Posts tagged with ‘entrepreneurship’

  • Self Calibration

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-SelfCalibration01.mp3The purpose of self calibration, like self awareness, is to improve your chances at success through recognizing, analyzing, and...

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  • Chasing the Dream! A good way to lose everything.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-ChasingTheDream01.mp3You have heard about “chasing the dream,” but is it a fool’s errand in the end? In this Tough...

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  • Words Matter

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-Communication-01.mp3A person “with a way with words” can send another person wayward. Words matter, and in this Tough Things...

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  • Be more than just about profit, and profit follows.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-MoreThanProfit01.mp3Fictional Wall Street tycoon Gordon Gekko famously uttered the words, “greed is good.” But, for real life CEOs with...

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  • Belt Tightening in Recession

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-BeltTightening01.mp3You can’t control the world, but you can lead your company through a downturn. How? In this Tough Things...

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  • The Pitch: Audience

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-PitchAudience01.mp3No matter how dialed-in, intriguing, and dynamic, your startup pitch is, if you try to sell hamburgers to an...

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  • Working hard or Work-a-holic? There’s a costly difference.

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-WorkaHolic01.mp3Is it easy to fall into the work-a-holic trap. Did you know that working 80 hours a week does...

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  • The Clock is Ticking: Does your pitch have a clear mission and strategy?

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Rar-Rob-MissionStrategy01.mp3Mission and strategy are not afterthoughts. Just seconds for your first impression. Minutes to sell the idea. Don’t blow...

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  • The Right Company Hires the Right Person

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-HiringAdvice01.mp3In thirty-seven years as CEO of Micrel Semiconductor, Ray Zinn has done his share of hiring at all levels....

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  • Who Moved the Cheese?

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-RobertBarker-Cheese01b.mp3The ability to pivot is not only an option in business, but also a necessity. In this Tough Things...

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  • Exporting Silicon Valley Culture

    Exporting Silicon Valley Culture

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Guy-CopySiliconValley01.mp3There are good aspects to Silicon Valley culture. Ray Zinn, the longest serving CEO in Silicon Valley knows what...

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  • How entrepreneurs keep going, and going, and going

    Being Best When You Aren’t Feeling It

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-BestWhenNotFeelingBest01.mp3It can sometimes be painfully obvious we’re not physically or mentally up to a task, but what happens when...

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  • How to set goals for your business and your life

    Setting Business Goals

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    http://toughthingsfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/Ray-Rob-SettingAchievingGoals01.mp3If Tough Things First stands for one thing, it’s setting and achieving goals even when they are difficult. In...

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  • Entrepreneurial Pivoting During Disasters

    Entrepreneur, Prepare to Pivot

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    SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) came around 2002. It was right at the end of the dot-com implosion. For...

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  • Passion for Entrepreneurship

    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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