We underestimate the power of the internet.

To prove it, I’m going to trade a grain of rice all the way up to a mountain using the internet and storytelling.

Anybody who offers to help will be invited to an opening party at the mountain.

I’ll post each trade below:

The first trade:

I traded a grain of rice with @DruRly for a paid http://Trends.VC  report.

$.000029 -> $20 (now worth $30+)

Return: 689,655x

The second trade:

Traded the paid http://Trends.VC  report with @josh_works for a grab bag of classic books.

$20 -> $56

Return (this trade): 2.8x

Rice-on-rice return (all time): 1.9 million times

The third trade:

Traded the grab bag of books with Paul Sommers for:
- Signed copy of @RichardDawkins' The Selfish Gene
- 150-million-year-old dinosaur toe bone
- Other ancient fossils

$56 -> $350

Return (this trade): 6.3x

Rice-on-rice return (all time): 12.1 million times

The fourth trade:

Traded the 150-million-year-old dinosaur toe bone with Ryan Thomas (a master woodworker) for a custom, high-end coffee table.

His tables sell for around $1,750.

$350 -> $1,750

Return (this trade): 7.0x

Rice-on-rice return (all time): 60.43 million times

All of the trades so far have happened with my newsletter subscribers.

Now, I'll open it up on Twitter.

DM me if you want to make a trade!