Randy’s last lecture. video on Google Video He is dying of cancer. This video of his is very inspirational.

I’m paraphrasing this comment:

…when someone does not correct you, that person has given up on you…

I don’t want anyone to give up on me, my family, or any of my dear friends.

I just found a few new questions to use when thinking about whether to work with people over a long period of time. The questions stem from a Warren Buffett interview at Emory University. 

The questions are straight from one of Buffett’s responses:

What if you could buy 10% of one of your classmates and their future earnings? You wouldn’t buy the ones with the highest IQ, the best grades, etc, but the most effective. You like people who are generous, go out of their way, straight shooters. Now imagine that you could short 10% of one of your classmates. This part is usually more fun as you start looking around the room. You wouldn’t choose the ones with the poorest grades. Look for people nobody wants to be around, that are obnoxious or like to take all the credit. If you have a 500 HP engine and only get 50 HP out of it, you’ll be beat by someone else that has a 300 HP engine but gets 250 HP output.

Professional investors, especially angel and VC’s, already ask themselves this. I suppose I do in one form or another. But, to add the mental correlation of buying or shorting a stock…well, that takes it up a level.

This seminar was canceled due to lack of response.

We’re offering a seminar on document retention and risk management on the 4th and 5th. One seminar is in Lexington and the other in Louisville. When brainstorming about valuable content to share, I thought this would be a good idea because so many businesses need to be organized. Will Montague and I are going to show our guests how to keep legal fees low and what to do to manage risk using a combination of policies and IT.

The cost is….wait for it…Zero.

Yep. of course Will and I hope we can generate business from people attending, but there’s no obligation.

I got burned by legal discovery fees once, was told I would win the case, but that the case would cost me everything. Don’t let that happen to your business. I was flabbergasted (yep, that extreme) when it happened. Caught totally offguard. Later, I found out it was cheaper for them to sue than to pay the bill for my firm’s professional services. Almost 8 years later, I still cringe from the situation. 

If you know of anyone who would benefit from a two hour session plus a free breakfast, tell them to contact me or sign-up at the site.