Last weekend I got a call out of the blue from someone I hadn’t spoken to in years. She and a friend were down in my neck of the woods for a wedding. They’d rented a Tesla for fun and weren’t sure they had enough juice to make it back.[…] Read On
Monthly Archives: September 2017
No Work-Life Balance? Give Me a Break.
It was an ungodly early hour on the West Coast when Yahoo’s CEO announced a new strategic plan live on CNBC. I was making cappuccinos when my wife came into the kitchen, looked up at the screen, and said, “Is that Marissa Mayer? She looks terrible.” “You would, too,” I[…] Read On
Who the Hell are You?
As an executive officer of several public companies back in the day, I used to marvel at the stones on some of the retail investors who frequented the Yahoo Finance message boards. Some of their opinions were well-considered, but the vast majority were of the senseless rant and rave variety.[…] Read On
Labor Day Weekend Rant
It hit 109 degrees today. Tomorrow is supposed to be more of the same. I’m in the mountains, but a short 30-minute drive to the ocean usually solves that problem. Not this weekend. It even broke 100 at the beach. We have a pool, but there’s only so much time[…] Read On