Tom Byers, Stanford University Market Positioning and the Importance of Partnerships Byers believes that the impact of marketing is often underestimated by companies. He talks about how partnering is one of the keys to crossing the chasm between the early market
Tom Byers, Stanford University Purpose of a Business Plan Byers talks about how a great business plan can be developed. He uses Sahlman’s alignment model to explain that an opportunity has to be in alignment with resources, people and
Tom Byers, Stanford University Importance of Cash Flow Byers explains that smaller companies need to pay extra attention on how they spend their cash because if they run out of cash, it is game over for them. Byers
Tom Byers, Stanford University What are the Essentials of the Venture Finance Process? Byers goes over the essentials of a venture finance process: angel investors, corporate venture capital, boot strapping and the public. He also discusses the pros and cons of each of
Tom Byers, Stanford University Characteristics of Entrepreneurs Along with being audacious, courageous, patient, and adaptive, Byers believes that entrepreneurs should be exceptionally good at sales.
Tom Byers, Stanford University Role of Ethics in High-Tech Entrepreneurship Byers gives his perspective on how ethics played a role in high-tech entrepreneurship in the late 90’s. He strongly believes that it is okay to fail but at the end
Tom Byers, Stanford University Role of Context in High-Tech Venturing Byers believes there are various events that are not within the control of a management team. Good entrepreneurs are those who find a way to navigate and deal with this
Dr. Ralf Hamm, CEO of Hamm & Company As a member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, Ralf presents the JOHARI-Window.
Frank Ricks, LRK Architecture Using Creative Leadership Frank Ricks, Founder of LRK Architecture, discusses design and creating value for clients while using creative leadership to increase the firm from seven to a hundred and sixty employees.
Frank Ricks, LRK Architecture Thinking About Entrepreneurship Frank reveals how he started thinking of entrepreneurship at a young age. He believes that if you don't have it, you just make it!
Frank Ricks, LRK Architecture Game Plan at LRK Frank shares the game plan they have adopted at their architectural firm.
Frank Ricks, LRK Architecture Role of Multidisciplinary Teams Frank emphasizes the importance of having a multidisciplinary team and talks about how it has helped them solve problems in different companies like FedEx.
Frank Ricks, LRK Architecture Mission Statement and Culture Transfer Frank describes the mission statement and the principles they follow at LRK Architecture. He goes on to talk about the issue of perpetuating the company's culture as the company grows.
Frank Ricks, LRK Architecture Orbiting the Giant Hairball Frank Ricks, founding principal of Looney Ricks Kiss Architects, explains the concept of the hairball and recommends the book “Orbiting the Giant Hairball”, to entrepreneurs interested in starting a business
Frank Ricks, LRK Architecture Attracting Clients Early On Ricks advices entrepreneurs on how to attract clients in the early days of a firm when a company is trying to compete and it does not have any accomplishments to
Kim Polese, SpikeSource Twenty Years of Experience in Developing Software in Silicon Valley Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource, describes her twenty years of experience in developing software in Silicon Valley including Java development with Sun Microsystems. She also discusses SpikeSource’s relationship with the
Kim Polese, SpikeSource Setting Up Infrastructure Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource, relates the challenges she learned while starting a company. She realized that though entrepreneurs might see potential in their technology and have the right people
Kim Polese, SpikeSource Birth of Java Polese describes the development of Java at Sun and the various things that made it a success.
Kim Polese, SpikeSource Solving a Real Problem According to Polese, SpikeSource is solving a real problem, which makes it really exciting.
Kim Polese, SpikeSource Popularity of Open Source Polese discusses why open source is popular amongst venture capitalists.
Kim Polese, SpikeSource Importance of the Community and Data and Process Automation in Businesses Polese empahsizes working with the community and the role of data and process automation in business.
Kim Polese, SpikeSource Lessons Learned Polese shares some lessons learned along the way and gives advice to budding entrepreneurs to never stop learning and to find the right people and the right idea for their
Kim Polese, SpikeSource Ethics in Business Polese talks about the importance of being ethical and not being evil while running a business.