<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 20:11:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@ribuck/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How my friend John escaped the slums and became super-rich]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is John in the 1980s, on the left, with staff and friends who were running in Sydney's City-to-surf race (my photo) My friend John was born just after the end of World War 2 in the slums of Birmingham,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/entrepreneurship/@ribuck/how-my-friend-john-escaped-the-slums-and-became-super-rich</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/entrepreneurship/@ribuck/how-my-friend-john-escaped-the-slums-and-became-super-rich</guid><category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ribuck]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2016 19:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VSNEiyAJGtud5iomHxqv8yu327qaGPGSzBheEnW3uo1vDVEn9AGxw9qW5W2EtDDHhXvrBeU7QBg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>