Archive for October, 2008
International Aerospace Hall of Fame Induction
2 Comments Published by Dr. Beyster October 28th, 2008 in Entrepreneurship, San Diego.The first event of note for me during the week of October 20 was my Thursday lunch meeting with Irene Veca, Niki Krutop, Doug Obenshain, and Robert Craig at Azul. Irene, Niki, and Doug are all employees of Ernst & Young in San Diego and are the folks that take care of the annual Entrepreneur […]
Fellowships on Employee Ownership
3 Comments Published by Dr. Beyster October 23rd, 2008 in Employee Ownership.We are establishing at a number of universities a FED fellowship program to make it possible for graduate and advanced degrees candidates in business schools to specialize in employee ownership. The current schools are MIT, Rutgers, Carnegie Mellon, San Diego State University, University of San Diego, and University of California San Diego. Rutgers is seeking […]
Fire Engines, Sailing, and Walter Munk’s Birthday
3 Comments Published by Dr. Beyster October 22nd, 2008 in Employee Ownership, Network Solutions, San Diego.Last week was very eventful for me. The excitement started on Thursday when my wife Betty, Robert Craig, Keith Mahler, and a group from the San Diego Foundation traveled to the hills in San Pasqual, California, to view the fire engine we bought for the Regional Fire Department. We also purchased a new ambulance, which […]
Lunch with Jordan Becker and Day Out on Sorcerer II
3 Comments Published by Dr. Beyster October 14th, 2008 in Network Solutions, San Diego, Technology.This will be a short post for the end of the week of October 12th. I had lunch on Thursday with Jordan Becker, who is at SAIC and is one of my favorite people. I hired him at SAIC many years ago from UUNET/MCI, which is today a part of Verizon. Jordan was a close […]
Supporting McCain and Gathering Ocean Samples
6 Comments Published by Dr. Beyster October 9th, 2008 in Politics, Technology.As you know, I have decided to support John McCain in his presidential bid. It’s interesting to me to postulate what I think would have happened if we’d followed something like the Obama plan in Iraq. In the first place, Saddam Hussein would still be in power. My feeling is the situation between Iraq and […]
NSI Book, Sailing, and the Power of Algae
16 Comments Published by Dr. Beyster October 7th, 2008 in Network Solutions, San Diego.Last week was an interesting week in many respects. Last Monday I had lunch with Peter Economy and we discussed the Network Solutions book and schedules and responsibilities for Mike Daniels and me. As time goes on we will keep you informed as to the specific contents of the book. On Friday I went out […]