I earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University and put it to good use by starting a software company that took advantage of government as well as commercial markets. I boot-strapped that company and ran it for nine years before I sold it to a larger public company. In the process of starting, building and selling that company, I learned that business leaders benefit from good advisors only if those advisors can add value to what the business leaders already know about their businesses and industries. I also recognized that laws and regulations impact business more and more, but business leaders generally should not do their own legal services. So I got a degree in law from George Washington University. This blog is my personal outlet. I have two interests: Creating wealth for society, and Politics
Creating Wealth For Society
Wealth is a word in the news: Who has it, who doesn’t? Is the economy a “fair” place for wealth creation? Should we have the government confiscate wealth from one group to give it to another? Sometimes wealth is an embarrassment…for the wealthy and for the poor. Some people go so far as to say we should not be concerned with wealth. Why? Because being concerned with wealth is selfish?
Really?
Wealth is not money, it is the accumulation of goods and services that make life more enjoyable, and the lack of wealth is known as “poverty.” If we really want to eliminate poverty, we should all strive to create more wealth. So my mission is to use my business experience and the law to help the people who are dedicated to that same goal. We all know those people by the name “Entrepreneurs.”
Wealth creation requires that Entrepreneurs manage relationships and protect ideas. So those are the things to write about.
Politics
Philosophically, I see society as a giant, complex living organism–too complex to be effectively controlled. And like a living organism, it should be allowed to operate freely, to adapt and evolve on its own. However, practically, I see that there are pockets of injustice (or “disease,” if the living organism analogy is allowed to continue) that need to be addressed with some kind of control mechanism, a directed treatment, if you will.
So my approach to politics has evolved to become one of pragmatism. In a macro sense, society at large gets the kind of control it deserves (or is wiling to put up with). But at a personal level, few individuals are benefitted or abused by politics in ways that they actually deserve. Practically what this means is we don’t control the political environment that controls us. But some people can adjust their behavior to get more than they deserve out of the controlling government.
For some that means creating a graft economy; that is, exerting governmmental control for personal benefit. For the best of society (entrepreneurs), that means forming productive pockets of free society; that is, economies that function parallel to the graft economy for the benefit of society.