tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273652Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:28:00 +0000One man's viewhttp://www.bobcagle.com/default.aspnoreply@blogger.com (Bob Cagle)Blogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273652.post-6195323535546578437Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:16:00 +00002008-11-08T22:28:00.410-08:00stock marketcapitalismsmall businessOver the course of the past few weeks several people have mentioned to me their feelings that perhaps capitalism was dead - after all, its 20th century godfather, Alan Greenspan, believes he may have overestimated the benefits of competition and underestimated the collusion and greed of various individuals and companies awash in the credit default swaps. This may be true to some degree, but one http://www.bobcagle.com/2008/11/capitalism-is-not-stock-market.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob Cagle)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273652.post-211305266805835354Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:38:00 +00002008-04-07T21:07:00.276-07:00In the past three months, I have been networking with a variety of people in Santa Cruz. What has surprised me is the overflowing interest of the local tech community of entreprenuers, designers, academia, and city officials in establishing a much more solid brand and the thriving business ventures around design, innovation and technology for Santa Cruz. The following groups have recently http://www.bobcagle.com/2008/04/santa-cruzs-digerati-all-abuzz.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob Cagle)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273652.post-8322972606057735012Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:44:00 +00002008-02-21T14:27:26.700-08:00This year's Superbowl was a fascinating observation with America's affection and alliance with the underdog. The undefeated Patriots were favored by 12 points and were destined to be the first team in 25 years to "go all the way" without a loss - a true demonstration of a winner. During the season I heard people talk about them in awe. Then as post season played out, there seemed to be a solid http://www.bobcagle.com/2008/02/our-undying-alliance-with-underdog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob Cagle)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273652.post-1431651482799791536Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:23:00 +00002008-01-22T08:43:25.246-08:00This past Friday night, Plantronics hosted the first public meeting regarding the Santa Cruz Design and Innovation Center. When I received the invite back in October, I really had no idea what to expect - but I am always interested in reaching out to my community to see what's new, especially as it relates to design and innovation. What surprised me was the pent up demand that Santa Cruz has for http://www.bobcagle.com/2008/01/santa-cruz-design-and-innovation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob Cagle)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273652.post-4963815113162694770Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:58:00 +00002008-01-07T10:38:49.040-08:00Happy New Year! As I am now in the midst of wrapping up my work at Krugle, I am beginning to explore what's next. Krugle was a great experience in that I was able to engage in a wide variety of roles: VP of Product Development, VP of Sales and VP of Operations. Imagine roughly two years of 12 hour days duct-taped to the front car of a not-quite-finished roller coaster: Screams of laughter, http://www.bobcagle.com/2008/01/whats-next_07.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob Cagle)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273652.post-113036047964188087Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:57:00 +00002005-10-26T14:15:47.490-07:00CEO's are an enigma to most people. I have a soft spot in my heart for the guys and gals that are at the helm - particularly those in smaller companies. People often expect them to be experts at just about everything because they have the top job. Sometimes they are, but most of the time, they just have the right mix of skills to be the critical success criteria for the company. Here are a few http://www.bobcagle.com/2005/10/what-makes-great-ceo_26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob Cagle)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273652.post-110301097691755548Mon, 14 Mar 2005 03:47:00 +00002005-03-13T20:04:07.520-08:00It is important in life to "declare one's position" when known... in this case, my position on my theology of business. I am a devout capitalist. Much more like Hayek than Keynes on the academic spectrum of economics, whereas free markets are always better for society in the long term than government controlled policy making. One of the most important seats at the table of free market capitalism http://www.bobcagle.com/2005/03/venture-capitalists-seldom-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob Cagle)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273652.post-110300845919735961Tue, 14 Dec 2004 07:02:00 +00002004-12-13T23:25:10.600-08:00Little did I know that when I developed my list of themes for this blog, that they would be so vast in point of view. After having countless discussions with friends on the various subjects on which I set out to comment, I have discovered that it will be virtually impossible to even cover the subjects, let alone make any real sense out of a strategy to actually solve what I would consider endemichttp://www.bobcagle.com/2004/12/temporary-closure-education-system.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob Cagle)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273652.post-109479827196091081Fri, 10 Sep 2004 06:20:00 +00002004-09-10T02:05:55.806-07:00Few matters have a more long term effect than a civilization's education system. You can tell so much about what they value, what they think of themselves and their children, and whether or not they have the maturity and discipline to grow in the right way. Like many others, I am deeply concerned that after 200 years, we still put such a marginal investment as a society into the education of our http://www.bobcagle.com/2004/09/americas-education-system.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob Cagle)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273652.post-109341386109260385Wed, 25 Aug 2004 05:36:00 +00002004-08-31T22:45:53.300-07:00Over the course of the past few months, several subjects keep surfacing in my conversation with my circle of friends. Most of these subjects are narrowed to an American rather than a global perspective - a limitation of ignorance rather than indifference. Many of the subjects stem from a yearning for more or better instead of simply finding fault. There is a big difference between bitching about http://www.bobcagle.com/2004/08/subjects-of-interest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob Cagle)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7273652.post-108697590372086068Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:15:00 +00002004-08-24T22:27:18.893-07:00When one begins a blog - it would seem that a theme would be in order. That in itself starts a thoughtful process. Most blogs that I have encountered are usually streams of opinions and viewpoints - with the occasional one meant to educate and enlighten. Herein lies my viewoints on a variety of issues - I welcome your constructive comments be them in agreement or challenge. Be kind, be http://www.bobcagle.com/2004/06/in-search-of-theme.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob Cagle)0