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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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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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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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Entrepreneurship In Words

Big Red Car — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 02:24:21 +0000

Entrepreneurship. The other day, I’m having a cup of coffee — no latte, just coffee — with a man whose opinion I respect. It is a mutual respect, one built over a long period of time. Some of that time spent in close consultation, some of that time passing with few words exchanged. We get […]

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Great Moments in Entrepreneurship

Big Red Car — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 14:31:08 +0000

Bit gloomy in the ATX, but who doesn’t like a few clouds? So, I have been reading several interesting books about the American Revolution. Two of my favorites are Ron Chernow’s biographies on Washington and Hamilton. They are both worth a read. I have read them both at least three times, but I learn something […]

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Lobsters, China, International Trade, Entrepreneurs, Maine Lobster Hustle

Big Red Car — Thu, 26 May 2016 13:07:12 +0000

Lobsters? Really, Big Red Car, lobsters? Big Red Car here. Bit dark and rainy in the ATX today but it is almost Memorial Day when we get our torrential floods. Today, we talk about lobsters. OK, lobsters are your friend and if you go to Red Lobster, you know what I mean. [Pro tip: Go […]

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One More Reason to Love Texas — Texas Women Entrepreneurs

Big Red Car — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 16:23:26 +0000

Big Red Car here on another warm August Texas day. On Earth as it is in Texas, y’all. When you live in Texas — even if you’re originally from Detroit, like me — it’s hard not to be proud (obnoxious) about how great Texas is. Here’s one more reason: Texas women entrepreneurs. Turns out that […]

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Harnessing Emotions — Leadership

Big Red Car — Wed, 13 May 2015 13:14:13 +0000

Big Red Car here in the tropical rain forest known as Austin by God Texas. It’s been raining a little here. Not that we don’t need it; we do. If we did not have such an arid climate, we would not be complaining but we are not really used to this much rain; so we […]

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Thoughts on Hiring

Big Red Car — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:31:40 +0000

Big Red Car here in the beautiful ATX. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, we have a day like today and a day like yesterday. On Earth as it is in Texas! Hiring is one of the things about building a great startup that is alluded to with a backhanded swipe of […]

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Planning, Pantsing, Instinct or Luck?

Big Red Car — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:56:07 +0000

Big Red Car here in the glorious ATX – bit cloudy today, y’all. But it will burn off soon. So The Boss is talking to a few of the new class of TechStars Austin folks. This is his second semester of assisting as a mentor. He enjoys doing it. The subject comes, as it often […]

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