Corporate Thought

Show Notes

Chris is the owner of a company called Prime 3 Software 

Chris describes himself as a Reluctant Entrepreneur.  I found this article about the phenomenon.  https://bit.ly/2naaUII/  I also found this book, The Reluctant Entrepreneur: Turning Dreams into Profits

Chris mentioned his prior employers labeling people as resources and found the idea abhorrent.  I found this interesting article about when people are referred to as resources and what to do about it:  https://bit.ly/2lap5gq

We discuss quality, budget and schedule – three legged stool.  Chris is referring to the The Project Management Triangle is also known as the Triple Constraint, Iron Triangle and Project Triangle.  See here:  https://bit.ly/2l5aoLp

It is true! Chesapeake, Virginia is the third most boring city in America. 

The shipping industry is very old as we discuss.  

There is a quick aside that “What do you do?” is a terrible first question. For more read this: https://www.theminimalists.com/do/

Chris mentions that he is reading  E-Myth Mastery:The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World Class Company. 

Chris talks about his friend Garrett and his company Green Umbrella Software.  

We talk about taking the leap to starting your own business.  I found this interesting article about it:  https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/296704  I also think of Pamela Slim’s book Escape from Cubicle Nation on this topic, as well as numerous content from the prolific Gary Vaynerchuk including: https://bit.ly/2lJ9moD

Chris is married to author Jessica Ruddick, a successful novelist. 

The idea of teaching children about entrepreneurship is fascinating.  Makes me think about expanding the A-HA Dinner Series (the dinner series of Corporate Thought Events) into a teen program…more to come on this in the future. In the meanwhile, I found this:  https://lemonadeday.org

We discussed the question of morning vs. evening workouts.  Chris seems to do both. 

As Chris points out, Google disbanded its Google Labs project.  

MVP – Minimum Viable Product.  

The Phoenix Project– a favorite book of Chris that he gifts to people, 

Next on his reading list is Atomic Habits.  

Chris listens to Joe Rogan’s podcast and to Naval Ravikant who has Chris thinking about his personal hourly rate among other things

Corporate Thought Events was born out of our mutual belief that gathering together, as well as having dynamic engagement and interaction is important.  We recognized that attending another conference, luncheon or banquet with overcooked salmon drenched in a sauce we can’t describe, prepackaged garlic mashed potatoes and a dessert that’s been sitting on the table past its prime is no longer where business professionals, entrepreneurs, and the like thrive.  Corporate Thought Events is about those rare moments where we meet someone or someones who can make  a major impact on our business and/or personal lives.  We believe a greater experience exists beyond the mediocre speakers using the opportunity to deliver an unwanted sales pitch, and “networking events” (a term we despise) with its inherent superficial exchange of business cards and drinking binges. So, we set out to do something about it.