Continuing the discussion of privately held companies vs. large, publicly traded business. And why it matters.
12 Sept 2022
Public vs. Private Companies
Contrasting and comparing the characteristics of small, independent companies and beginning to talk about why it matters.
10 Aug 2022
Public vs Private - It Matters
The start of a new series, Tom, both Sr. and Jr., talk about the differences between small, private companies and large, publicly traded companies - and why it matters.
Inflation, rising interest rates, a wishy-washy market in denial - where does that leave the business owner?
17 Jun 2022
Math and Reality: or, Negotiations, Prices and the Burden of Knowing What You Know.
In this free-flowing episode we cover a lot of territory, largely centered on the idea of how to figure out what to price something at, or how much to pay for given the math only says so much about the reality of daily economic life - or something. Another in the circular, dense, and insightful reflections of Tom Walker after 50+ years in the entrepreneurial trenches.
18 May 2022
Pricing and Independence
Tom Walker continues his discussion of independent business owners - a group he call "the Bills" after his older brother, a fiercely independent and highly competent person who built a foundry in the unlikeliest of times. In this edition, we talk about the nuances of pricing, whether in terms of buying or selling. Pricing is critical, complicated, and confounds simple cost plus profit analysis. It is more than what Tom calls "math and reality". Part one of two (or more).
7 Apr 2022
Finding Bill
This time, the Toms, Senior and Junior, discuss a certain independent type of person in business, a rare and seemingly contrarian character who often works against the grain of accepted practices.
28 Feb 2022
More on Timing
More on the difficulty, complexity, and necessity of timing financial decisions in the context of economic and market volatility.
3 Feb 2022
Timing - Bad and Good
Things get more technical this time as we continue talking about economic timing and conventional financial wisdom.
2 Dec 2021
The Offence of Conventional Wisdom
In this wide-ranging episode, Tom Walker talks about the damage that the accepted wisdom of numbers and markets cause - also, the running theme of independent thinking in the face of overwhelming pressures of conformity and so-called expertise.
8 Nov 2021
The Story of Bill Part 3: FIRE!
In this wide-ranging discussion we cover familiar themes of expertise vs. knowledge, surprising escapes, and self-doubt in the face of resistance plus tangents on books, hero-stories, and music.
20 Oct 2021
The Unlikely Story of Bill Continued.
Does knowing about business have anything to do with starting and running a business?
24 Sept 2021
The unlikely story of Bill.
Exploring the unlikely, true story of a sales rep starting a steel foundry in the late 70s, a time of the over-reported end of smokestack America and high interest rates.
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