In this article, Marc Bachs Castan explores the concept, function, and future of money. This is the lesson I wish I had been taught on my first day at university. I studied Economics and, ironically, we never discussed what money is. Instead, we just assumed for everything we did for the next 4 years that money was simply Euros (or US Dollars) and that rational individuals would always accept using them. Fortunately, I have continued self-learning Economics since then and…

Marc Bachs Castan co-wrote this article on the compounding benefits of long-term thinking. To eat or not to eat the marshmallow, that is the question You are 4 years old. Instead of taking you to the playground like any other day, your parents take you to a building you have never been to before. You are in a room with a man who gives you a marshmallow and tells you that you can either eat it now or wait for…

Marc Bachs Castan shares an article he co-wrote with and was published on DataDrivenInvestor.  Disclaimer: We are not investment advisors. All opinions are ours alone. There are risks involved in placing any investment. None of the information presented in our articles is intended to form the basis for any offer or recommendation or have any regard to the investment objectives, financial situation or needs of any specific person, that includes you, dear reader. So everything you’re going to read is…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Marc Bachs Castan. Marc is a management consultant with extensive Commercial/Vendor Due Diligence, Strategy, Performance Improvement and M&A experience at Bain & Co. and as an independent contractor. He has lead multiple consulting teams and his career has taken him to Europe, America, and Australia where he currently lives. Marc is very interested in how technology can completely reshape industries as we currently know them….