{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"Co-founder & CEO ZoomInfo, Henry Schuck: This Job Is Not Supposed to Be Fun","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3963,"description":"Guest: Henry Schuck, CEO of ZoomInfo\r\n\r\nIn this episode, we cover: Being emotionally vulnerable as a leader, and the limits of Henry’s openness (02:46); What his single immigrant mother taught him about hard work (08:54); The competitor to which Henry tried to sell DiscoverOrg — before beating and buying them instead (16:10); The relief of taking ZoomInfo public after years of making promises to employees (19:42); Getting passed over by venture capitalists, and why Henry sold half of the business to a private equity firm (27:40); Learning how to work with a board of directors, and Henry’s overwhelming desire to not lose (32:11); The “existential threat” to the business that gave Henry a panic attack (41:27); Going public during the darkest days of COVID (48:34); Why Henry writes a memo to his executive team every year, pretending to be a new CEO (55:29); Being happy, present, and maintaining discipline between work and personal life (58:31)","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jCea5f44KBONhOsyLyht9nXUrj2YBNfA6fc-kgyfWTM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzk3NzAvMTY2Nzg2/MjQyOC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}