Earlier this month I accompanied members of the Arizona Commerce Authority to the GITEX trade show in Dubai, UAE. This is a global technology conference the size of CES or the COMDEX Show in Las Vegas, although with a marked business focus. I arrived a day early and stayed a… Continue reading
After I left my position as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, an opportunity presented itself with the Arizona Commerce Authority. My first and continuing role there has been as a judge for the annual Arizona Innovation Challenge. For that, I review applications from a dozen or so… Continue reading
It’s been at least twenty years since I’ve been so moved by a single book. Since reading “Sapiens: A brief history of humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari a few weeks ago, I’ve recommended it to many friends. I bought a copy and gave it to one friend, as I value… Continue reading
My friend Rich Marin’s May 30th newsletter/Blog post, which you can read here, is about his grade school sales efforts which were focused on winning free trips to summer camp as a kid. It made me think of my own early introduction to sales. When having lunch with my friend… Continue reading
It was in high school when a series of classic motivational literature found its way to me. It was after I’d begun to see there was a path for me to succeed in school. The books told me I wasn’t trapped by my circumstances. They said no one but me… Continue reading
Andy Kessler in the Wall Street Journal on January 24, 2021, suggested that ending anonymity could fix social media. Yesterday, Feb. 1, 2021, Mike Masnick wrote a rebuttal to Andy’s column in techdirt, saying it was a bad idea and it wouldn’t help. Here’s the thing, they’re both right in… Continue reading
My good friend and riding buddy, Rich Marin, writes a daily blog post/newsletter called The Old Lone Ranger. Rich is highly disciplined and writes 1,000 words, every day. Rich and another friend, Philip Richter, inspired me to start my newsletter. Philip’s site and blog is the Turtle Garage. On Saturday,… Continue reading
I found DIRTY MONEY, a new series on Netflix, shortly after watching the amazingly funny Netflix send-off of 2020 called “Death to 2020.” If you’ve not watched it yet, do so. Death to 2020 resulted in at least a half-dozen belly laughs and more subtle snickers than I could count. … Continue reading
Reading books is an addiction which began for me in grade school and only in my busiest years have I not been in its clutches. You will learn my top four non-fiction books for 2020 in this newsletter, but not before I make you wade through the story of how… Continue reading
This morning I drove the McLaren to the dealer for its annual service. Not having driven the McLaren in awhile, I became aware of its precision in a way I’d missed before. When attempting to justify how and why a car like this is worth double what cars with similar… Continue reading