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Pros and Cons of Passion
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-PassionProCon01.mp3You can follow your passion, but it takes a lot more than that to be a successful entrepreneur. In...
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Employee Piece of the Pie
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Guy-EmployeesPie01.mp3Employees want a larger share of the pie as they stick with a company. Ray Zinn, Silicon Valley’s longest...
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ParkStash – Pivoting in a young startup
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Samir-ParkStash01.mp3The essence of adapting a startup. In the episode of the Tough Things First podcast, ZinnStarter Fellow Sameer Saran...
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Making Strategy Happen – Michael Canic
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Canic-01-1.mp3Strategy is often easier than execution. In this episode of the Tough Things First podcast, Ray Zinn chats with...
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Alpha, Beta, Blended Leadership
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Have you ever watched a wild stallion? They effortlessly switch between being rather tender nurturing of their harem and...
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Creative Teams
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-CreativeTeams01.mp3No matter how large or small your creative teams are, you’ll want to maximize their cohesiveness and innovation. But...
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Startup Scaling
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Anyone who has gone rock climbing knows that scaling a wall is hard, takes a long time, and if...
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Knowledge versus Wisdom
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-KnowledgeVsWisdom01.mp3Spending your life in academia doesn’t promise wisdom, any more than working in the trenches guarantees knowledge. In the...
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You Will Be Sued
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“You can’t call yourself an Adult American until you have been sued at least once.” That is my Marketing...
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Venture Capitalist Control
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Guy-VC-Control01.mp3Why do venture capitalists (a.k.a. vulture capitalists) always want controlling interest in a startup? Silicon Valley’s longest serving CEO...
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Pivoting – Shariq Shah and the Music Industry
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Shariq-01.mp3Nearly every startup pivots. In this Tough Things First podcast episode, Ray Zinn chats with Shariq Shah, one of...
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Employees, Good/Bad Times
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Like all other humans, employees have different needs at different moments. Leadership during good times and bad are uniquely...
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Fighter Pilots and Entrepreneurs – How Organizations Learn
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Ofir-AdmittingMistakes01.mp3Learning from mistakes is a team process used by fighter pilot squadrons. In this Tough Things First podcast, Ray...
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People Do Good
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“Corporate good” is not a new thing, though it has been the subject of a lot of recent chatter....
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Training to be an Entrepreneur
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Guy-EntrepTraining01mp3.mp3Can you train yourself to be an entrepreneur? Silicon Valley’s longest serving CEO says ‘yes’ and explains how. Guy...
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