Big Red Car here. The beer business is an odd place to look for information on startup culture and practices — or is it?
The beer business is currently fixated on the pending merger (takeover) of SABMiller Plc by AnheuserBusch InBev NV.
It is a clash of cultures. Big time!
Big Red Car here in a lovely ATX day — going to be in the mid-90s today. Low of 60F and high of, say, 95F. That is the kind of fall we like in Texas.
So, the Big Red Car was able to score an interview with Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chairwoman of the Democratic Party. It was the morning after the debates and Miss Schultz was in rare form.
And, dear readers, we have a scoop. First on the planet to announce the new name of the Democratic Party. Read on, y’all. Continue reading
Being born the son of Leonard C Minch (CSM, USA-Ret) has been the luckiest happenstance of my life. He was and is, simply, the best man I have ever met or known. His moral compass was welded at true north and his example of how to live, and die, was exceptional. He confronted life face to face, he mastered it, and he died on his own terms.
Last Thursday, at 6:20 AM, he drew his last breath. I am devastated and completely defeated for the first time in my life. I write these words between tears for my loss. I am very selfish that way. He would laugh at me and say, “I was 97” as if that would explain it all.
Big Red Car here. Bit cloudy for a Saturday. Better check with Mother Nature.
The forces of nature at work.
Therein lies our topic for today — the natural processes that cannot hope to be concluded in less than 5-7 “touches.” The 5-7 touch process that drives real life.
There are a lot of them — sales, hiring, forming an effective board, throwing a co-founder overboard, replacing a CEO.
Big Red Car here in the quiet hour before dawn when the world gets ready to welcome the sun and get on with its business.
Today, we talk about toughness.
How tough are you?
The answer is — much tougher than you think you are.
OK, now you can get a cup of coffee and get on with your day. JK Continue reading
Big Red Car here. Here being the peaceful ATX — Austin by God Texas.
Wishing the world nothing but peace on this lovely sunny Texas day.
We have an incredibly large opportunity to blunder our way into an armed confrontation in the Middle East — well, two actually.
The first is the dog meat agreement with Iran.
The more subtle one is the situation in Syria. Continue reading
Big Red Car here. So, you don’t know what a MOOC is, do you?
A MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course and it is the promise of the Internet writ large.
In this instance, Texas State University in San Marcos — just a few miles south of Austin — has made it possible to use MOOCs to place out of a student’s entire freshman year. In effect, free tuition for your freshman year.
Hey, Big Red Car, that sounds like a revolutionary idea. Is it?
Well, yes, dear reader, it is. Let me ‘splain it to y’all. Continue reading
Here are some blog posts which focus on the issue of the character traits and skills of the successful CEO. Enjoy.
These are all hyperlinks. Click on them.
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Discipline
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Learning from failure
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Planning
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Organization
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Decisionmaking
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Communications
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Discipline
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Closing
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Experimentation
The Character Traits and Skills of the Successful CEO — Brainstorming
Read them all and there will be a test on Tuesday. If Notre Dame wins, the test will be on Friday.
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