Stop Trying to Grow Your Way Out of a Bad Business with Ben Hansen

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KEH Camera's CEO on Why He "Reports" to His Own Board

Glenn Kaufman runs KEH Camera, North America's largest pre-owned camera and video equipment reseller, founded D Cubed Group, and previously chaired the Finance Committee on the board of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. In this conversation he explains why he treats himself as reporting ...  Show more

He Led 4,500 Engineers Through the Dell-EMC Merger. Now He Runs the Company Behind the Jet Card

Alan Walsh is President of Sentient Jet, the company that invented the private jet card. Before that, he spent 20+ years at Dell and EMC, including leading the 4,500-person Global Support Center team through the EMC-Dell merger across 12 locations and six continents. In this epis ...  Show more

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