David Zabinsky

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Telling the untold stories of emerging and frontier economies and the entrepreneurs they produce | ‘Not From Silicon Valley’ podcast | American in Dubai

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Tweet Apr 5, 2023

A 147 foot steamship, a straw hat, and an ingenious plan. That's what it took for Robert Smalls - born this day in 1839 - to execute the most improbable and daring maritime mission the world may have ever seen. A story: twitter.com/DavidZabinsky/st

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Tweet Mar 30, 2023

Prince Nico Mbarga’s “Sweet Mother” has sold more copies than “Macarena.” And even The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand”. But chances are, especially if you’re not Nigerian, you’ve never heard of him. Until now. His rollercoaster-of-a-life stor

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Tweet Jan 9, 2022

Have any idea what these numbers mean? Well, if you did, then you'd be the first in the world to crack this indecipherable code...a code that would reveal the whereabouts of $80 million worth of buried treasure. Fact? Fiction? To this date...no on

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Tweet Jul 26, 2021

Gates, Bezos, Musk We've heard their stories But how about the story of Mansa Musa, former King of the Mali Empire, whose wealth and influence were SO vast that he at one point owned half of the world's gold and single-handedly caused a $1.5bn cras

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Tweet Jul 8, 2021

When most Americans hear 'Georgia', they think of peaches and sweet tea. But when most Europeans and those from the ex-Soviet states hear 'Georgia', they think of wine, skiing, and the birthplace of Joseph Stalin. Thread: Georgian history and its r

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Tweet Dec 19, 2021

In 1989, one navy had 17 submarines and 3 warships. Quite an impressive fleet, huh? But no, we're not talking about the French...or the Koreans...or even the Chinese. Instead? We're talking about: PEPSI A story on how a SODA COMPANY became the w

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