Episodes

  • CEO's job and dropping balls....

    CEO's job and dropping balls....
    Feb 7 2023
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    "So this one is originating in a conversation I had in 97 on the first startup I cofounded. The founder and CEO was Dr. John Collar. Delayed Dr. John Collar. He died in 2005, I think, from cancel. And before he started the company he was also the deputy director of the CIA and the CEO of Use Communication. So used to run hundreds of people, billions and billions of dollars."
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    5 mins
  • Never stand in the path between your enemy and the cliff. They may decide to jump...

    Never stand in the path between your enemy and the cliff. They may decide to jump...
    Feb 8 2023
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    "And it has a few interesting dimensions to it. The first one is your enemy jumping off the cliff. A lot of business planning started development and when you study game theory, you have an assumption that your competitor or adversary will take the best path. That said, we have seen multiple times in which companies counter as individuals for different reasons are self destructive in the business sense. Companies is a group of individuals and many companies are not always moving in the best path forward."
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    4 mins
  • Business in the deep Amazon jungle?! Telemedicine, healthcare equity and Cessna caravan

    Business in the deep Amazon jungle?! Telemedicine, healthcare equity and Cessna caravan
    Feb 25 2023
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    "But finally, in the last few years, we are seeing the healthcare industry, partially due to COVID, really catching up and realizing around the globe that there is a possibility of delivering smart, effective health care in remote communities. So that's what we do. It's a private public partnership that we work with different government bodies in the US. It tends to be more school districts."
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    5 mins
  • Trust: the key to building business in the deep Amazon jungle

    Trust: the key to building business in the deep Amazon jungle
    Mar 3 2023
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    "So being able to, even though we are technologists and technology is what enable a lot of the breakthroughs in providing new kind of services, education and healthcare. Being able to step back and understand it's about people and listen to the people and observe and hear what they say and what they don't say, observe on how they feel is absolutely critical. Trying to understand the needs."
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    5 mins
  • "Changearoos": And the difference between plans and panning

    "Changearoos": And the difference between plans and panning
    Mar 8 2023
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    "This one is more of a life philosophy and one of the biggest and my favorite quotes that I keep on using, including with my kids. It has three parts, really the plans, the planning, and the change. The fact that planning is essential for whatever you want to do, I think is something that goes almost without saying, but something I really try to get into. Whatever team I'm working with underneath me, side by side with me."
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    5 mins
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