SMALL Lennart, I couldn't agree more with your take. As a serial biotech entrepeneur, a couple of which went fairly big for a while, the NEED to get rather large too quickly doomed 3 of them. I always said that we had a million dollar appetite on a beer budget. Small is good. ken
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Lennart Thornros <lenn...@thornros.com>wrote: > I did not vote for Obama. I do not like his politics very much. The > problem is that I dislike most of everything out of the mouth of a > politician. Therefore I will defend Obama a little. It is not his fault. > > Reality is that it is hard to start a business. > Even worse it is 25 times harder than most people can handle to make it > survive. (Can be backed with stats:.) > > So what is the problem? > I have an answer and it is a little of a repetition. We need to change our > philosophy. Bigger is not better.Small is beautiful. > Unfortunately your attempts to start a business was made very difficult by > the rules/laws that asks you to behave like a major corporation from day > one. It does not support your ambitions because politicians thinks small > businesses can not do much good. They do not understand that small flexible > organizations can do what large (GM, GE, IBM) has no department for because > it is so small. The politician reads all the time that all growth has been > accomplished by small medium sized companies. They just refuse to draw the > conclusion that small companies are good for the society. The reason is > that being part of the most enormous bureaucracy we have make them > defensive to small ill-defined entities. They rather talk to one big bank > for example and think that the rest will follow suite. > In today's fast and reliable communication/information world, it is easy > to organize small entities so that they can accomplish what large > organizations can do just as well and at a fraction of the cost. > Unfortunately this is a political problem so I can see your frustration. > You know how the politician will see at least you have my idea above. What > is a little amazing is that among people in Vortex, with such an open mind > to physics, cannot see the need for a more small scale business and public > sector utilizing all the modern technology you guys have created. Think > about any project you have been involved in. Is it not true that there were > just a few individuals that took on the job and whole horde of bureaucrats > who wanted to have their say for reasons hard to determine and increasing > with the level of success in the project. I promise you were seeing the > situation right. It was just easier to just ignore the BS and concentrate > on the real issues while the bureaucrats dealt with how to get some credit > from the work. > > > > > > Best Regards , > Lennart Thornros > > www.StrategicLeadershipSac.com > lenn...@thornros.com > +1 916 436 1899 > 6140 Horseshoe Bar Road Suite G, Loomis CA 95650 > > "Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a > commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort." PJM > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 7:40 AM, <fznidar...@aol.com> wrote: > >> I voted for Obama and I listened to what he said. He said to start a >> small business and hire someone. Its the thing to do after you have >> retired. I have tried. >> >> Cold fusion proved to be to hard of a nut for me to crack and I backed >> off. >> >> I next built a cell phone adapter for older cars. I was cheep,worked >> well, and could possibly save lifes. It was the kind of product that >> Obama ordered. I built and tested it. A video is below. >> >> http://www.angelfire.com/scifi2/zpt/blog/blog.html >> >> Heath Kit almost took it as a kit. Too bad they went bankrupt. The >> product worked but failed in the marketplace. >> Consumer products are too cheep for home manufacture. I could not make >> the device by myself for $9 and sell it. No large manufacturer wanted it. >> Darn! >> >> Next I tried a mining relay. It detected the condition of an >> open ground wire. Joy Loader invited me to their office and I presented a >> dog a pony show. Companies will let you in if you have something. Once >> again my timing was not right and the coal industry had other priorities. >> The detector they had was good enough. I was 20 years to late with this >> product. I have no video of this. >> >> Next I wrote books; one in physics, one in electronics, and one >> in computer science. These products are out but they only generate $40 per >> month. They are not a commercial success. I thank you amazon and the many >> other who have helped me. >> >> >> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=%22znidarsic+science+books%22&rh=n%3A133140011%2Ck%3A%22znidarsic+science+books%22 >> >> Now I am into recyclable bottle detectors. I have a technical problem. >> >> Dear President Obama. It is not easy to start a >> small business in today's environment. >> >> Frank Z >> >> >> >> >
