Podcasts

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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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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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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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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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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Fighting the Cycle of Quitting
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-EvensSuzzanne01.mp3How do entrepreneurs get past the desire to quit? Ray Zinn, a man who avoids using the word “quit”...
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Crossroads
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-Crossroads01.mp3We’ve all experienced crossroads in life, but is there a way to know when you’re making a good decision?...
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Branding and Startups
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-KelliHammond-Branding01.mp3Startup branding expert Keli Hammond chats with Silicon Valley’s longest serving CEO, Ray Zinn, about the importance of branding...
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ZinnStarter Student Questions
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/TTF-STUDENTS-SPECIAL-5-13-19.mp3A Q&A between Ray Zinn, the longest serving CEO in Silicon Valley, and some new ZinnStarter Fellows – students...
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Innovation Changes
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-InnovationChanges01.mp3Decades of innovation in Silicon Valley show no signs of slowing. In this Tough Things First podcast, Ray Zinn...
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Zinn’s Law
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-ZinnsLaw01.mp3It’s hard to put life into simpler terms, but Zinn’s Law establishes a paradigm that’s hard to oppose. In...
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Setbacks
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-Setbacks01.mp3Since the day we learned to walk it seems we’ve faced setbacks and challenges. If dealt with properly, these moments...
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Advice
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http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-ValuedAdvice01.mp3Most people can relate to the idea that advice is everywhere, it’s what you do with that information that...
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Asia and competition – from Japan to China
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Has much changed with Asia and international competition? Is China in the 21st century what Japan was in the...
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Creative Teams

Knowledge versus Wisdom

Venture Capitalist Control

Pivoting – Shariq Shah and the Music Industry

Fighter Pilots and Entrepreneurs – How Organizations Learn

Training to be an Entrepreneur

Fighting the Cycle of Quitting

Crossroads

Branding and Startups

ZinnStarter Student Questions

Innovation Changes

Zinn’s Law

Setbacks

Advice

Asia and competition – from Japan to China