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boone pickens | Douglas Ingram
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Musings on Entrepreneurship, Family and Life. OIL: A Dangerous Love Affair. Our dangerous love affair with oil needs to be re-examined with the goal being clarity in our future path and recognition of the inevitable changes that will be brought. Anger has been misplaced on the oil companies and an outsider observer might recommend an inward look at our basic consumption patterns / characteristics. Long story short, we need professional counseling. We need professional counseling for this addiction.
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exxon | Douglas Ingram
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Musings on Entrepreneurship, Family and Life. To Heck with Entrepreneurship…. Profits are Bad. In a properly functioning corporate entity that is market incentivized to innovate and deliver great products and services, the company wants to invest, innovate, grow, and hire the best talent. When these things happen our nation benefits in a variety of ways, some of which includes:. Jobs – Companies growing with profits can hire more people, duh…? The idea that people could be so uneducated or so jaded to be...
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corzine | Douglas Ingram
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Musings on Entrepreneurship, Family and Life. Foreshadowing the Federal Path, Is New Jersey a Proxy for Extreme Democratic Policies? Could there be any better example of government largesse than the great state of New Jersey? Okay…with that being said as they like to say in baseball – “Batter Up! Can you live in nice accommodations without working? Http:/ www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/president obama link to gov co.html. Video Clip of the crowd arriving at PNC Bank Arts Center for President Obama.
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entrepreneurship | Douglas Ingram
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Musings on Entrepreneurship, Family and Life. The Power of “We” in Building High Performing Teams. Many years ago, I got the opportunity to sit through a lecture given by an executive of a large company in Atlanta. He had come to talk about his experiences in business and some of his key lessons learned. I meticulously logged and wrote down his words that night, more than ten years back, and have kept them close ever since. One particular jewel he provided which has alway stuck with me was. Didn’t ...
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freedom | Douglas Ingram
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Musings on Entrepreneurship, Family and Life. To Heck with Entrepreneurship…. Profits are Bad. In a properly functioning corporate entity that is market incentivized to innovate and deliver great products and services, the company wants to invest, innovate, grow, and hire the best talent. When these things happen our nation benefits in a variety of ways, some of which includes:. Jobs – Companies growing with profits can hire more people, duh…? The idea that people could be so uneducated or so jaded to be...
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Internet | Douglas Ingram
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Musings on Entrepreneurship, Family and Life. Migrating Affinity and Customer Relationship Data to Drive Altruistic Outcomes. I saw a very interesting article in the WSJ weekend addition that I was perusing between kid chaos, pancake batter being thrown to the four corners of our kitchen and learning of the latest technical difficulty via my four year old who was unable to access her favorite Barbie video on our Apple TV. What are your thoughts? August 4, 2013. August 4, 2013. 1) Recognize Luck vs. S...
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challenge | Douglas Ingram
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Musings on Entrepreneurship, Family and Life. Yahoo and the Merry-Go-Round. So news is just in… in fact, I’m breaking the news on this one that the next CEO to be brought in to the beleaguered, once colossal, tech giant Yahoo is Santa Claus. Yes, you heard it here. Ol’ Saint Nick, the rotund, rowdy, and rocous titan of industry has cheerfully accepted his new appointment citing his excitement to be able to bring a little joy to the withering ranks of boys and girls at Yahoo. Marissa Mayer did awesome thi...
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global oil flow | Douglas Ingram
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Musings on Entrepreneurship, Family and Life. Tag: global oil flow. World Flow of Oil. Graphic describing global oil flow in 2008 courtesy of BP. Here is a fantastic graphic from British Petroleum. (Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2009). Very interesting to see the inbound flow of oil into the United States. Â I was particularly interested to see the flows of oil from the Middle East into Asia areas and also the rest of the world. World Flow of Oil in 2008. June 30, 2009. July 16, 2009.
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exercise | Douglas Ingram
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Musings on Entrepreneurship, Family and Life. I Run Because…. There are a thousand reasons why people run but here are a few reasons why I like to run. 8221;Â Here is what I came up with. I Run Because…. I also like beer. There are those that can’t. It makes me feel alive. You never know when it might be your last. I like to commune with myself. It helps me escape. I like to test my limits. I like to get lost. I fancy myself as a counter-culturalist. I like to get high. I want to be better. June 2, 2010.
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Business | Douglas Ingram
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Musings on Entrepreneurship, Family and Life. The Power of “We” in Building High Performing Teams. Many years ago, I got the opportunity to sit through a lecture given by an executive of a large company in Atlanta. He had come to talk about his experiences in business and some of his key lessons learned. I meticulously logged and wrote down his words that night, more than ten years back, and have kept them close ever since. One particular jewel he provided which has alway stuck with me was. Didn’t ...