When I go to a new country, I start by hiring a great lawyer. I overpay them. They then introduce me to other people that I need to connect with – real estate agents, developers, government officials, the ‘who’s who’ of the local entrepreneurship scene. My lawyer then helps me figure out how to place job ads and does stuff that even a lawyer usually would not do. He or she becomes my point man. From there, my lawyer might hire an assistant and together they go out and bring in people with properties and companies. They ferret out the bad ideas and then I talk to the best of the best. It is
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