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Voted a "top ten Silicon Valley podcast" by both Startup Basecamp and The Six Fifty, and a "top 25 Silicon Valley podcast" by Urban Marketplace.
Ray Zinn, Silicon Valley's longest serving CEO, discusses entrepreneurship, leadership, executive management, humanistic business and more.
Zinn, a Silicon Valley legend, started Micrel Semiconductor without venture capital, and ran it for 37 years, 36 of those profitably. Zinn's insights in disciplined management, the value in all people, corporate culture and true leadership are guiding lights for anyone working for a better future.
Ray Zinn, Silicon Valley's longest serving CEO, discusses entrepreneurship, leadership, executive management, humanistic business and more.
Zinn, a Silicon Valley legend, started Micrel Semiconductor without venture capital, and ran it for 37 years, 36 of those profitably. Zinn's insights in disciplined management, the value in all people, corporate culture and true leadership are guiding lights for anyone working for a better future.
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There are no time-outs on the path to excellence. In this Tough Things First podcast, Ray Zinn, Silicon Valley’s longest serving CEO, discusses longevity and why engaging your body and your brain in some form of work daily will help live longer and have a more satisfying and successful life. Rob Artigo: Ray, I want to talk about something that […]
Plan all you want, but if you do not intend to finish you probably lack the discipline to get it done in the first place. In this Tough Things First podcast, Ray Zinn explores the elements that turn ideas or desires into realities. Rob Artigo: Ray, I hear people talking about discipline, and sometimes they just say they picture a […]
The pivot is something entrepreneurs are familiar with as a move that comes when something else fails or is bound to fail. So why should leaders plan a pivot when everything is going great? In this Tough Things First podcast, Ray Zinn explains the plan to pivot should come early. Rob Artigo: Ray, most people treat a pivot like a […]
Most people, leaders and founders, treat a plan as something you tighten once the pressure is already on. In this Tough Things First podcast, Ray Zinn argues the real advantage is decided earlier, in the quiet stretch when nothing is forcing the choice and the calendar still has room to move. Rob Artigo: Ray, planning late is very common. You probably […]
In this Tough Things First Podcast: Is it possible to live as if you’ll die tomorrow, yet plan as if you’ll never die? Ray Zinn has spent a lifetime proving that holding both ideas at once is how you turn today into a company, a culture, and a legacy that outruns you. Rob Artigo: Ray, today’s line sounds like a […]
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