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Tech, disruption and policy
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To disrupt is to make significant change. This is where technology reigns and why facilitating disruption should be public...
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When to Take on Debt
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-66-Ray-Guy-when-to-take-on-debt.mp3Ray Zinn, the longest serving CEO in Silicon Valley, is famous for having leveraged himself, and not venture capital,...
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The Worst Things a CEO Can Do
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-82-Ray-Rob-CEO-Worst-Thing.mp3Employee engagement is traditionally very low, but a careless or complacent CEO can make things even worse. In this...
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Picking Mentors
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-65-Ray-Guy-picking-mentors.mp3Realistically, how many startup CEOs need mentors? All of them. Ray Zinn, Silicon Valley’s longest serving CEO talks about...
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Bad Managers
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-81-Ray-Rob-Bad-Manager.mp3Leading a company of any size is a challenge, and even more so if a CEO can’t count on...
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When Customers Leave
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-69-Ray-Guy-when-customers-leave.mp3There seem to be two different types of customer defection problems. Big, sudden, critical client losses and slow trickles....
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CIO … Optional
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-78-CIO.mp3Is a Chief Information Officer necessary? Ray Zinn discusses what a CIO does, and why your company may not...
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Good Listeners
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-79-GoodListeners.mp3Great entrepreneurs are good listeners, while some entrepreneurs just think they are good listeners. In this Tough Things First...
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Five Plus Steps to Success
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Leave it to engineers to reduce the formula for success to a mathematical equation. Ps = 1 - Pf...
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Selling
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-80-Selling.mp3Selling a new product in a crowded field. In this addition of Tough Things First, Ray Zinn gives advice...
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Avoiding Risk
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-77-AvoidRisk.mp3Resisting the temptation to avoid responsibility. In this Tough Things First podcast, Ray Zinn is quizzed about our changing...
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Five Plus Steps to Success
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Leave it to engineers to reduce the formula for success to a mathematical equation. Ps = 1 – Pf...
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Picking Mentors
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Guy-picking-mentors-Episode-65.mp3Every startup needs a mentor, or even a few. But who should you choose. The one your VC insists...
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Startup Hurdles
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-Paul-Startup-Hurdles-episode-76.mp3Tough Things First guest host Rob Artigo, talks with Ray Zinn and Ray’s former employee, Paul Moore, to explore...
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Trust
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-64-Ray-Guy-Trust.mp3What is trust and why does management lose it? Ray Zinn, the longest serving CEO in Silicon Valley, discusses...
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