Entrepreneurship – The Musings of the Big Red Car

Do HARD THINGS When You Are Young

Big Red Car — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:13:02 +0000

You think you might have what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, punk? Maybe you do or maybe you don’t, but you can prep for the assignment when you’re young and know everything. Let’s clear up some misconceptions about first time entrepreneurs in America Lots of baloney about the age of entrepreneurs in America. […]

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The Power of Ignorance

Big Red Car — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 21:31:21 +0000

There is incredible power in ignorance. Sounds odd, allow me to explain. When I was a lad, I lived near the Atlantic Ocean and used to take my father’s fishing pole (he was overseas in the Army and, thus, the notion of asking his permission was moot) and walk along the sand and out onto […]

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Service To The Nation — Veterans

Big Red Car — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 19:57:47 +0000

If you are of a certain age, your life was ordered by the draft. If you are younger — the vast majority of those reading this are — or a woman, you have no idea what that means. That is not intended to be judgmental. If you were of that age and avoided the draft […]

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From Whence The Lesson?

Big Red Car — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 18:18:28 +0000

Life is a continuum of learning. When you stop learning, your brain atrophies and it is a headlong slide into the grave. But, how do we really learn in life? The Lesson >>> The Test >>> The Learning In a good many things we are prepared by formal teaching, followed by testing, and then consolidating […]

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CEO Shoptalk: Ever Ready v Never Ready

Big Red Car — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 21:20:54 +0000

A few years ago, I received a call from a fine young man I’d advised for about nine months about ten years ago. During that nine month period when I advised him, he wanted to start a company and we explored what that entailed. He was a very smart person and diligent in his work. […]

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The Path To Wisdom

Big Red Car — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:20:22 +0000

Too late in life, we acquire wisdom when it is sometimes beyond our ability to deploy though we will appreciate it greatly. Here is a traditional litany of how wisdom is conveyed upon us: Wisdom is the product of the application of sound judgement over a protracted period of time. Sound judgment is the product […]

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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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Ideators, Incubators, Accelerators

Big Red Car — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 20:33:33 +0000

I have been (after a 40-year business career) assisting a handful of ideators, incubators, and accelerators as a mentor and sitting on their investment committees and selection bodies for a decade. I am often asked to sit in with the band more times than I can actually accommodate, but I try to keep a hand […]

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Pandemic >>>>> Ghost Kitchens

Big Red Car — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:57:44 +0000

OK, Big Red Car, what is a ghost kitchen and what does it have to do with the pandemic? Very nice to see you also. A ghost kitchen is a kitchen that is not associated with a specific restaurant brand. It is slightly complicated. Let me see if I can break it down for you. […]

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Entrepreneurship + Hustle + A Dash Of Tech = Wealth

Big Red Car — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:30:37 +0000

This story is the composite of two persons, one in Austin by God Texas and the other in Savannah, Georgia. It is a story of how entrepreneurship + hustle + just a dash of tech = wealth. The core of the story is a guy who decided he wanted to do something to acquire wealth, […]

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