Big Red Car here. So The Boss is back in Steamboat for some skiing. It is cold and snowy in the ‘Boat which is apparently why The Boss goes there in the first place. Me and the housekeeper, well, we don’t like cold. We like top down Texas weather.
We just have to make it to Monday when it’s going to be 75F again. Please, God, move the sun faster, please. Continue reading
Big Red Car here. OK, folks, it’s winter here today and for the next four days — 50F and high of 54F and rain!
Will be 68F later this week, so that’s a bit of all right, no?
So The Boss is talking to one of his brilliant CEOs and he says: “Boss, where can I get some exposure to public speaking? I need to develop my public speaking gravitas.” Continue reading
Big Red Car here. Going to be clear and 70F today in the ATX. Not a bad winter day.
On Earth as it is in Texas!
Today we speak of the relationship between business strategy and company culture. They are different in a meaningful way. Not quite as clear as the Austin skies today. Let’s shed some light on them. Continue reading
Big Red Car here. Bit cloudy today in the ATX. Winter is just around the corner. This is a big change for us because it will only be 68F this afternoon. We like it a bit warmer and sunnier.
This change — an inflection point — is something everyone has to deal with eventually. Continue reading
Big Red Car here. Perfect day in the ATX. On Earth as it is in Texas!
This blog post is a flashback to one written in June of 2013 on the issue of customer loyalty in the age of the Internet. It is sparked because of several emails The Boss received from a comment he had made on AVC.com one of his favorite blogs.
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Big Red Car here. Had to get up at 4:00 am to get My Perfect Daughter to the airport to go back to NYC. Hey, I’m tired. I’m an old Big Red Car. Nah, I’m dong just fine.
So The Boss is talking to several of his brilliant CEO clients. They get on the subject of no longer being gangly startups and where they can get good advice as small and medium business CEOs. Continue reading
Big Red Car here in the ATX and it’s ACL weekend #2, y’all. Austin City Limits is a huge music festival at Zilker Park which attracts 2.5 million fans annually — OK, that’s a lie it just seems like two and a half million. It’s a lot of people. In the old days when it was in September it used to be hot, dusty and dangerous. Now it’s in October and seems to attract torrential rains and frogs. Oh, well.
So The Boss was talking to four different CEOs and they got on the subject of when do you stop being a gangly, colt legged startup whose every transgression against common sense can be blamed on — It’s a startup, y’all! — and become a real company with real revenue and grown up leadership and management? Continue reading
Big Red Car here. Starting to work on finding an ark contractor with all the rain in the ATX — could just be me cause we need the rain, I guess.
So yesterday, The Boss shares some thoughts on how CEOs should protect their flanks (jobs really) and The Boss gets a couple of emails from some venture capital friends of his. [Yeah, I know, makes me a bit uneasy myself and I’m just a Big Red Car.] Continue reading
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