Lessons from My Father
Today would have been my father’s 95th birthday. He was a successful entrepreneur and the son and grandson of entrepreneurs. As I reflected on his life today, I thought about some of the things he…
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Mother’s Day Baskets for Arise Ministries
Happy Mother’s Day! This May, OAA held a fundraiser for Arise Ministries, empowering single Moms to create healthy homes. The whole office raised money to pay for these items with Jeans Day Fridays, where each…
OAA’s Visit to LinkedIn Headquarters
Last week, Tony Caldwell, CEO of OAA, and his wife, Sharon, attended a session on maximizing the use of LinkedIn professional social media tools at LinkedIn Headquarters in San Francisco, California. The training was hosted…
Big Insurance Companies, Small Agencies, Two
In a recent post, I made the point that the future belongs to big insurance companies and small agents. My reasoning in support of large insurers is that the cost, and speed, of technological change…
Team or Collection of Talent?
Listening to the radio this morning, I heard former Oklahoma State University football coach Pat Jones say that “it could be a great team or just a collection of talent”, in discussing the risk pro…
What Happens When you’re Dead…
I remember a bit of doggerel that was a favorite of my friend’s, in our early school days, which began, “have you ever thought when the hearse came by, that you may be the next…
Cheap is Not the Most Profitable
Thirty years ago, a friend picked me up for lunch in a huge Mercedes Benz car. Having a rough idea of his income level, I asked if the car belonged to his boss? Nope, it…
The Future: Small Agencies, Big Insurance Companies
If you’re paying attention, at all, to what’s going on in the world, you’re hearing and reading about machine learning, artificial intelligence, and other disruptive technologies. At insurance agent meetings, and insurance company meetings, these…
Hippity, hoppity, Easter’s on its way.
The team at OAA has been raising money for many good causes this year, this month we chose the OK Kids Korral in Oklahoma City which provides free housing for the families of children fighting cancer…
Staying on Track
My businesses are in the process of growing our revenues 10X. We’ve done it twice before, and we are currently working to do it again. Of course, growth like this takes time and anything that…