If you’ve ever sat through an international flight, having dinner at 6 am local time, with a screaming toddler behind you, you’ve likely prayed to the airline gods that the flight goes quicker. Fighter jet speeds on a commercial flight? Yes please. This is the promise of supersonic planes —…

I’ve experienced the magical world of Rappi in Mexico, Colombia and Peru. Rappi, often described as a mere food and grocery delivery app, is much more than that. While using Rappi, I can have medicine and essentials delivered in under 10 minutes. The app offers alcohol, Nike sneakers, dog food…

Before a recent trip from Colombia to Spain, I investigated various routes and airlines to find a reasonably priced flight. In the screenshot below, a one-way ticket on 21 June from Mexico City to Barcelona, with a stopover in Bogota, costs $785 in Avianca’s M category. The screenshot below shows…

As my previous post outlines, the modern housing, sense of community, and flexible rental contracts make co-living an easy sell for a specific type of global worker. However, for the investor, the return on their investment also needs to be attractive. The risk of flexible rental contracts results in decreased…

In 1980, the American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton released the song 9 to 5, an ode to the life of the ordinary American office worker. …

One of my favourite parts of travelling is discovering how innovation differs between countries. Many years ago, in Copenhagen, I saw a staffless hotel for the first time. Now, almost a decade later, Sonder is building hospitality’s next unicorn (a private company valued at more than $1 billion — see…