Christopher M. Schroeder is a father of three; husband of one; friend of many; mentor of many still; internet/media CEO; venture investor/advisor; writer on many unobvious things in tech, innovation, international affairs, the rise of emerging markets, international travel in wine. Making his real journalist friends jealous he has written for -- The Wall Street Journal; Tech Crunch; Washington Post; Fortune; Fast Company; Harvard Business Review; Politico; Pando Daily, Re/Code and others all because he writes for free. He's been on Charlie Rose and Fareed Zacharia and other media appearances on these issues and was one of the first LinkedIn Influentials. If there is any doubt about his hopefulness, he has written the only upbeat book on the Middle East in the last year, Startup Rising, which delves into the amazing innovation and entrepreneurship the tech enabled new generation is launching there as they are everywhere.