what did he have over you, you seem like a very principled individual, tell us about your closet skeleton chuck
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > Definitely had the golden handcuffs on me. > > -----Original Message----- From: Robert Andrews > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 2:20 PM > > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] what is the difference between mccown tech and > beehive? > > He must have "Made you an offer you couldn't refuse" to get back > involved with him. And sounds like that was just the sort of fellow > he was. I really like being in a position that I don't have to deal > with anyone like that anymore. > > > > On 04/18/2016 10:33 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: > >> I have about 220K words written on everything up to about 10 years ago. >> This last 10 years has not been much fun. Having a hard time forcing >> myself to write about this. >> Perhaps when the dust has settled I will get back to it. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Adam Moffett >> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 11:31 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] what is the difference between mccown tech and >> beehive? >> >> Or a made for TV Docudrama >> >> On 4/18/2016 1:30 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote: >> >>> You need to write a book on this >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> There has always been McCown Tech since the early 19902.. It was the >>>> owner >>>> of intellectual property (Patents, designs, trademarks etc) as well >>>> as the >>>> owner of all critical production machinery. My wife and I own this >>>> 100% >>>> >>>> Beehive Telephone Company was started in 1963 by Art Brothers. He >>>> died a >>>> couple of weeks ago. >>>> I worked for Beehive Telephone off and on for about 30 years. Quit 4 >>>> times >>>> fired twice. >>>> >>>> I actually came from Oregon Telephone. Art hired me to get him out of >>>> trouble with the REA (now called RUS) in 1986 as he had used >>>> materials that >>>> were not allowed under the loan program and they were denying him >>>> loan draw >>>> downs. I was a central office installer and a REA contract inspector in >>>> Oregon so I knew the proper way to do things. Art did nothing properly. >>>> So I helped Art learn how to properly build a telephone company and >>>> get out >>>> of trouble with the feds. (It was a mess, crappy PBX systems in semi >>>> trailers in the desert as central offices). >>>> >>>> I had a hard time working for him and his wife de jour for any >>>> length of >>>> time and went to Quincy Illinois, started MTC and manufactured >>>> airborne PBX >>>> systems for head of state, corporate and military aircraft. Art kept >>>> trying >>>> to get me to come back to Beehive. I did as a consultant and >>>> contractor >>>> and eventually stayed in 1999. >>>> >>>> In 2003 I used the insurance settlement from a personal tragedy and >>>> started >>>> the WISP Wireless Beehive with Art Brothers. 50/50 >>>> >>>> I started WB Manufacturing a couple of years later having developed some >>>> antennas used by Wireless Beehive. >>>> >>>> In 2013, we sold to Digis. Art told his wife (7th wife, about 40 >>>> years his >>>> junior, second Russian wife (6th if you don’t count common law)) >>>> that we >>>> got $90M and I would not give him any. He was a character. >>>> Prevaricator >>>> and confabulator without peer. She started to get paranoid I think (a >>>> common trait amongst Russians). >>>> >>>> During Wispapalloza the fall of 2013, while I was in Vegas, Art, his >>>> wife >>>> and her attorney rolled in and cleaned out a bunch of bank accounts. He >>>> told all the employees he was dying of a brain tumor and was going to >>>> travel the world. They engineered a takeover firing of myself, CFO, >>>> COO and >>>> several others. Most of the employees I hired and gave equity to all >>>> sided >>>> with the coup. (A regular paycheck is more powerful that integrity and >>>> loyalty I guess. ) Brain tumor never reappeared... >>>> >>>> And then they started suing almost everyone that got fired. This has >>>> been >>>> going on for a couple of years. >>>> >>>> So, no I was not about to continue to operate WB Manufacturing to the >>>> benefit of a guy the was suing me. WBM is also subject to the >>>> lawsuit as >>>> is my wife, the wife of the CFO, and a handful of other going concerns >>>> they shut down the the frenzy of attempting to rain fire from the sky. >>>> (Then even bought the mortgage of my factory building from Zions >>>> bank, told >>>> me they were now my banker, declared me a risk and said I was in >>>> default due >>>> to extraordinary risk and were going to foreclose. I was never late >>>> on a >>>> payment, they even returned payments they had accepted and refused to >>>> take >>>> any more payments... I have a TRO against them and a pending suit >>>> against >>>> them on that too) >>>> >>>> MTC was in operation and was a going concern and owned all the IP and >>>> rights >>>> to everything. So MTC just started selling what it already owned. WB >>>> Manufacturing is in mothballs and has been for a long time pending >>>> litigation and liquidation. >>>> >>>> Art has done this before. 21 years ago this month, he did almost >>>> the exact >>>> same thing to his kids. Threw them out, sued them, and really never >>>> talked >>>> to them since. >>>> >>>> He was a ward of the state growing up. Lived in 13 different foster >>>> families. Learned to burn every bridge, take every advantage and >>>> make no >>>> permanent friends. He has burned everyone that has spent more than a >>>> handful of years with him and every business partner he ever had that >>>> had >>>> skin in the game. I knew what he was like when I came back to >>>> Beehive in >>>> 1999. That is the reason MTC solely owns the IP, critical production >>>> equipment and all rights. It is also the reason I owned (I thought) >>>> my own >>>> building... >>>> >>>> The 30 somethings (sycophants?) that he assigned to take the jobs >>>> that were >>>> vacated are currently living high on being captains of business and >>>> industry and trying to continue to show the old guys how difficult >>>> they can >>>> make things for us. Tough guys, real hard ball players... >>>> Hubris Writ Large. >>>> >>>> As long as they keep the Russian happy, they will probably have >>>> jobs... >>>> >>>> So, did that answer the question? >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Rory Conaway >>>> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:01 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [AFMUG] what is the difference between mccown tech and beehive? >>>> >>>> >>>> Are they 2 separate companies now? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Rory Conaway • Triad Wireless • CEO >>>> >>>> 4226 S. 37th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040 >>>> >>>> 602-426-0542 >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> www.triadwireless.net >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> “I wish I could play little league now. I’d be way better than before.” >>>> >>>> >>>> >> > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
