Austin It must have been some years since I was in Austin. It hit me when I got off the plane and realized I was no longer in the shed and cow field operation that characterized the old Austin airport but instead was in a huge, modern facility with several levels, and I had …
Month: January 2008
Merging Lessons
New Orleans The corporate strategy lesson being taught over and over again during the last year or so in the implosion of mortgage based companies is that it is as important to know when to fold as it is to know when to bet. Sometimes you simply do not have the cards, and have …
Herb Block
Washington Running around Washington in the unseasonably warm weather, the office wanted me to drop by and visit a DC-based foundation named after Herb Block, the well know and highly regarded political cartoonist that used to bandy a very sharp pen for the Washington Post. There are very few meetings with “funders” that are …