Business

TL; DR – I am starting a company. In December I wrote that I would be leaving Boeing and moving on to new things with a smaller and more lean company. The time since has been filled with growth and change as I learned how small businesses operate. With the increase in free time, I also found myself assisting multiple start-ups in their ventures into the commercial market. I learned from them the numerous wickets to clear to start a company and have thanked them extensively for the opportunity. Little did I know at the time how important that knowledge would be in the coming months. ...

As we move up the food chain of life, our free-time becomes more and more precious. There are only so many hours in the day and my generation utilizes them to the fullest. I have been blessed and fortunate to be placed early on in my career in leadership positions while often having to continue my technical work. This means keeping a foot in each role and staying current. The past few years I have honed my life work-flow to accomplish this. Here are my tools of choice: ...

AT&T Customer for 5 years or more — Check AT&T Stock Holder — Check Original iPhone Owner — Check AT&T Business Enterprise Customer — Check What does all that buy you? A big fat cup of nothing. While in DC for business I did the unthinkable and waited outside of an Apple Store to buy an iPhone 3G. The line was wrapped around the front of the store and I doubted my chances of being afforded the “privilege” of purchasing a phone. It was my lucky day as many left the line after being informed that only the white edition was in stock. The Apple Employee wandered towards me armed with his Wireless Symbol Palm computer to verify if I was eligible. After a few missteps inputting information (there is no backspace on the device) we were off. Turns out I am not eligible to purchase a new iPhone from Apple. Why you might ask yourself? I am a business user…soak on that for a minute. I am a business user and therefore am relegated to the second class HELL HOLE that is AT&T Stores. After waiting in line I was left speechless. Here is the background as to why: ...