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One of the more interesting aspects of Springfield I’ve come to admire in the six years I have been here is the level of entrepreneurial activity. It’s both a strength and a weakness however. I’ve experienced it directly in the film making and soccer industry in this region as individuals or groups that might have achieved more together instead end up competing. Ultimately the competition, and the market, deliver the right solution however.

That is what has taken place in St Louis with InBev’s purchase of Anheuser-Busch. I worked at McDonnell-Douglass and Emerson Electric, and looked closely at a position with A-B coming out of the MBA program at Washington University. I also spent a decade selling technology solutions to the top firms in St Louis. Working with hundreds of firms, I’ve seen a wide range of business cultures and models. St Louis went through one major shift with Boeing’s purchase of McD based upon the changing market conditions in place at that time and now they will experience it again.

This article, offering background on InBev’s Chief Executive Carlos Brito, offers insight on what brought Anheuser-Busch to this point:

Brito eschews the kind of corporate perks that have become typical today. He and other executive board members fly business class only on flights over 6 hours; otherwise they go coach. There are no company cars, free beer or reserved parking spots.

“Whoever gets there first gets the shade,” he said.

Contrast that with Anheuser-Busch, which maintains a fleet of corporate jets, a barber shop and company cars for executives. Every employee gets two free cases of beer a month and free admission to A-B’s theme parks.

It’s the same market impact that is happening to the auto industry now. Rather than Congress mandating mileage standards, the global economy will direct GM and Ford to ‘do the right thing’.

Ultimately I am an optimist. I’m old enough to have been through the gas crisis of the 70’s, when I first started driving, being laid off by Emerson Electric in the recession in ‘85, and the tech meltdown in 2002. You plan, you prepare, and you enjoy the simple things. Like Bill McClellan’s take on the situation

Here is my new daydream: I am in Rio de Janeiro, sitting at an open-air cafe near the beach at Ipanema, smoking a Cuban cigar, wearing a Panama hat and drinking a Budweiser, that great Brazilian lager. I am watching the young women walk past to play volleyball on the beach. Because South American women are attracted to older men, several of the young women stop to flirt with me.

“Where are you from?” one asks me. “Rio de Luis,” I reply.

That is as much of the daydream as I care to reveal, but let me just say that the young women are captivated by the notion that there is a Brazilian city in the heart of the United States.

I’d like another cold one please!

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Managing email is one of the more frustrating technological challenges my clients have. Whether it’s administering accounts, ensuring reliable delivery or worst, dealing with spam, it’s a chore.

As a small business myself, I’ve migrated to Google Apps for Business, primarily for the email support. I now rely on Google to handle delivery and spam control for all of my business mail. I have IMAP support set up, allowing me to work offline and while its not 100% reliable, there have been only a few short instances where delivery was delayed. The spam control is wonderful – I check it every day and average 100+ spam emails and I can only recall one false positive in the past year.

With that in mind, I share with you this recent notice I received from my host:

Next week is National Small Business Week, and to celebrate, the Google Apps Team is going on tour. From April 21st through April 24th, we’ll be visiting the most entrepreneurial city in each of the four regions of the U.S.*: Washington D.C., Charlotte, NC, Kansas City, MO, and Phoenix, AZ.

Come by to meet members of the Apps team, find out what’s new, and connect with other businesses using Google Apps.

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Event information for Kansas City, MO:
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Date:
Thursday, April 23, 2008

Location:
Kansas City Live
Corner of 14th Street and Grand Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64106

Time:
10:00am – 3:00pm

For more details, visit http://www.google.com/apps/citiestour .

We hope to see you there!
The Google Apps Team

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My alma mater has pointed to the latest annual University rankings from US News & World Reports. In this case, the University of Missouri – Rolla ranks 118th among the nation’s doctoral granting institutions.

I am a 1978 graduate of the university with a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering. It is an education that has provided me the foundation I have needed to succeed in technology, sales and marketing. Go Miners!

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As I think back, this has to be my Dad’s all-time favorite quote as I was growing up. As a kid, you shake your head and wonder if you’ll be that square when you get to his age. The answer in my case is yes.

I bring this up because of the recent announcement Yahoo made – an offer of unlimited free email storage starting in May. There are some caveats, for example Yahoo noted that it is for personal use only and they will monitor to ensure that a business does not offer the Yahoo services for a fee.

There is another downside that we are all becoming more aware of. In order to pay for this service (remember, no such thing as a free lunch) Yahoo has begun a more aggressive advertising model on their services. There are examples of what to expect in the Beta services they currently offer with both email and the My Yahoo portal that was Yahoo’s monster hit. Before Search and Advertising were the breadwinners, the online world revolved around portals.

I was recently invited to try the new Beta My Yahoo. There were two noticeable differences immediately. The first was to my content, the reason behind My Yahoo – it was replaced by a very large square ad in the top right column. Not my content, theirs. On My Yahoo. Because of the pretty changes, I also had to make some changes to my preferred layout that were not as easy as it should have been. Finally, the service continues to be slow. I use Hotmail and Gmail as well and have begun to migrate several email addresses to Gmail due to ease of use, layout and quite frankly speed.

The one thing that keeps me coming back is the Music Launchcast Plus Streaming Radio service. This is a premium service and it was nowhere to be found on My Yahoo page after the migration. I had to go find it, then I had to find the button that ultimately allowed me to add it back. While I do the majority of my internet work via Firefox, Yahoo continues to force me to use Internet Explorer with this service. That would be OK, I open it up first thing in the morning and beginning streaming music. The problem is it crashes regularly now. One minute I have music, the next I don’t. I wonder how much Rhapsody is these days?

I’ve been a big proponent of My Yahoo and the other personalized web pages that are available from Google and Microsoft, recommending them to my SGFsoccer.com readers as well as my genealogy compatriots at Ozarks Genealogical Society.

I’m not the only one that is unimpressed.