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CEO Shoptalk: The Transition Point

Big Red Car — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 18:15:16 +0000

A few years ago, I was speaking to a totally inexperienced potential founder (brilliant young man, recent prestigious university grad, and a very likeable person) and I asked him as I always do, “Tell me how the process of standing up a startup works out in your mind?” It is always a good idea to […]

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CEO Shoptalk: Urgent Patience

Big Red Car — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 17:37:02 +0000

A chap asks me, “In your 50 years of CEO-ing and leadership what did you learn that was unexpected?” I had a couple of weeks to think about it and I answered, “Urgent patience!” To which the chap replied, “What the Hell is ‘urgent patience’ and why is it important?” There is not much unknown […]

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THE Secret to Success

Big Red Car — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 13:47:28 +0000

Sorry for the clickbait title, but a chap called me and wanted my five keys to success for a CEO which got me thinking. He was writing an article and wanted to hear a lot of voices. I fear I ultimately disappointed the old boy as I did not agree it could be limited to […]

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Startup, Founder Super Power — IGNORANCE

Big Red Car — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 18:41:25 +0000

In the world of startups, founders: “Know what they know” — which is often a substantial body of knowledge. Some, “know what they don’t know” — for which they find co-founders to buttress or they learn. All startup founders “don’t know what they don’t know” — which gives rise to the super power called “ignorance.” […]

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CEO Shoptalk — End-Of-Year Reflection And Musing

Big Red Car — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 21:58:54 +0000

A client of mine a few years ago said, “You always make me think, and I prepare for our meetings.” That is a good thing and it makes me feel good. Nothing wrong with thinking, but it should be more than that. At the end of every year, a CEO/founder/entrepreneur should conduct a bit of […]

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Lowering The Zoom Boom! Vishal Garg

Big Red Car — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 14:20:13 +0000

Remember this name: Vishal Garg. Vishal is/was the Chief Executive Officer of a digital mortgage company called Better.com. Better.com — who are they? Better.com, founded in 2016, operates in the United States and India with its headquarters in New York. It is currently pursuing a SPAC merger (resulting in a public company) with Aurora Acquisition […]

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CEO Shoptalk – The Mantle Of Power

Big Red Car — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 19:06:36 +0000

The best job I’ve ever had was as the company commander of a combat engineer company in the Army. It is like being a Chinese feudal war lord which is reputed to be a very good gig. Company D as in Delta was in need of a firm hand having failed to pass its annual […]

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Jamie Dimon, Ray Dalio And The STRICT PARENT Defense Of Evil

Big Red Car — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 18:15:06 +0000

In the recent annals of Chinese apologia stand two giants: Jamie Dimon and Ray Dalio. Allow me to elaborate. Jamie Dimon – Chairman/CEO of America’s largest bank and billionaire Jamie Dimon made an enormous faux pas recently when he said that his bank, JPMorgan, would last longer than the Chinese Communist Party. It went something […]

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CEO Shoptalk – Signal V Noise In A Hurry

Big Red Car — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 16:18:30 +0000

The only real equality in the world is time. We each get 24 hours a day. The rest of equality notions are lies, headfakes, just opiates for the masses — except for time. Time is an absolute and nobody gets one more minute in an hour than all of us do. When it comes to […]

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Jump

Big Red Car — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 15:35:45 +0000

I realize today — I didn’t realize it at the time — that I had a close, personal relationship with risk as a young man. It was unconscious and I never thought about it. It just happened. I didn’t climb Mt Everest, but I did lie about my age to get a job in construction, […]

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