Sports

Deliberation

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ November 10, 2011 / Leave a comment

I’m tempted to write a whole lot about Penn State’s Board of Trustees and Joe Paterno this morning, but I’m not going to. We don’t know the facts yet, and whatever I wrote I might well end up eating my words (I fear there may be much more to learn...
Sometimes Life Isn’t Fair

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ July 28, 2011 / Leave a comment

The Pittsburgh Pirates have had a rough stretch the last couple days. Losing both last nights game and the previous one in extra innings. They’ve played 28 innings in 2 days and have only two losses to show for it. One of the games shouldn’t even have been a loss,...
The Pirates and the “Miraculous” Recovery

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ July 5, 2011 / Leave a comment

Something a little different about my morning cup of ESPN this morning… The PIRATES are on the front page for a good reason. Let’s be honest… this kind of success is hard to relate to startups, we can look at it as a larger enterprise though. The Pirates are a...
30-30

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ June 9, 2011 / Leave a comment

Today and tomorrow are both travel days for me, so I can’t make it down to the park for the game tonight. If you can, go down and cheer on our .500 Pirates!
What we Can Learn From the Pirates About Setting Goals

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ May 9, 2011 / Leave a comment

In 2000, the Pirates went 1-7 after reaching 19-21. In 2002, the Pirates went 1-9 after reaching 31-33. In 2003, the Pirates lost seven in a row after reaching 14-14. In 2004, the Pirates went go 1-14 after reaching 23-22. In 2005, the Pirates lost five in a row after...
Taking a Day…

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ February 4, 2011 / Leave a comment

I’m taking the day off of blogging so that I can knock some things out (fortunately Brent Johnson already took care of Rick DiPietro for me) before the day wraps up. Like many Pittsburghers, I don’t want any work hanging over me this weekend.
The Steelers and Good Business Models

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ September 27, 2010 / Leave a comment

I always say that in investing you want to buy stock in a company that has a business that’s so good that an idiot can run it, because sooner or later one will. -Warren Buffet The startup is a wonderful thing, when a company has 3 or 5 or maybe...
Business Advice: Play Like the Penguins

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ September 11, 2010 / Leave a comment

Even the greatest companies occasionally find themselves in a rut. In 1993 Apple began losing its identity by releasing over a dozen different models with little differentiation. In 1995 they sealed the deal by letting other manufacturers like Motorolla produce machines that can support System7 (Mac’s OS at the time). The point of...
What the Pirates’ Finances Really Mean

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ August 30, 2010 / Leave a comment

Today, I’m going to be talking about Alan Robinson’s AP Article. As an MBA who’s been working with private companies the last few years, I can tell you, you can make the numbers say whatever you want. I wouldn’t read too much in to the fact that the Pirates showed...
Pedro Alvarez Starts for the Pirates Tonight!

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ June 16, 2010 / Leave a comment

The Pirates play the Chicago White Sox tonight. It’s not the most exciting match-up ever. I should say it wasn’t the most exciting matchup ever until it was announced that Pedro Alvarez would be starting at third base. I don’t have time to cover this in detail, but I thought...