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ThresholdImpact founder to receive inaugural Innovation Award

Dr. Ray Muzyka, founder of ThresholdImpact, and his co-founder at BioWare, Dr. Greg Zeschuk, will receive the inaugural Alumni Innovation Award from the University of Alberta September 24th, 2015. The newly created Alumni Innovation Award recognizes University of Alberta alumni that have significantly impacted their profession, community, the U of A, or society at large […]

Persistence, Decisions, Disruption and Exits

This post continues the Conversation on Entrepreneurship series from the last few blog posts.  In this blog, I’ll talk about life as an entrepreneur, why focusing entirely on an exit isn’t the best way to grow a company or create enduring value, some things to keep in mind when making decisions, and how to successfully […]

Teamwork and Culture

This post continues the conversation on entrepreneurship series of the last two blog posts. In this blog I’ll talk about the importance of hiring and retaining a great team to succeed in entrepreneurial endeavors, about structures, systems and people and how they help form your culture, and the importance of clear communication for entrepreneurs. The […]

MIGS 2013 Keynote: Best Practices in Leadership and Communication

Threshold Impact founder Ray Muzyka delivered the opening keynote speech at the 10th MIGS today, speaking on best practices in leadership and communication: http://mtldgtl.com/conference/dr-ray-muzyka-decades-of-best-practices-in-leadership-and-communication/ Some press coverage from the talk is available here: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-11-11-bioware-co-founder-its-easier-to-be-a-half-assed-or-outright-bad-leader

Dr. Ray Muzyka to deliver opening keynote at MIGS 2013

ThresholdImpact Founder and CEO Dr. Ray Muzyka will be the opening keynote speaker at MIGS 2013, November 11-12 in Montreal, speaking on Best Practices in Leadership and Communication. Dr. Muzyka will present observations around sustainable entrepreneurship, leadership and communication best practices, using lessons from his past work at BioWare and Electronic Arts, and more recently, […]

Core Values and Vision

How did BioWare achieve the steady growth over two decades that I described in the last post in this blog series, a Conversation on Entrepreneurship? Throughout, we focused on our core values. I think this is one of the most enduring attributes of great companies. Entrepreneurs need to have brutal clarity on what they consider […]

A Conversation on Entrepreneurship

A number of venture capital groups and entrepreneurs I’ve met with have said they wish I would share some of my experiences to help other entrepreneurs, and this forum is one of the ways I’m trying to help new business leaders succeed in their ventures. I thought I’d start blogging here on Threshold Impact by […]