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CEO Material?

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Back when I was planning my life (OK.  I’m still planning my life- it’s just more done than years past), I wondered when I was done getting my PhD in Chemical Engineering, what other degrees I should seek   One of the possibilities was getting an MBA (Masters of Business Administration), if I planned to work in industry and not be a professor for the rest of my life.  (Since I planned to invent two new products a year, it wasn’t clear that a professorship would mesh well with such a lifestyle.)

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Disruptive Technology- real or imagined?

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We all have heard it. Beware the disruptive technology that will change the way things happen in this world. But, having developed more than my share of new innovations, I can guarantee you that the world does NOT beat down the doors of those with better mousetraps.

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Big and small, small and big

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I often get asked why I no longer work for a large company, where the money is greater.  I admit that I consider it on occasion (like when I wonder why I don’t visit my favorite cities every month like I used to), but, generally, I don’t have that strong desire.  It helps that I am the Chief Executive of my firm, and serve as advisor to other CEO’s, and as CFO or CRO for still other entities.

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