Brainstorming – The Musings of the Big Red Car https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:28:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 We Are In A RECESSION, You Bloody Fools https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/we-are-in-a-recession-you-bloody-fools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-are-in-a-recession-you-bloody-fools Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:28:20 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=10766 When Sec Treas Janet Yellen was appointed, she inherited a steady string of Trump Era/Pandemic inflation at a rate of 1.5%. If she had advised the new President, “Steady as you go, Old Boy” things would have been hunky dory, no? Instead, the Sec Treas and the POTUS enacted a goodly number of policies that […]

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]]> CEO Shoptalk — Germinating Ideas https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/ceo-shoptalk-germinating-ideas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ceo-shoptalk-germinating-ideas Sun, 05 Dec 2021 19:33:20 +0000 https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=10425 Suppose you are a CEO/founder of a company that has MVP (minimum viable product) in the rear view mirror and are scaling — “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” You will from time to time encounter a “good idea” either of your own origin or a bit of “monkey see, monkey do” which is a […]

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]]> Failure is a choice https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/failure-is-a-choice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=failure-is-a-choice Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:11:56 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=3197 Big Red Car here.  It is particularly sweet here in the ATX this weekend.  The azaleas are starting to bloom.  This is why one lives in the ATX. On Earth as it is in Texas, ya’ll! So The Boss is having a chat or two with his CEO clients and the issue of failure comes […]

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]]> Musings About Pre-money Valuation https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/musings-about-pre-money-valuation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=musings-about-pre-money-valuation Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:57:14 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=2808 Big Red Car here.  Hope you are well.  The sun is out and shining here in the ATX.  Sunny and only in the mid-40s today.  But, ahh, ain’t it grand. So The Boss is talking to a few of his brilliant CEOs about a favorite topic — the derivation of pre-money value.  Pre-money valuation indeed! […]

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]]> CEOs and the zone of safety https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/ceos-and-the-zone-of-safety/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ceos-and-the-zone-of-safety https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/ceos-and-the-zone-of-safety/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2013 22:43:18 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=2695 Big Red Car here, ya’ll.  House sitter and I been having a damn wild time with The Boss in the Big Apple.  [Do not tell The Boss but we’ve been cruising the ATX and the Hill Country and been down to San Antone to Mi Tierra for some real Tex Mex.  Ahhhh, burp.  Ooops, sorry.] […]

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]]> https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/ceos-and-the-zone-of-safety/feed/ 6 Board Duties — Handle With Care II https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/board-duties-handle-with-care-ii/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=board-duties-handle-with-care-ii Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:23:01 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=2634 Big Red Car here.  Wow, we had a very nice rain last night replete with lightning, thunder and wind.  Ahhh, it was the best.  We desperately need water to fill the area lakes.  The lakes have been down a bit since 2011 but they are building back with the recent rains.  In the last month, […]

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]]> Achieving Work Life Balance in a Startup, You CAN Do It https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/achieving-work-life-balance-in-a-startup-you-can-do-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=achieving-work-life-balance-in-a-startup-you-can-do-it Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:51:43 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=2570 Big Red Car here.  Crisp cool morning in the ATX.  It’s 45F looking for 75F later today.  Ahh, on Earth as it is in Texas, ya’ll.  Perhaps in Heaven as it is in Texas? So, The Boss is talking to one of his brilliant CEOs and the CEO laments the difficulty of achieving balance in […]

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]]> The C Level Employment Agreement — Managing the At Will Employee Relationship https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-c-level-employment-agreement-managing-the-at-will-employee-relationship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-c-level-employment-agreement-managing-the-at-will-employee-relationship https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-c-level-employment-agreement-managing-the-at-will-employee-relationship/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 13:09:22 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=2018 Big Red Car here.  Nice windy and cool day in the ATX.  Kind of hard to figure what kind of day this is really going to be?  We shall see.  Cloudy with thunderstorms is what the Intellicast man says.  Who really knows, it’s Texas. So the Big Red Car gets an email — haha, the […]

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]]> https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/the-c-level-employment-agreement-managing-the-at-will-employee-relationship/feed/ 2 Who is Running Things in Washington and at the IRS? NOBODY? https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/who-is-running-things-in-washington-and-at-the-irs-nobody/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=who-is-running-things-in-washington-and-at-the-irs-nobody Wed, 22 May 2013 12:14:39 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=1953 Big Red Car and betraying a bit of IRS fatigue.  The big question is really — who is running things in Washington, the District of Columbia and over at the Internal Revenue Service? The answer, Old Sport, is NOBODY! First, I will spare you all the real and imagined outrage at the notion that our […]

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]]> Seeking the Company of Good Men https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/good-men/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=good-men https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/good-men/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 10:47:51 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=1947 Big Red Car here.  Well it will be a good day here in the ATX — 90F and the pattern leading to summer is upon us.  But, hey, we love a bit of sunshine and warm weather now don’t we? Because we can put the top down and run like a scalded dog out and […]

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