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Changing Silicon Valley
No CommentsRead moreSilicon Valley is working well, but is increasingly broken. We have venture capitalists to thank and blame for both....
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Episode 9: Focus, filters and blinders
No CommentsRead morehttp://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Tough-Things-First-Podcast-Episode-9-Focus-filters-and-blinders.mp3Ray goes into great detail about entrepreneurial focus, how to construct filters to prevent being overwhelmed, the necessity of...
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Episode 8: How do we get the U.S. economy growing again
No CommentsRead morehttp://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Tough-Things-First-Podcast-Episode-8-How-do-we-get-the-U.S.-economy-growing-again.mp3The American economy is moribund. This has a direct effect on businesses and an indirect effect on employees. Until...
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Episode 6: Challenges, faith and focus
No CommentsRead morehttp://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Tough-Things-First-Podcast-Episode-6-Entrepreneur-challenges-faith-and-focus.mp3Entrepreneurs must stay focused, keeping their eyes on the horizon. Doing so makes seemingly insurmountable obstacles look like fun challenges....
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Episode5: Organizational discipline – training, repetition and policy
No CommentsRead morehttp://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Tough-Things-First-Podcast-Episode-5-Organizational-discipline-training-repetition-and-policy.mp3It doesn’t matter how disciplined a CEO is if that same discipline doesn’t find its ways through the organization....
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Episode 3: The Venture Capital trap
No CommentsRead morehttp://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Tough-Things-First-Podcast-Episode-3-The-Venture-Capital-trap.mp3Why wouldn’t a Silicon Valley entrepreneur take venture capital? Because doing so could kill their business. Listen to Ray Zinn, who...
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Episode 2: Discipline for entrepreneurs
No CommentsRead morehttp://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Tough-Things-First-Podcast-Episode-2-Discipline-for-entrepreneurs.mp3Ray Zinn discusses how discipline for entrepreneurs is an essential element to their own growth, but also to the cultural...
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