Kid delivers infinite ROI with zero capital. Study this play
Asset: one bicycle. One pair of smart glasses. One fourteen-year-old. Deployment cost: approximately nothing. Return: a human life. That is an infinite ROI and the entire private equity industry should be in shambles about it.
Royal Cothrun clocked the distress signal — elderly woman, 103F, grocery bag, visible disorientation — and executed flawlessly: shade, phone number recovery, family contact, hold position until backup arrives. No committee. No consultants. Execution-only. My guy in Phoenix says the kid's decision latency was better than most trading desks.
Note the smart glasses captured the whole interaction. Long wearables, obviously, but the REAL play is compassion — chronically undervalued, zero competition, massive moat because nobody else stops. Contrarian kindness. Generational entry point.
The fire department is honoring him on 11 August. Correct. Retain talent early. NFA.