Hanging On, Against the Inevitable
Interlude
Black Friday arrived gray and rainy on Long Island this morning. The plop, plop sounds on the skylights provide percussive accompanyment to the crackling fire and quiet new age flute music I have playing softly in the background as I sit in a large, comfortable leather chair and read (Richardson's biography of William James). Green […]
Great Companies, Great Products
Great companies make great products. They also must do many other things well in order to succeed in the long term, but at the core of it, they make great products (be they hardware, software or service). So what are the hallmarks of great products, those that reach beyond utility to some higher plane? And […]
Playing Chess, Oblivious to Checkers
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has spent $230 million to develop better technology for detecting smuggled nuclear bombs but has had to stop deploying the new machines because the United States has run out of a crucial raw material, experts say. via www.nytimes.com You see my point, from our last post…
Who Goes There?
Welcome!
I built this site (in 2004) around the idea that the conventional divisions between professional and personal life are artificial. They don't reflect how we live, work, and play today.
I don't shut down my professional responsibilities (with rare exceptions) on evenings, weekends, or holidays. Our competitive environment doesn't permit that, and I'd get bored.
Further, it occurs to me that if you are interested in doing business with me somehow, you should be interested in Rich Bravman, the person.
So, whether you're an entrepreneur looking for specific ideas on how to put your vision into practice, an investor looking for an experienced advisor or board member, a friend, colleague, or simply someone curious about what a fellow human thinks... Welcome!
Warning: eccentricities lie ahead in these pages. (Even at this late date in 2023, I like it that way.)