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[Unedited Transcript] Paul Ford: [00:00:00] All right, rich, you’re hitting the table. You’re so excited to tell me something. What do you wanna tell me? Tell me. Tell me. Tell me. Rich Ziade: All right, so here’s the deal, okay? Okay, let’s go back to 2015. Paul Ford: Boy. Okay. Rich Ziade: Pandemic’s a thousand…
[Unedited Transcript] Paul Ford: [00:00:00] Well, I don’t need any advice. Rich Rich Ziade: Billy Joel in an interview once said, me leaving Madison Square Garden, which he’s played at 5,000 Paul Ford: Sure. Rich Ziade: Me leaving Madison Square Garden and getting in that limo is the loneliest feeling in the world. Paul Ford:…
Rich Ziade: [00:00:00] Do you wanna know one of my best qualities? Paul Ford: Jesus. Yeah, okay, tell me your best quality. Rich Ziade: When something really consequential is at stake, I don’t wanna work with anyone else. I become uncollaborative. Paul Ford: Boy, is that true. That’s fantastic. It’s really great [chuckles], I’m on…
[Unedited Transcript] Paul Ford: [00:00:00] Oh, hey Rich. How you doing? Rich Ziade: I love killing things. Paul Ford: Cool. Rich Ziade: I’m doing well. How are you Paul Ford: I’m doing good. Well, today we’re gonna talk about a subject that is near and dear to absolutely no one’s heart. Rich Ziade: No one’s…
[Unedited Transcript] [00:00:00] Paul Ford: So we are a busy executives these days. Are we not? Rich Ziade: Oh Paul Ford: Oh my goodness. So, uh, we’ve got, um, two mailbag questions, but we’re gonna do them in two consecutive episodes. Let’s do mailbag question number one, which is about, uh, somebody came, wrote in…
Rich Ziade: [00:00:00] You know Paul? Paul Ford: What’s up Rich? Rich Ziade: I just feel like I’m getting smarter everyday. Paul Ford: [chuckles] Alright, so here we are, we are middle-aged men. Rich Ziade: I think middle-aged, I think I crossed the chasm. Paul Ford: [chuckles]. Rich Ziade: I get ARP magazine gets sent…
[Unedited Transcript] Rich Ziade: [00:00:00] Do you hear that, Paul? Paul Ford: I hear it fine. Rich Ziade: It’s a rumbling sound. The internet is buzzing again. Paul Ford: Oh, I thought you were just talking about your voice cuz I’m, I’m doing the engineering on the podcast. The internet is rumbling. You say Rich…
[00:00:00] Paul Ford: Hey, Rich, how you doing? Rich Ziade: I’m doing well. How are you, Paul? Paul Ford: I’m doing okay. You know, I, it’s there, my, um, my spouse is kind of like a thrift shop oriented person, so am I gotta be honest. I like, I like a, I like to get…
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…