Harry George’s Keynote at 2011 Idea Funding
I have had the pleasure to meet many great business leaders and prolific investors over my career as an entrepreneur. One of the most influential and successful in both of these categories is Harry George of Tucson, Arizona.
For the past several years, Harry has been Arizona’s most active venture capitalist investing and serving on the corporate boards of several leading firms in the areas of technology and life sciences. I am very proud that Harry is both an investor and board member for Post.Bid.Ship., Inc., an Arizona-based start-up I co-founded with Jarret Hamstreet where we are attempting to automate the commercial trucking industry (an industry that represents over 5% of the US’s GDP).
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Points of View Featuring Micky
In January, Micky Thompson with Post.Bid.Ship., Inc. and Jim Goulka with Arizona Technology Investors Forum (ATIF) were invited to appear on Points of View with Ray Torres.
Micky and Jim were invited by host Ray Torres to discuss ATIF’s recent investment into Post.Bid.Ship. and their views on entrepreneurship, angel investors and venture capital. You can watch the interview now below.
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Should the Federal Government Regulate Executive Pay?
Watching the 2012 Republican Primary has me thinking about the role of government and it reminded me of a debate I participated in during one of my MBA classes.
During my Fall Semester of 2008, I was in the midst of my Management of Finance course at The University of Arizona Eller MBA and the US was facing one of its largest financial meltdowns since the Depression. The US government stepped in with billions in bailout money to save several banks, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the GM and Chrysler automobile companies. Several US federal officials and politicians proposed that the top executives for these companies should have their salaries and bonuses limited to $500,000.
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Filed under: Eller MBA,Life Experiences,Politics
Looking Forward To…
My father and I had a conversation several years ago that we both share a fondness for “looking forward to”. We both enjoy greatly “looking forward to” a special event that is happening in the future and that “looking forward to” the event was a major part of the excitement.
Garrison Keillor is coming to Tucson, Arizona this week and my wife 6 months ago bought me and her tickets (mostly for me and her wanting to see me happy). Why 6 months in advance? I seriously doubt there was a run on the tickets. Maybe she knows that “looking forward to” is part of the fun for me.
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2011 Year in Review for Micky Thompson
The 2010 year saw the end of my time at The University of Arizona where I completed my MBA in Entrepreneurship. I was delighted to end the 2010 year being featured on the cover of The University of Arizona’s Eller Progress Magazine.
2011 started off on the same theme of media where I saw my life highlighted on The University of Arizona’s homepage. I felt very fortunate and blessed to have just those 2 media events happen. For a country boy from Tennessee to be on a cover of a top 20 research university magazine and then be highlighted on their website homepage for my entrepreneurial life was almost unbelievable. I would have never imagined that that media exposure would maintain itself through 2011.
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15 Tips for Your Next Flight
I am a moderate to heavy traveler and flying has become a regular travel method for me. My 6-year-old daughter is even a world-class traveler. When she was 4, she flew 14 times in less than one year and even earned a free flight from Southwest for being a frequent flier. People always comment how good a traveler she is which makes a daddy proud.
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The 3 Things Entrepreneurs Do for Our Economy
When the question comes up about who is doing the most for Entrepreneurship in America, you will often hear the Kauffman Foundation mentioned. I am a huge fan of the Kaufman Foundation and this latest video from them solidifies why.
Watch the video below called “The Three Things Entrepreneurs Do for Our Economy” by Carl Schramm, President and CEO, Kauffman Foundation. It speaks volumes!
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Filed under: Entrepreneurship,Politics,Venture Capital
Aging in Silicon Valley
Every year, I plan an excursion for my birthday and this year was no different. My company, Post.Bid.Ship., had recently purchased Salesforce.com (SFDC) to provide our sales team a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and it just so happened that SFDC had also scheduled their customer convention in San Francisco the same week as my birthday this year. When I shared with our awesome SFDC account manager the coincidence, she hooked me up with a heavily discounted ticket for my birthday and I was able to connect two very vital things: 1. learn more about a software application our company is deploying and 2. spend time in arguably the tech capital of the world: San Francisco.
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15 Steps for Attracting Investors
Over the past 3 years, I have been blessed to do the following things…
- work with the Desert Angels, one of the nation’s largest angel investor groups located in Tucson, Arizona, redesigning their website, deploying the web-based deal management system Angelsoft and helping to perform investment due diligence
- volunteer as a business advisor for the Arizona Center for Innovation Business Incubator
- study venture capital at the University of California Berkeley
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First Commercial Video for Post.Bid.Ship.
Next week, Post.Bid.Ship. will be officially debuting our first ever commercially produced web video. My team and I at Post.Bid.Ship. are very proud of this video and would like to give you my loyal readers an early debut as thank you for following us on this journey. Enjoy!
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Filed under: Business Management,Entrepreneurship,Post.Bid.Ship.
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