Add Freeway call-boxes.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/call-boxes-cou...

Also add prank calls.

There is a great academic argument (that means there is no right answer) on this topic. The scenario is you have narrowed the pool down to two CEO candidates for a startup- both qualified and both with similar and acceptable experience. The key difference between them is one was successful with their startup (and sold it or something) and the other failed.

The obvious answer is to select the one that was successful. However, there are so many situations where the other one may indeed be more qualified. Why did his/her startup fail? What did he/she learn from it? Why did the other one succeed? What did he/she learn from their success? The fact is many startups have to bet everything at least once or twice a year - sometimes you get it wrong.

It is a great conversation and one similar to the one living in this thread. The point is experience is critical to success - sometimes that experience comes at a great cost. Sometimes that experience is wasted on fools. Generally speaking, the more experience the better the candidate - or he/she is fool and will kill your company. Can you tell the difference in a few hours of conversation?

Currently I am feeling like you did in 2001. Business and financial lives are a disaster. I would have been a far greater success in life playing drums on Pearl St. for the past 3 years. But I did build a nice house and pull of a wonderful Bar Mitzvah for my son.

I quoted Atlas Shrugged on your blog last week.