Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 425:42:14
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Synopsis
Each week, experienced entrepreneurs and innovators come to Stanford University to candidly share lessons theyve learned while developing, launching and scaling disruptive ideas. The Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Series is produced by Stanford eCorner during fall, winter and spring quarters. ETL is supported by the venture capital firm DFJ.
Episodes
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Anna Patterson (Cuil) - A Cuil Tune-up for Search Engines
05/11/2008 Duration: 55minAs a research scientist at Stanford University, Anna Patterson committed herself to indexing the world's online information. Her latest venture, Cuil (pronounced "cool") is a search engine that is challenging Google. She explains how she is using her experience with startups and non-profits to take on her former employer.
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Judy Estrin (JLABS, LLC) - Is Innovation Withering on the Vine?
29/10/2008 Duration: 58minJLabs LLC CEO and author Judy Estrin puts the processes and philosophies of innovation under the microscope. Her current analysis indicates that we're short-changing the business arena and culture at large, as we've stopped planting the seeds for true, monumental invention and problem-solving.
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Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures) - The Black Swans of Energy Invention
22/10/2008 Duration: 58minToss the old notions of environmentalism into the recycling bin. Investor Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures shatters conventional wisdom of energy reduction, and instead encourages entrepreneurs to solve environmental problems via cost-effective, innovative, and scalable engineering.
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William McDonough (William McDonough + Partners) - Balancing Economy, Equity, and Ecology Through Design
15/10/2008 Duration: 01h01minHow do we love all of the children of all species for all time? The unlikely answer comes from architect, materials designer, VC, and eco-efficiency expert William McDonough, who sees the challenge of cycling biological and technical "nutrients" as industry's ultimate goal.
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Erik Straser (Mohr Davidow Ventures) - The Next Wave of Industry: Global Clean Tech
08/10/2008 Duration: 57minMohr Davidow Ventures partner Erik Straser offers insight on the unfolding sector of new energy technologies, and discusses how it will be affected by an economy in credit crisis. He unveils the market's high level of industrial innovation, and offers students of entrepreneurship sound advice on finding the next crest in grand socioeconomic opportunity.
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Steve Blank (Stanford Engineering) - Retooling Early Stage Development
01/10/2008 Duration: 56minNinety-percent of Silicon Valley's start-ups fail not because of faulty product, but because they don't tap the right market and they don't know their customer. Well-seasoned serial entrepreneur Steve Blank drafts a new model for plotting the path between good idea and market success.
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Beth Seidenberg (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) - A VC Perspective on the Life Sciences
28/05/2008 Duration: 57minBeth Seidenberg, partner at venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, speaks at length about KPCB's current areas of interest, and its litmus test for projects worth supporting. Seidenberg also offers a case study of a life sciences firm moving from research lab toward market.
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John Melo (Amyris Biotechnologies) - Under the Microscope: Socially Responsible Biotech
21/05/2008 Duration: 59minAmyris Biotechnologies CEO John Melo explains his company's endeavors in the sustainable sciences; working both to fight disease and to create renewable energies. Melo also reflects upon his personal career path, from immigrant, to start-up, to Big Oil - and back to start-up again.
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Larry Brilliant (Google.org) - The Next Wave of Corporate Philanthropy
14/05/2008 Duration: 57minIn contrast to simply donating dollars for public relations benefit, in-house altruism today means ubiquitous dedication to real causes. Dr. Larry Brilliant, Executive Director for Google.org, points out that effective business-backed giving means global outreach, partnerships with experts at the heart of solving problems, and a dedicated percentage of gross income to keep these projects afloat.
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Sue Decker (Yahoo! Inc.) - The Evolution of Yahoo!
07/05/2008 Duration: 57minJust days after Yahoo! rejected Microsoft's bid, President Sue Decker unveils Yahoo!'s candid perspective on the news-making deal. Decker also points out the early Internet leader's strategic failures of the past, and details Yahoo!'s reinvention strategies in a competitive, advertising-driven online marketplace.
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Anand Chandrasekaran (Aeroprise) - Unreeling the Documentary Film
30/04/2008 Duration: 47minDocumentary filmmakers Anand Chandrasekaran and Michaelene C. Risley discuss not only the inspiration for their film, Tapestries of Hope, but also some of the logistics of its production. Topics include fundraising strategies and how the film team overcame obstacles along the way.
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Peter Diamandis (X PRIZE Foundation) - Rewarding Sky-High Innovation
23/04/2008 Duration: 55minToday's revolutionary breakthroughs are yesterday's crazy ideas. And Peter Diamandis, chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation and entrepreneur behind numerous commercial space travel ventures, speaks at length about finding support for new business frontiers that, literally, are out of this world.
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David Rothkopf (Author) - Concentrated Power in a Global Economy
16/04/2008 Duration: 58minDavid Rothkopf, CEO of Garten Rothkopf and author of Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They are Making, mulls over the research in his latest social macroeconomic tome. He iterates a wealth of trends and statistics on the ever-broadening gap between rich and poor, and how true global influence is the product of a shockingly small handful of global players.
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Jeff Housenbold (Shutterfly) - Entrepreneurship that Clicks
09/04/2008 Duration: 56minJeff Housenbold, entrepreneur and CEO of Shutterfly, captures a candid snapshot of what it means to be an entrepreneur. He focuses on his multi-decade shift from finance to photos, and spotlights how Shutterfly shapes memories, rather than moves product.
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Ken Wilcox (Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group) - Banking on Corporate Culture and Strategy
05/03/2008 Duration: 57minAn outstanding office culture trumps all, says Ken Wilcox, the CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, who heads the most noted financial hub for the technology sector. Wilcox discusses how his financial services institution has scaffolded against recession, and bullet points the uniqueness of commercial banking for the tech start-up.
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Debra Dunn (Skoll Foundation), Jay Coen Gilbert, Bart Houlahan, and Andrew Kassoy (B Corporation) - Representing the Socially Responsible Enterprise
27/02/2008 Duration: 51minThe co-founders of B Lab, Jay Coen Gilbert, Bart Houlahan, and Andrew Kassoy, unveil their infrastructure play that seeks to give voice to the burgeoning panoply of green business. They explain how a higher set of corporate standards accountable to the environment, employees, and the community, can craft a healthier corporate ecosystem for all.
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Mir Imran (InCube Labs) - Healthy Entrepreneurship in Medical Devices
20/02/2008 Duration: 54minParallel entrepreneur Mir Imran, CEO of InCube Labs, has launched twenty companies - at times simultaneously. He shares his solutions-focused expertise and identifies the vitality and growth of the biomedical healthcare vertical.
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Brett Crosby (Google Analytics) - The Path to an Acquisition
13/02/2008 Duration: 01h01minBrett Crosby, Group Manager of Google Analytics, describes the ebb and flow of the process by which his web analytics company, Urchin, was acquired by Google. He also shares some inspirational lessons in making small business loom large.
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Christine Benninger (Humane Society of Silicon Valley) - Entrepreneurial Practices for High-Impact Non-Profits
06/02/2008 Duration: 48minThe Humane Society of Silicon Valley had gone to the dogs before president Christine Benninger took hold of the leash in 1993. By nearly every metric - profits earned, animals saved, customers satisfied - she outlines how proven business practices transformed the HSSV into best of breed.
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Jesse Fink (MissionPoint Capital Partners), Steve Blank (Stanford Engineering) - Intersection of the Environment and Financial Markets
30/01/2008 Duration: 57minRetired serial entrepreneur Steve Blank interviews MissionPoint Capital co-founder Jesse Fink. The two discuss the manifold investment opportunities in alternative energies and environmental conservation.