Archive for Mentorship

  • More on Geography More on Geography

    Here is the next section from my 2001 book, Hoover’s Vision, which is now available as The Art of Enterprise at www.scribd.com.  If you search my geography posts (click on Tuesday, above, use the search box or the tag cloud), you will see updated reading recommendations, in addition ...

  • My Airline History Talk My Airline History Talk

    A few weeks ago I gave a talk about the history of the airline industry. It just went up online. Below is the summary; the video can be viewed at http://blogs.mccombs.utexas.edu/av/2010/03/01/flying-high-gary-hoover-on-the-history-of-the-airlines/. On January 27, 2010, Herb Kelleher Ce...

  • Communication Breakdown Communication Breakdown

    Well, if I am going to be too busy lecturing around Austin to give you a new book recommendation every day, or otherwise write a post, maybe I can throw a provocative question your way.  Working with the students actually has my mind more active than ever, trying to think of new ways of seei...

  • Physical Human and American Geography Physical Human and American Geography

    Continuing each week another excerpt from my 2001 book Hoover’s Vision, which is available in a slightly expanded version at www.scribd.com — just look for The Art of Enterprise by Gary Hoover! Physical Geography and Human Geography Human geography is rooted in physical geograph...

  • Onsite Onsite

    I have seen hundreds of new business plans and concepts over the past few months. Few caught my enthusiasm as much as that of a son of a friend of mine. His idea is to send someone to your house to do basic car repairs. When I heard about this idea and asked the usual questions about ...

  • The Best Atlas The Best Atlas

    I collect atlases of all types, but primarily world atlases. I have recommended several in the past and will cover more in the future. It would be impossible for me to pick my favorite or one “best atlas.” But for many years, I have told people if you only own one world atlas, a good ...

  • A Sense of Place A Sense of Place

    A Sense of Place – Why Geography Matters Pick up an old Fortune magazine. It doesn’t matter how old it is—it could be from the 1930s or the 1960s. As it still is today, Fortune was then a primary showcase for institutional corporate advertising, a place where the giants of world...

  • Econ 101 Econ 101

    Watch this video! You can learn in an hour what would take weeks of reading. Learn the lessons of the great philosopher and economist Adam Smith. His work is discussed by two scholars who come from the left and the libertarian, two of the four points on the political compass. ...

  • Trend Watchers Bible Trend Watchers Bible

    It’s out! The most important book that you can’t get in most bookstores (because the Federal Government is undeniably incompetent at distributing printed information). I stayed up until 3 AM reading it. Do you have your copy? “It” is the US government’s annual “bible” o...

  • Austin and the Movies Austin and the Movies

    The University of Texas campus has in recent weeks become a hotbed for learning about the movies. Of course in December I gave a talk about the history of the movie industry, which drew about 4 times as many people as I expected. You can see a web version of that talk here: http://blogs...

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