Business Advice

Think small, think low tech

So, you are thinking of dropping out of Harvard and going high tech. That’s been done. The odds are against you for a repeat. The odds of doing very well in small low tech are with you. If you do good work, you will be well rewarded.

Why didn’t you know?

Any employer who elects to neither assess references nor conduct background checks may be exposing their business and their people to potential calamity.

What’s happening to Boeing?

I did some work for Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the late ‘80s. Back then, the Japanese were taking market share in many industries by producing very high-quality products.

Eclipse reflections

In 1963, I witnessed my first eclipse — outside the zone of totality on the coast of Maine. I “saw” it through a shoebox fashioned into a pinhole camera, following instructions in a State of Maine leaflet.