Timing and Trends: Winning at the Long Game of Entrepreneurship

In this episode of Voice of Growth, Manny sits down with Bob Griffin — entrepreneur, investor, technologist, and Executive Director of the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Arizona. Bob reflects on a career that includes founding and selling multiple companies, navigating the corporate worlds of IBM and Digital, and writing prescient analysis on the AI arms race years before it reached mainstream attention.  The conversation explores why survival is the first rule of entrepreneurship, how founders misunderstand timing, and why trends matter more than tactics. Bob and Manny also examine the psychological burden entrepreneurs carry in an increasingly politicized, technologically volatile world — and how Stoic principles help leaders focus on what they can control while staying grounded and ethical.  This episode is a masterclass in long-term thinking, pattern recognition, and resilient leadership.