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Team Building

Big Red Car — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:22:22 +0000

We often take it for granted in startups that a team will “emerge” when we get the right chemical combination, as if the primordial slime will simply make the right cocktail that will solve the problem, remove the pain point, build the better mousetrap. A better approach would be — might be — to explore […]

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Team Performance — The Multiplier Effect

Big Red Car — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 20:18:34 +0000

The board of directors and the investors in a company rarely get an opportunity to see a team function as a system, as a whole. They may become familiar with certain subsets of the team when they are in contact with the leadership and the management, but they rarely see the entire team working together […]

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Training — Baron von Steuben Style for CEOs

Big Red Car — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 18:16:53 +0000

Training again, Big Red Car? Really? OK, dear reader, we will have one last crack at training for the CEO. Promise. Today, we discuss Baron von Steuben. You know the Baron, right? Drillmaster of Valley Forge, no? Get this book by Paul Lockhart. Great read. Been around for some time and it is a great […]

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Training — like the Rangers, training for the startup

Big Red Car — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 19:57:54 +0000

Training table for the Big Red Car today — looking forward to a nice steak with a 10W40 mushroom sauce. We are talking training today for both the Rangers and the startup. So, in the continuum of crawl, walk, run — somewhere about the walk to run transformation, the startup should start thinking about training. […]

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Training Wheels

Big Red Car — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 15:46:10 +0000

Big Red Car here. Are you tired of hearing how great the weather is in the ATX? Well, too bad. Right now it is 40F with 70F to come fluttering in this afternoon. Sorry, I will not rub it in because it’s going to be cold for the rest of the week until next Wednesday. […]

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Question No. 1 (The Leadership Series)

Big Red Car — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:43:10 +0000

Big Red Car here. So we received a question from Austin entrepreneur and business owner — Joni G. Old time friend of The Boss. Very successful entrepreneur and Mom. Creator of jobs, runner of businesses and all around great American. A good question, indeed. Dear Big Red Car: If you have a proven way to […]

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