I like disruptive innovation. If you know anything about me, that’s probably obvious. I’m a serial entrepreneur and in each of my efforts, I’ve sought to bring new technologies and, to use the cliché, out-of-the-box thinking as solutions to problems caused, or left unresolved by conventional thinking and out-of-date business models. Linear Air, the company I …
Is there really such a thing as coincidence? You could debate that question on several levels, I suppose, from the philosophical to the mathematical, and from the theological to the pragmatic. But in the (mostly) rational world of business I don’t believe there really are coincidences. Those things that commonly get attributed to coincidence usually …
Posted by William Herp on Wed, Jan 02, 2013 “Nothing focuses the mind like a hanging.” That famous, wry quotation is attributed to Samuel Johnson, an 18th Century English poet, critic and thinker who, it is said, is the second-most quoted writer in the English language, behind only Shakespeare. But it just as easily could …
Posted by William Herp on Mon, Dec 17, 2012 Here’s to hoping that this winter turns out to be as gentle as the winter of 2011-2012. We had Hurricane Irene in the fall last year, plus a pretty huge Halloween storm. But after that it was, well, smooth sledding all winter for Linear Air, the …
Posted by William Herp on Fri, Nov 16, 2012 As founder and CEO of a travel company like Linear Air, I get to focus on and talk all day, every day about something most people want to do, and enjoy, more – travel. It’s a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it 🙂 And a few weeks …
Posted by William Herp on Fri, Nov 16, 2012 Our COO Peter Schmidt and our Chief Pilot Joanna Love took a brief trip to Martha’s Vineyard and back today. Peter shot this photograph of cirrus clouds from the left seat of our Cirrus SR-22 aircraft. Being able to attend a one hour business meeting 90 …
Posted by William Herp on Tue, Oct 30, 2012 Sandy was a unique storm: turned left instead of right – one of only a handful in recorded history – was very low pressure, and very big. Our hearts and thoughts are with our friends in NY, NJ and CT, and across New England and the …
Did you know that you used to be able to board an airliner in Youngstown, OH, and fly to Lancaster, PA? You could also get an airline seat between Bedford, MA, – where Linear Air is based – and Bluefield, WV, or between Tupelo, MS and Santa Fe, NM. It was expensive. It wasn’t necessarily fast, or …
Posted by William Herp on Fri, Oct 05, 2012 I don’t mind negotiating the price that I’ll pay for some items, like my home, or my car. Truth is, I kind of like the negotiating process. But the reality is that most products and service Americans buy are sold at set prices. Tax typically is …
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