# Chris Frank

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207 Are You Scaling to Win or Just to Hide?

In 2011, a photo-sharing app raised 1 million before it launched, turned down a 00 million buyout from Google, and was dead within sixteen months. The money didn't save it. The money hid what was broken. Chris Franks and Stephanie Hays pull apart one of the most misunderstood decisions a founder ev…

208 Fire Customers Before They Rot Your Team

What if your hardest client is the reason your best employees quit? Chris Franks, Anthony Franco, and Stephanie Hays dig into the decision founders delay until the damage is already in Slack, Zoom, and the exit interviews. They unpack preemptive breakups with abusive accounts, clients chasing magi…

209 Your Exhaustion Is Contagious (And Expensive)

Founders treat personal health like a side quest they will unlock after the next milestone. Meanwhile their short fuse, foggy judgment, and heroic overwork quietly become the company real operating system. Chris Franks and Stephanie Hays put a hard cost on that myth. They break down how depleted fo…

210 Hard Work Hides Broken Systems

The longest weeks a founder works are evidence the plan is failing, not proof they are leading. Hard work feels like leadership. Often it is just a broken system wearing a heroic costume. Chris Franks and Stephanie Hays dig into working harder versus recovering smarter: why more hours hide the brea…

212 Your Org Chart Is Charging Interest

Every new box on the org chart is a loan against the speed of your company. Most founders take that loan without reading the rate. The interest shows up later as lag, translation loss, and meetings that exist only to keep the boxes talking. Chris Franks and Anthony Franco dig into lean org structur…

213 Dashboards Hide the Call You Won't Own

Dashboards do not make the call. They hide it. Founders drown in market reports and still have to decide whether to start, keep going, or kill the company. Chris Franks, Stephanie Hays, and Anthony Franco dig into founder intuition versus data: why gut is usually homework you already did, why actin…

215 Your To-Do List Is Full Of Decisions You're Dodging

A hundred and one of those three hundred open issues weren't work. They were waiting on one person to decide. Chris Franks and Anthony Franco pull apart the founder to-do list and find something uncomfortable underneath it. Most of what never gets crossed off isn't work at all — it's decisions nobo…

Chris Franks: Closing the Gap Between Medical Research and Patients

What happens to breakthrough medical ideas when the science works, but no one knows how to get them out of the lab and into the hands of patients?  In this episode of Entrepreneur Rx, host John Shufeldt sits down with Chris Franks, five-time founder and CEO of Promptus, to explore one of healthcare…

216 Your Team Didn't Decide, They Just Waited For You

A founder went dark for a month — no Slack, no email. The first thing he wrote down when he came back was that the company takes too long to make decisions. Chris Franks and Anthony Franco take apart the advice to strategically disappear and find the flaw in it. Going offline changes when decisions…

School Talks A Look Inside The Michigan School Machine: School Funding

Dr. Robert Livernois' special School Talks series continues. This week, Livernois takes a special look at School Funding. Livernois is joined by Dr. Jason Burns (Michigan State University), Drew McMechan (Assistant Supt. Wayne RESA) and Chris Frank (Assistant Supt. Macomb ISD) Hosted by Simplecast,…