TEC is in just about every industry. Being the largest in the world at what we do, we have a very broad based membership. We're kind of a representative sampling of small to mid-sized business in this country as well as other countries.

It isn't like an industry group where everyone knows the same industry. The idea is to have diversity of perspective. So what you have in common is your role as the CEO.... And because they come from different industries and different kinds of companies, you tend to get a much wider perspective than you would otherwise.

How many of those do we get and delete? Was that not the luckiest thing in the world?

The efficiency, credibility, and liquidity of the financial markets have been foundational to the largest economy in the world.

Livestock feed is still has the largest impact on the corn industry. But, corn does have other applications.

I still like Maverick Tube, which is the largest provider of tubular product to that industry,