The podcast about what to do next.
[00:00:00] Rich Ziade: Everyone, my name is Rich Ziade I’m one half of the Ziade and Ford Podcast, and I’d like to introduce you to my six-year-old co-host Paul Ford. He’s in the first grade. Hi Paul. Paul Ford: Hi! This is me, Paul Ford. I’m six, uh, the the other co-host.Uh, why did you…
Paul Ford: [00:00:00] Hey, I’m Paul Ford. Rich Ziade: And I’m Rich Ziade. Paul Ford: This is Ziade Ford Advisors and, uh, we’ll get to the advice in a minute, but Rich, let’s get personal today. Rich Ziade: Ookay. Paul Ford: Around Christmas, I came to you and I said “something weird is happening”. Rich…
Paul Ford: [00:00:00] Hey Rich. Rich Ziade: Hey Paul. Paul Ford: So last episode we talked about how I am now the CEO of Aboard and that I have a lot of new responsibilities. I need to, you know, you gave me some coaching, I’m holding people accountable. That was really helpful, thank you. Rich…
Paul Ford: [00:00:00] Okay Rich, Ziade Ford Advisors is the name of the podcast. Rich Ziade: Welcome everyone, the audience is growing. Paul Ford: It is. Rich Ziade: Holy moly. Paul Ford: Holy moly. I, uh, I need advice Rich Ziade: Oh… Paul Ford: Once again. Paul Ford: So, you and I used to run…
Paul Ford: [00:00:00] Uh Rich, you know we often prepare these, we do like 40 minutes of prep. We rehearse, we write things down. Rich Ziade: Oh, good production doesn’t come free. Paul Ford: Yes, and today you said, I don’t wanna do any of that. You sit down and we’re gonna do the greatest…
Ziade and Ford ADVISORS right? Well you know the oldest kind of advice? Proverbs. Paul picks out some interesting ones to see what happens. Thoughts ensue. Paul Ford: [00:00:00] Ziade and Ford Advisors, that is the name of this podcast. It is about sharing good advice. My name is Paul Ford. Rich Ziade: And I’m Rich Ziade. Paul…
Paul Ford: [00:00:00] Man Rich, remember the how the tech industry was always go, go, go– grow, grow, grow. Rich Ziade: Mmmmm. Paul Ford: And now let me, let me give you some names: Microsoft, Google- Rich Ziade: Okay… Paul Ford: Facebook, Spotify, huge layoffs all across the industry. Rich Ziade: A lot of tech layoffs these days. Paul Ford: Yeah. Rich…
Paul Ford: [00:00:00] Hey, Rich. Rich Ziade: Hey Paul. You alright? Paul Ford: Proteus. Rich Ziade: Pardon? Paul Ford: That’s the name of the robot that replaced me at the factory. Rich Ziade: Oh, it moves the boxes around and keeps track of stuff. Paul Ford: It used to be like, I go in, I get my coffee, they’d be like,…
Paul Ford: [00:00:00] Hey, Rich. How you doing? Rich Ziade: Every so often it just hits like a lightning strike and you, you take a leap beyond just giving advice and instead you just end up changing the world. Paul Ford: Great, that’s a wonderful way to start this podcast. It sets the stakes very low, and there’ll be…