I am going to try to discuss some periodic insights into one of my passions: Entrepreneurs.
I LOVE their 24/7 energy. Not only of the founder's but those who are working with them through the start up phase.
I am on the board or advisor to several companies; most of them are listed my LinkedIn site.
The entrepreneur and associated company that is not listed is a 3D without glasses company which, as the others, has a terrific founder at the helm.
He and his team has been pursuing his vision of bringing both the advanced hardware and software to market that together will be a game changer. And he is doing it.
When I describe his characteristics I am presenting the bar that seems to exist in most successful entrepreneurs. HIGH
He is relentless in his vision of bringing a high quality product to the marketplace.
His vision is immense, yet he pays attention (or has people who pay attention) to the details needed to make SURE that things are correct. He is finely tuned to the marketplace and sensitive to nuanced changes, both on a macro AND a micro scale.
He is vastly capable at assimilated a VAST amount of information and putting together in a simple framework to support his business model. And is relentless.
He combines a fearless lack of intimidation with humor and humility (ooh, a nice double H grouping).
What I have particularly enjoyed, with him and others, is watching the change in Bullshit to Substance ration ..(hmm B/S ratio). I think most entrepreneurs may start with a high B/S ratio as their vision is so big that it takes time and A LOT of work to pull together the substance; and as they do, the B/S asymptotically approaches zero.. Good thing it never reaches it because that's the point that there is no increasing vision..and the organization will eventually fail. Blow up in an infinity.
So, as he has traveled the world... working in the Far East for manufacturing, Europe for software... I detected much more substance...until the substance was almost in sync with his passion...nice.. (oh, that begs another ration.. substance to passion.. now when that reached one..is that a bar?) and he is on the road to a potentially dynamite round in capital and terrific new partnership.
I'll talk about others shortly.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Obama, a disappointment? and thus my first major tweet
I have just started getting serious about Tweeting.
It started with my concerns about the upcoming US Presidential elections.
You’ll note how hopeful I (and a lot of others in this country) I was when Obama was elected.
A very good friend, Leo Hindery (@LeoHindery) (who was closely associated with Obama’s campaign), presciently predicted that Obama and his party would be politically challenged by our expectations of him; if those expectations are not met (which was almost impossible given what he inherited), the Democrats would be really challenged in 2010 and more than likely be challenged in 2012.
And is that happening.
( If you’re interested check out Leo’s recent blog on the Huffington Post: http://huff.to/n27Jk3 )
While I admire a lot of President Obama’s agenda, I have become disenchanted by his leadership (or lack thereof).
I think Obama has done a good job with the USA international positioning and image. (See my post about his Cairo speech.)
I think he is addressing a lot of the agenda that he stated in his campaign, e.g. health care.
I am not shocked by his “executive”(just disappointed) behavior (it was pretty well outlined in the New Yorker during his campaign when they talked about his tenure as President of the Harvard Law Review).
I am shocked by the lack of flexibility in changing his agenda.
He could be emphasizing job development faster than other things like health care; he could be holding back on increased regulations …read environmental.. while trying to encourage hiring (business won’t invest in an ”environment” of uncertainty)
He could be follow up on financial regulations..
AND probably most important, he could communicate clearer with voters about these issues. (That doesn’t mean that he is not an excellent speaker. He is.)
Our more conservative friends communicate succinctly and clearly (right or wrong). Our more liberal friends seem to require intellectual rationalization (like this blog post…and all my others).
Some of my dissatisfaction started as soon as Obama was elected.
He has failed in his promised bipartisanship. I understand that he did not even reach across the aisle to Mitch McConnell. AND, the DNC had been so partisanly obnoxious about their fund raising efforts (as soon as Obama got into office) that I put a stop to contributing and put them on a “do not call” list.
I don’t understand why Obama doesn’t step up, use his office and position as the Bully Pulpit, and LEAD.
Thus my interest in tweeting.
I participate in a classroom activity called “Great Decisions” in Princeton.
It is a group who like to follow international issues. There is a “formal’ program, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association) that we follow periodically. At other time we just get together and chat about domestic issues.
Almost to a person we are at least moderately left of center (the rare right of centers are moderately so). So when discussing the upcoming election many felt that Rick Perry might be good for Obama is he ran on the Republican ticket. Obama might have a chance of winning.
And while I respect Governor Perry, I am not in tune with him. I feel that if he were on the Republican ticket, I would almost vote for Obama as a default.
I’m unhappy about that and would like a choice, so when we heard Jon Huntsman interviewed on PBS http://t.co/HydANz0 a week or so ago, I thought: YES.
I also understand Huntsman has little chance of getting on the ballot and thought it’d be interesting to try a “social/political” movement to give him some backing. Huntsman says he’d run under a “big tent” and I think he could. I think he’d draw a lot of unhappy Democrats like me (if Obama doesn’t start leading) and a whole lot of independents.
Thus my first Tweet.
Creating a viral movement, however, is not easy if you don’t have any following:
Yours truly: @larryaevans
It started with my concerns about the upcoming US Presidential elections.
You’ll note how hopeful I (and a lot of others in this country) I was when Obama was elected.
A very good friend, Leo Hindery (@LeoHindery) (who was closely associated with Obama’s campaign), presciently predicted that Obama and his party would be politically challenged by our expectations of him; if those expectations are not met (which was almost impossible given what he inherited), the Democrats would be really challenged in 2010 and more than likely be challenged in 2012.
And is that happening.
( If you’re interested check out Leo’s recent blog on the Huffington Post: http://huff.to/n27Jk3 )
While I admire a lot of President Obama’s agenda, I have become disenchanted by his leadership (or lack thereof).
I think Obama has done a good job with the USA international positioning and image. (See my post about his Cairo speech.)
I think he is addressing a lot of the agenda that he stated in his campaign, e.g. health care.
I am not shocked by his “executive”(just disappointed) behavior (it was pretty well outlined in the New Yorker during his campaign when they talked about his tenure as President of the Harvard Law Review).
I am shocked by the lack of flexibility in changing his agenda.
He could be emphasizing job development faster than other things like health care; he could be holding back on increased regulations …read environmental.. while trying to encourage hiring (business won’t invest in an ”environment” of uncertainty)
He could be follow up on financial regulations..
AND probably most important, he could communicate clearer with voters about these issues. (That doesn’t mean that he is not an excellent speaker. He is.)
Our more conservative friends communicate succinctly and clearly (right or wrong). Our more liberal friends seem to require intellectual rationalization (like this blog post…and all my others).
Some of my dissatisfaction started as soon as Obama was elected.
He has failed in his promised bipartisanship. I understand that he did not even reach across the aisle to Mitch McConnell. AND, the DNC had been so partisanly obnoxious about their fund raising efforts (as soon as Obama got into office) that I put a stop to contributing and put them on a “do not call” list.
I don’t understand why Obama doesn’t step up, use his office and position as the Bully Pulpit, and LEAD.
Thus my interest in tweeting.
I participate in a classroom activity called “Great Decisions” in Princeton.
It is a group who like to follow international issues. There is a “formal’ program, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association) that we follow periodically. At other time we just get together and chat about domestic issues.
Almost to a person we are at least moderately left of center (the rare right of centers are moderately so). So when discussing the upcoming election many felt that Rick Perry might be good for Obama is he ran on the Republican ticket. Obama might have a chance of winning.
And while I respect Governor Perry, I am not in tune with him. I feel that if he were on the Republican ticket, I would almost vote for Obama as a default.
I’m unhappy about that and would like a choice, so when we heard Jon Huntsman interviewed on PBS http://t.co/HydANz0 a week or so ago, I thought: YES.
I also understand Huntsman has little chance of getting on the ballot and thought it’d be interesting to try a “social/political” movement to give him some backing. Huntsman says he’d run under a “big tent” and I think he could. I think he’d draw a lot of unhappy Democrats like me (if Obama doesn’t start leading) and a whole lot of independents.
Thus my first Tweet.
Creating a viral movement, however, is not easy if you don’t have any following:
Yours truly: @larryaevans
I have just started getting serious about Tweeting.
It started with my concerns about the upcoming US Presidential elections.
You’ll note how hopeful I (and a lot of others in this country) I was when Obama was elected.
A very good friend, Leo Hindery (@LeoHindery) (who was closely associated with Obama’s campaign), presciently predicted that Obama and his party would be politically challenged by our expectations of him; if those expectations are not met (which was almost impossible given what he inherited), the Democrats would be really challenged in 2010 and more than likely be challenged in 2012.
And is that happening.
( If you’re interested check out Leo’s recent blog on the Huffington Post:
It started with my concerns about the upcoming US Presidential elections.
You’ll note how hopeful I (and a lot of others in this country) I was when Obama was elected.
A very good friend, Leo Hindery (@LeoHindery) (who was closely associated with Obama’s campaign), presciently predicted that Obama and his party would be politically challenged by our expectations of him; if those expectations are not met (which was almost impossible given what he inherited), the Democrats would be really challenged in 2010 and more than likely be challenged in 2012.
And is that happening.
( If you’re interested check out Leo’s recent blog on the Huffington Post:
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