when I read of Michael Dell’s $6.25 billion commitment to 25 million children across the US in “peanut-sized” $250… Continue Reading →
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