Keynote address delivered January 24, 2017, in honor of the one-year anniversary of
First Step Staffingin Atlanta, Georgia.

It is 1595, and four ships set sail from the Dutch port of Antwerp, bound for Banten, the main spice port of West Java. They are following a “secret” route they have learned through espionage from the Portuguese, who at that time dominated the lucrative spice import market. The Portuguese regard them as little more than pirates, a threat to their monopoly, and they are att...
Published on January 24, 2017 18:10