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  • Sameer Saran of ParkStash on the Tough Things First podcast

    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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  • Achieving Success at Any Age

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    “Success” is defined as “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose.” Ipso facto, as long as you have a...

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  • Anu Parthasarathy

    GUEST BLOG: Hiring Disrupters in the Age of Disruption – You’ve Got to Think Different!

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    In today’s age of disruption, every business wants to transform, to stay relevant and thrive. But how do you...

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  • Kelly Perdew and Ray Zinn

    Kelly Perdew, Ray Zinn – discipline, leadership and being an apprentice

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Kelly-TTF-GuestPodcast.mp3West Point graduate, Airborne Ranger, and Donald Trump apprentice Kelly Perdew chats with Ray Zinn about leadership, entrepreneurship and...

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  • Business and America First

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-85-Ray-Rob-TrumpSpeech.mp3The United Nation’s General Assembly heard a fiery speech from Donald Trump, and the President’s critics were quick to...

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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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  • AI, automation, employment

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    Many captains of technology are openly predicting the demise of humankind from advancements in automation and artificial intelligence (AI)....

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  • Life Can Be the Pits

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    “This isn’t fun!” Life – including the mundane moments, unmet expectations, and plain old enduring – seems like a...

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  • Five Ways to Make Your Company More Employee-Centric

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    I know many companies feel that if you don’t take care of your customer, somebody else will. At Micrel,...

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  • Episode 22: Key to hiring the best employees

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-22-Key-to-hiring-the-best-employees.mp3Hiring really good employees predisposes your company toward success. But how do you do this? Ray Zinn knows how,...

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  • Episode 19 – Being Driven but not Being a Slave Driver

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-19-Being-Driven-but-not-Being-a-Slave-Driver.mp3Entrepreneurs are driven. How can they remain driven without driving their employees crazy? Ray Zinn, the longest serving CEO...

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  • Episode 6: Challenges, faith and focus

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    http://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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  • What every employee should know when he’s looking for a new job

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    Oddly, very few people are prepared for job interviews. In 37 year of running Micrel, and in the process...

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  • Xerox Almost Killed Us

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    Adapted from Tough Things First, by Ray Zinn Xerox was responsible for a Micrel policy because they shook our...

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  • Frugality, VCs and Enduring Companies

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    An excerpt from Tough Things First, by Ray Zinn It was a 1954 Ford coupe. Like many men on...

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