Vision v Mission
Big Red Car here. Can you believe this weather in the ATX? Gorgeous. Mahvelous!
The Boss is talking to a few of his brilliant CEOs. They continue to confuse the implications of Vision v Mission. Continue reading
04/19/14
Monthly Archives: April 2014
04/18/14
Galveston
Big Red Car here. Sad news, Glen Campbell has been admitted to an Alzheimer’s treatment clinic. He recently courageously revealed the existence of his illness.
Armies go to war on the music of their times. Glen Campbell’s 1969 hit, Galveston, was the music of those times. Continue reading
04/18/14
The Vision Doctor
Big Red Car here. Ahhh, the ATX is so great. Bit cloudy but 80F today.
So The Boss is catching up with one of his brilliant CEOs and the brilliant CEO blurts out: “Boss, I think I’ve lost my Vision.” Continue reading
04/17/14
World War III
Big Red Car here. Nice weather all week in the ATX. Bad situation getting worse in the Ukraine and Eastern Europe.
There are those students of history who will opine the seeds for World War II were planted when British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced on 30 September 1938 he and a fellow named Adolph Hitler had achieved “…peace in our time…” by their signing of the Munich Agreement. The results thereafter would prove Chamberlain to be wrong, very wrong. The world would be plunged into seven years of conflict culminating with the US unleashing nuclear weapons on the Japanese in 1945.
04/16/14
The Road Goes on Forever
Big Red Car here. The Boss is finally back from skiing in SBS. Sheesh, Boss. We thought you were never returning. Almost two months of skiing?
But, hey, Boss, me and the housekeeper had a damn good time. At least that kid likes to take me out for a ride from time to time. Bluebonnet trip, Boss? Hint. Hint. Hint. Continue reading
04/11/14
Hire Slow, Fire Fast
Big Red Car here. The Boss is still skiing in SBS but the season ends on Saturday. Come home, Boss. We miss ya!
[Not really because the Big Red Car and the house sitter are having a bang up time. It’s Spring in Texas and the azaleas and bluebonnets are in bloom. Life is good in the ATX.] Continue reading
04/5/14
Elizabeth Street Cafe, Austin, Texas
Big Red Car here. The Boss is out of town and the house sitter and I went to Elizabeth Street Cafe which is a Vietnamese style boulangerie in South Austin. It is a delightful place. You should go.
Here is the web address: Elizabeth Street Cafe.
04/5/14
Books On Tape and Road Trips
Big Red Car here. Well, The Boss is up skiing again. He is so easy. The guys in Steamboat call and say “Hey, the snow is good. You ought to come up and slide down the mountains with us.”
And that is all it takes for The Boss to take a road trip to the ‘Boat. Finally the damn season will end in a week or so. Two months skiing this year? Really, Boss?
The Big Red Car is particularly vexed because this is prime convertible time. Hey, Boss, let’s pay some damn attention to the Big Red Car. Haha, it’s hard out there for a Big Red Car! Continue reading
04/3/14
Dangerous Inflection Points, the Turn to Final
Big Red Car here. Bit cloudy and cool here this morning in the ATX, still Spring is in the air. It is currently 72F and it will be 87F before the day is through.
So The Boss gets talking with a couple of venture capitalists and the conversation drifts toward “inflection points” or pivots and how to deal with them. Continue reading
04/1/14
Big Red Car Scores Exclusive Interview With President Barack Obama
Big Red Car here. Wow, turns out the President is a regular reader of The Musings of the Big Red Car.
I asked him if he had a minute and we had a nice chat. He’s not as tall in person as I thought but he was very gracious. After the interview, we took a tour through Austin and stopped for some Q. He said he had no money and I had to spring for the Q. He said it was a new “tax”?
Anyway, here it is — the Big Red Car’s interview with President Obama. Continue reading