12/5/14

Unicorn Hunting Season

Big Red Car here. Ahhh, back to the great times in the ATX, y’all. I know you’re jealous. Who wouldn’t be?

Going to be 76F today. Ahhh, on Earth as it is in Texas! The ATX.

So The Boss was talking with one of his brilliant CEOs who took his advice and bought an Old Economy company and transformed it into a New Economy company. Oil Patch company. Continue reading

12/13/13

Old Economy to New Economy Transformation Revisited

Big Red Car here.  Hey, it’s raining in the ATX and I don’t like that.  It’s a bit cold in addition.  The Boss had a day of power washing laid on but it looks a bit spotty.  I like The Boss to get his power washing on — it makes the simpleton so damn happy.  [Haha, watch it Big Red Car.]

So The Boss has always been a huge fan of the transformation of old economy companies to new economy companies.  A great way to create value by essentially jerking the old economy company into the real, current world.

Continue reading

02/26/13

Old Economy >>> New Economy Transformation — Reputation Assessment

Big Red Car here.  Listening to some George Strait — Amarillo By Morning indeed!

The Boss got a lot of emails on a couple of the Old Economy to New Economy Transformation posts.  One in particular wanted to explore in a bit more depth the issue of how to determine where the Old Economy company was in regard to its market reputation.

The Boss had already shown a bit of that but here is some additional information.

Continue reading

02/23/13

Old Economy >>> New Economy Transformation — Where Do You Find the Old Economy Companies?

Big Red Car here.  Cold day in the ATX.  Nice crisp, bluebird day.  What a breath of fresh air.

Spring is right around the corner.  This morning when The Boss and I went out for coffee, I saw some azaleas starting to blossom.  We are about 3 weeks from azalea time.

Continue reading

02/22/13

Old Economy >>> New Economy Transformation — BASIC MARKETING

Big Red Car here.  The Boss was up early this morning.  He got an email from a pal asking about my post in regard to the Old Economy >>> New Economy transition — link — and the pal wanted to have a concrete example of how this would impact, say, marketing organization.

So here goes.

Continue reading