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2 months ago | 
monocle.com | Laura Kramer |Dan Smith
LThe world’s first inflatable cycle helmet, rock climbing-inspired accessories and more. RETAIL ––– USA In the bagTopologie, a Hong Kong-based brand that makes bags and accessories inspired by rock climbing, is gearing up for a colossal retail ascent in 2025. It plans to open 18 shops this year, doubling its global footprint, starting in February with a new outpost on New York’s Prince Street. “We’re very confident about the next 12 months,” says its ceo and co-founder, Carlos Granon.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
humbledollar.com | Dan Smith |Jonathan Clements
Dan SmithIT WAS 1982 OR thereabouts. After attempting to be a landlord for several years, I decided it wasn’t for me. I sold the house and the four-family apartment building I’d been managing. The final task in closing out this adventure would come at tax time. Keeping the books was the one aspect of being a landlord that I didn’t mind. I understood how accumulated appreciation would be recaptured and how capital gains tax would affect that year’s taxes.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
growthcapitalventures.co.uk | Dan Smith
30 Sep 2024 · 1 min read · Updated on 30 Sep 2024 Growth Capital Ventures (GCV) and its private investor network have exited from QikServe after the digital ordering and payment solutions platform was acquired by The Access Group, providing a profitable return for all investors.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
humbledollar.com | Dan Smith |Jonathan Clements
Dan SmithI RECENTLY READ AN article by Anna D. Banks, an executive coach and human behavior consultant, who talks about the importance of cultivating friendships in retirement. She discusses embracing new activities, volunteering, reconnecting with old friends, using technology, attending social events, and being open-minded about forming friendships with people from other backgrounds. All this got me thinking about HumbleDollar.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
humbledollar.com | Dan Smith |Jonathan Clements
Dan Smith“SELL THE SIZZLE, BOYS.” With those words from the sales manager at a big insurance company, the 2003 class of newly minted registered representatives were off to the races, extolling the virtues of the firm’s products to family, friends and anyone else who would listen. I still vividly remember that moment. Yes, I was there. To become registered reps, the 2003 class had to pass the necessary exams to get a Series 6 securities license and a license to sell life and health insurance.
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May 9, 2024 | 
humbledollar.com | Dan Smith |Jonathan Clements
Dan SmithHOW DO SOME INVESTORS end up in places they don’t belong? Where do they turn for information and guidance? Who do they talk to before making important financial decisions? What follows are the results of my unscientific research, which was conducted in some of the finest and most respected centers of advanced learning anywhere. Barroom seminars, your window on the world.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
hometownnewsvolusia.com | Dan Smith
Over the years when we have talked about catching black drum, I have always mentioned a cloudy day is best. While that tip is certainly true the fact is they bite best in any low light. I will now let you in on my top secret drum hole. That would be the dead end canal that sits a short walk through the woods behind the museum/meeting hall in Tomoka State Park. Now all you have to do is go there and catch them right? Well, it actually is a lot more complicated than that.
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Feb 1, 2024 | 
hometownnewsvolusia.com | Dan Smith
After such a wet January, it was no surprise when a friend told me he had caught a nice pair of largemouth bass in the Tomoka River just north of Ormond Beach. As that stream adds so much fresh water from the rains, it causes the bass to move east with it. The fellow told me he caught the largemouth near the state park. Over the years I have caught several largemouth in the Tomoka River, but I don't ever remember catching one that far east.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
hometownnewsvolusia.com | Dan Smith
Before my old pal Don Bostrom passed at nearly 90, I spent a lot of time with him just listening to his tales of the early days of eastern Volusia County. Don's family had the first house on Ormond's barrier island and he was always a fisherman. He said he could easily catch red drum in the Halfax River in front of their home. Don would catch shrimp under the bridge on Granada Boulevard and try to sell them for 25 cents a pound, but that was not easy. The shrimp were too plentiful.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
hometownnewsvolusia.com | Dan Smith
In the early days of Volusia County, people came here for the abundant oak wood that grew near the ocean, or to race cars on the sand. Some came to escape the harsh northern winters or to fish the endless waterways. While all that is true, it was always the beach that drew most people to eastern Volusia County. What a beach it was! At low tide, it could be as much as 500 feet wide, with such a gentle slope into the Atlantic Ocean it was almost unnoticeable.
