Crisis management – The Musings of the Big Red Car

Crisis Management: Aviate, Navigate, Communicate, Confess

Big Red Car — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:22:12 +0000

Big Red Car here, ya’ll. Still in the throes of SXSW but the interactive folks are gone. We already miss them. Ahhh, going to be 70F and sunny today in the ATX. Ya’ll are expecting snow? Well move to Austin. Now. Crisis comes calling When you are least looking for trouble, trouble will come calling. […]

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Valley Forge — a Primer in Crisis Management for the Startup CEO

Big Red Car — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 14:22:06 +0000

Big Red Car here. Oh boy, it’s going to be 75F and sunny here in the ATX today. Oh boy! [Hey, Big Red Car, STFU because other folks live in places like Chicago and it’s wicked cold there. Actually it’s going to be quite nice in Chicago today.] So The Boss is still in Steamboat […]

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Doctor? Doctor? Are you there, Doctor?

Big Red Car — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 15:12:58 +0000

Big Red Car here. Bit gloomy this morning in the ATX. In the 50s and only a high of 72F and cloudy all day. Ahhh, but next week — next week all cool and sunny. So The Boss and a doctor friend are talking about all things Obamacare. The Doc is not a fan of […]

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Troy H Middleton, Citizen Soldier

Big Red Car — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:05:34 +0000

Big Red Car here. Well, you know what I’m going to say — right? On Earth as it is in Austin, Texas, ya’ll, cause it’s just about perfect here in the ATX. So The Boss is finishing up reading about his tenth book on the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. He gets […]

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Reading and Understanding Military History

Big Red Car — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 16:19:11 +0000

Big Red Car here. Hey, the weather here has been a bit rainy — perfectly normal for September in Texas — and the temperatures are beginning to drop. Can you say “Fall in the ATX”? Haha, Big Red Car. Get it together, BRC. So the other day, the Big Red Car says that there is […]

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Tough Guys in Hermes Ties

Big Red Car — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 23:43:17 +0000

Big Red Car here. Nice hot day here in the ATX. What a day. The Boss is still out of town and I am left again with the house sitter — who runs the Big Red Car hard and fast. And the Big Red Car loves being run hard and fast, ya’ll. The house sitter […]

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Al Qaeda is on the run?

Big Red Car — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 14:49:59 +0000

Big Red Car here. Sorry that I have been so out of touch for the last three days but The Boss has been in Key Largo and has been trying to catch a tarpon. Currently the score is showing: The Boss 0, Tarpon 3. The tarpon are throwing a shut out. [Haha, Big Red Car.] […]

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Talking Yourself Down Off the Ledge

Big Red Car — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:23:55 +0000

Big Red Car here. Going to be a bit cloudy and gloomy in the ATX today. Hmmm, it is getting close to Memorial Day, the day of historic Austin, Texas flooding. You are way too young, Grasshopper, to remember the 1981 Memorial Day floods when Shoal Creek was filled to overflowing with wrecked cars. Oh, […]

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Who is Running Things in Washington and at the IRS? NOBODY?

Big Red Car — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:14:39 +0000

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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Entrepreneurial confusion and the fog of war

Big Red Car — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:52:17 +0000

Big Red Car here. Turning out to be a great day here in the ATX. Sorry to be always bragging but, Hell, it’s true. And, you know it, right? So The Boss gets a phone call from one of his CEO clients — the fellow is feeling a bit of pressure and declares himself to […]

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