by Joel Solomon | Dec 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
When I turned 55 I started saying “I’m almost 60”. Dana, my sweetheart and life partner, said “hardly!” But I persisted. By 59 it became “I’m 60”, as it was the beginning of my 60th year. Soon enough on December 8th,...
by Joel Solomon | Nov 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
By the mid 1990’s I was moving into full-time work with Carol Newell and her Renewal Partners $10 million experimental investment entity with a mission-first initial due diligence screen. Our first investment was in Capers, the early modern organic and natural,...
by Joel Solomon | Nov 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
I was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1954. Since 1996 my home has been in Vancouver, BC, Canada but from the late 1980’s, Nashville, Tennessee has been my US base. My father, Jay Solomon, served as Administrator during Jimmy Carter’s presidential...
by Joel Solomon | Nov 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Each one of us comes from long lines of ancestors. And yet modern societies are losing touch with the very concept of ancestors. We are lucky if we even know the names of our great grandparents. Only the rare genealogy aficionados have any sense of more than 3...