When we're born, it's like landing on a new planet. We know absolutely nothing about this new environment that we find ourselves in. From that point forward, we're constantly learning how to survive in this new environment. This is the story of one man's learning and experience, and the worldview that was the result. Incidentally, the learning never stops, and sometimes the worldview needs to change with new information. The only thing that's necessary for success is to be ruthlessly consistent with the facts, regardless of where they take you.
About the Author: Alonzo Cobb was born and raised in New York City, eventually living in every borough of the city. After graduation from college, Alonzo worked for Crocker Bank in San Francisco (now part of Wells Fargo Bank) as an internal auditor, in the Divisions and Subsidiaries Group. Alonzo left the bank to earn his masters degree in economics and business at Stanford University, graduating in June, 1983. During his nearly 15 year stay in California, he also worked for: Castle & Cooke (Dole bananas, pineapples, etc.) in Honduras, Central America and in San Francisco as a financial analyst. Pacific Telesis, doing marketing research and strategy. Childers, Swan & Co. and Saishahn Enterprises, doing financial planning and consulting for wealthy individuals and businesses. After returning to New York at the end of 1993, Alonzo worked for NYNEX Mobile, a wireless telecommunications firm (now part of Verizon Wireless), where he was an asst. product manager in the product development group; the digital cell phones you now hold in your hand were developed by his group. After leaving NYNEX, Mr. Cobb worked at Credit Suisse First Boston, a Wall Street investment bank, where he was in charge of all the computer hardware for the Fixed Income and Derivatives Group, from purchase through final disposition. His last major project was in the e-commerce environment, with Kavana Online, in Los Angeles. In addition to the corporate world, Alonzo has also worked on volunteer projects in Brazil and Africa for Maranatha and ADRA, where he helped build a church in Brazil, and two medical clinics in Tanzania. His travels have included the US, Canada, Mexico, Honduras, Belize, Brazil, Japan, Korea, England, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire, Kenya and Tanzania. Some of the memberships, hobbies and extracurricular activities Alonzo is involved in include: MENSA; scuba diving; reading; travel; chess; photography; bicycling; music (listening); economics; technology; mathematics and statistics. He taught mathematics as a New York City Teaching Fellow from February, 2007 through January 2012, and earned an MA in mathematics education at CCNY during that time as well. He now runs a startup publishing company named Wisdom Tooth Media, Inc.