I’ll give Barry Foster his due. As much as I hate to admit it, he has bigger stones than I. Yesterday he voluntarily jumped into the water, 60 miles offshore, in a quest for underwater footage of us catching snapper. In my opinion, that is true dedication, particularly when you consider he had no snorkel [...]
Godzilla
I couldn’t help it. Faced with the same situation, what real man could have? It all started one afternoon after returning from a successful day as hunters/gatherers when we were back at the dock cleaning our kill. Captain Eric and my buddy Skip were handling the filet knives doing what professional fishermen refer to as [...]
My First of Four Loves: The Sea
I’ve had four loves in my life. I’m a very lucky man. The first was the sea. I wasn’t raised by the ocean, I regret to say. But from the time I can remember, I felt her call. I felt it when I visited relatives who lived near Hampton Roads in Virginia, and my uncle [...]
Why Start-ups Should Consider Having a Board of Advisors
It took us 14 years to grow our business, Triton Systems, from a $1500 initial investment to over $20 million in sales then another 5 years to reach $100 million. In 1997 we partnered with Summit Partners, a middle market venture capital firm out of Boston, and for the first time established a real board. [...]
Make Work Fun
At Triton, whenever I was involved in the interview process, I would generally tell the candidate several things. I told them that our job was to try to find the best people we could find and then try to provide a work environment that made them want to stay with the company. I told them [...]
Locked Out at the Lighthouse
I was glad to hear recently that they are building back Port Eads. For those of you unfamiliar with this place, it may not be at the end of the earth, but you can see it from there. Seriously, Port Eads is about 20 miles south of Venice, LA beyond the Head of Passes just [...]
Bikini Experience Proves Vital in Selling ATMs
If you feel that the connection between selling bikinis and ATMs seems strained, join the crowd. Before we made our decision to focus our company Triton Systems, Inc. on doing one thing and one thing only better than anyone else, we got involved in numerous other ventures. I remember in our early days, as we [...]
Britt’s First (Bahamian) Dollar
In one of my earlier blog posts, I mentioned being in at Harbor Island in the Bahamas years ago. It is truly a beautiful place renown for its pink beaches and visiting royalty. Let me first say, that though I did find the beaches beautiful, I didn’t find them all that pink. Perhaps I was [...]
Foods I Don’t Do
Andy Chapman is a good friend of mine. He makes his living in the food business. Now, food is something I have always had a fondness for, and I have the waistline to prove it. But there are some foods I just don’t get. Liver. I’ve tried, but I just can’t do organs. Of course, [...]
Treat Everyone Like the CEO
Living on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, I am a dedicated Saints fan. These past few years it’s been fun, but I can still remember the days when the team played so badly that fans wore paper bags over their heads at the game. One reason I enjoy the Saints is that Sean Payton and Drew [...]
