| Difficult Negotiations | October 23, 2002 |
Jeff Hawkins
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Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Lectures |
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| Video 15 of 22 from this talk |
- 00:49What is an Entrepreneur?
- 03:40Genesis of Palm Computing
- 01:16The Accidental Entrepreneur: Palm History
- 02:19Story of Acquisition: Palm, US Robotics, 3Com
- 01:41Spinoff: Handspring
- 01:49Handspring: Envisioning the Future
- 01:47Serial Entrepreneurship: Redwood Neuroscience Institute
- 00:36Profiles of Entrepreneurs
- 02:47Importance of Experience
- 02:54Follow Your Passions
- 01:12Individual vs. Company
- 01:54Entrepreneurship is a Means to an End
- 01:33You Can Live a Normal Life
- 02:26Defining Company Culture
- 02:03Difficult Negotiations
- 02:30Designing Successful Products
- 03:49The Role of Market Research
- 02:32Work/Life Balance
- 03:32Hawkins: What I Wish I'd Learned in College
- 01:34Establish Strong Human Resources Early On
- 02:06Product Development: Importance of Customers and Testing
- 02:59Portable Technologies
Description
Hawkins talks about the complicated negotiations with 3COM for the spin off of Palm. Discussions lasted five months and involved investment bankers and board members. Five different proposals were presented to the CEO, including spinning off Palm two years in the future. However, the final decision involved no doors banging, and no storming out of offices. All said and done, Jeff Hawkins did not want to start a company.
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