Entrepreneurs

Changing Silicon Valley
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Silicon Valley is working well, but is increasingly broken. We have venture capitalists to thank and blame for both....
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Money for Nothing
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“If you’re in it just for the money, find another line of work.” Some founders I coach hate hearing...
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Tough Things First Podcast Launches
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The Tough Things First Podcast launched today. As if I were not busy enough. Several people have told me...
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Entrepreneur Stress
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“If it wasn’t for the stress, I’d never get anything done!” Every entrepreneur gets a bucket of stress, but...
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The key to hiring the best employees
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Micrel had the lowest employee turnover rate in the American semiconductor industry, and the highest rate of boomerang (returning)...
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The Employee Happiness Quotient
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Unhappy employees don’t contribute much and rarely stay for long. Micrel, the semiconductor company I founded and led for...
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The key to hiring the best employees
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Micrel had the lowest employee turnover rate in the American semiconductor industry, and the highest rate of boomerang (returning)...
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Entrepreneur New Year’s Resolutions
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With a new year breaking, people across the world are penning lists of resolutions, many of which won’t last...
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Entrepreneurs Are High Hurdlers
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Adapted from Tough Things First, by Ray Zinn Running the high hurdles isn’t easy when you are vertically challenged....
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The Secret to Employee Happiness
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What CEO doesn’t wish for an office filled with happy, creative and hyper-productive employees? The fact is, CEOs who...
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Four steps to stop entrepreneurial procrastination
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I saw Warren Muller, my co-founder at Micrel, pulling an oil tray from under his automobile and pouring the...
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A Company Divided Against Itself …
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To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, a company divided against itself cannot stand. The foreshadowed collapse comes from office politics, a...
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Scaling and Asparagus
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Startups are too often like asparagus. Asparagus is an odd food. It grows very quickly (which makes it a...
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Celebrating Silicon Valley Endurance
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Silicon Valley is learning the difference between price and value, which is also the difference between bottle rocket and...
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Executive Ethics and the Rudderless Ship
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Entrepreneurs often provide the ethics of their entire organization. Those that don’t oversee chaos. Ethics are systems of moral...
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Changing Silicon Valley

Money for Nothing

Tough Things First Podcast Launches

Entrepreneur Stress

The key to hiring the best employees

The Employee Happiness Quotient

The key to hiring the best employees

Entrepreneur New Year’s Resolutions

Entrepreneurs Are High Hurdlers

The Secret to Employee Happiness

Four steps to stop entrepreneurial procrastination

A Company Divided Against Itself …

Scaling and Asparagus

Celebrating Silicon Valley Endurance

Executive Ethics and the Rudderless Ship