Well we started getting e-mail from folks wondering where we had been since everyone’s IM indicator properly showed that Uncle Wyatt and I were not around much last week.

First of all we were preparing for Tech Launch, so we were holed up here at LGM world headquarters in Boise working on our presentation which looks pretty slick, thanks to Keynote, and input from our good friends over at TechConnect. But “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” so Uncle Wyatt and I headed out for a breather on Thursday, while Dave and Shane ostensibly worked on Pronetos’ bylaw amendments.

Faithful readers know then that we headed up to the LGM Ranch in Garden Valley, ID. This time we took my new 9mm and a couple rifles up to the shooting range, before we headed out to once again prove that there are no fish in the middle fork of the Payette. So what does all this have to do with business, you ask? Below is a photo of Uncle Wyatt taking aim at the competition:

THEN - on Friday night, Carol (LGM 5) and I headed out to Stanley for some R&R, and you can see from the photo below that I had rough go of it? What does all this have to do with business? Well, c’mon - I am reading Wikinomics. Yes, when you are an entrepreneur the learning never stops. And I pondered some interesting lessons learned - not from the book - but from the trip.

When we got to the campsite, let’s just say it wasn’t left in the best of shape. So I was a bit disappointed (though as an economist I shouldn’t have been as I understand the ‘tragedy of the commons’). As the weekend progressed, I got less and less impressed with my fellow Idahoans. About 3:00 am on Saturday night, I awoke to the sound of reee-reee-reeee-waaaaaahhhh . . . . yes, some idiot had cranked up a chainsaw in the middle of the night and proceeded to run that thing for the next 45 minutes or so, culminating with TIMBEEEERRRRR bellowed at the top of his lungs, the cracking of a tree trunk, and a dull thud of a tree hitting the ground. Indeed, this moron had driven in to a campsite in the middle of the night and cut down a tree with a chainsaw for firewood. Note: For $5 I bought a box of firewood at the store 9 miles down the road.

So this moronathon led me to think in terms of an employer. That is, there is no way in hell I would want employees that treat resources like the public campsite, and the foliage so carelessly. I certainly wouldn’t want them managing LGM’s resources. But, if you are evaluating entrepreneurship potential, then the chainsaw idiot might have a couple of things going for him - boldness, and resourcefulness - anyway. Still, I have to go with my gut and say if you were camping at Lake Stanley over the weekend - NEVER EVER submit a resume to LGM for any reason.

Now back to my vacation.

Carol and I tool a Canoe all the way across Lake Stanley and then hiked a meadow trail along the base of McGown Peak. There might have been some excellent photos of me swimming in the stream but for the fact that the dogs capsized the canoe while we were taking photos, and Carol’s camera ended up in the drink, destroying the evidence.

That pretty well brings us back to present day where Uncle Wyatt and I continue perfecting our Tech Launch Presentation for Pronetos.