Monthly Archives: May 2008

Los Angeles Taco Trucks, A Study in Free Market Economics

Have you been following the saga of the 14,000 taco trucks in Los Angeles? Let’s give you a synopsis: The County of Los Angeles has 14,000 mobile trucks that sell food in neighborhoods. They offer mostly Mexican-American dishes (e.g. tacos) …

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It is Not About Falling Down

This week one of the companies that we advise had a major technical meltdown. Their service was offline to all of their customers, and things looked like the outage was going to last for awhile. Within seconds of the outage …

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Being In Charge of Sales at a Start-up = Being an NBA Head Coach

Have you been watching any of the NBA playoffs? Although the games have been great and competitive, what is even more interesting is the fallout from the first round exits in the West. Avery Johnson and Mike D’Antoni were both …

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