The burp in the Nasdaq a couple of weeks ago might just be the perfect medicine for what’s been ailing Silicon Valley.
That’s Randy Komisar’s hope anyway. He calls himself a virtual CEO. That means he works for himself and has a charismatic way of telling other people what they should do. Others call him a guru and a sage.
That means he sees things they don’t. Randy Komisar says he sees too many entrepreneurs who’ve lost sight of the big idea of the New Economy and too many people who’ve signed up for the Deferred Life Plan. Get Rich Now. Live later.
Komisar is a veteran now of a handful of big California companies like Apple, Claris, and LucasArts Entertainment and he says he learned the lesson the hard way.
Now he’s preaching Buddhism to business people and the parable of the Monk and the Motorcyle.
(Hosted by Christopher Lydon)
Guests:
Randy Komisar, author of “The Monk and the Riddle: The Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur.”