Guy Kawasaki, Garage Technology Ventures Do What You Love and the Money Will Follow Kawasaki thinks that companies like Nordstrom, Audi, and Nike make the world a better place. His advice: don’t start a business because you think that’s what’s hot. You should study
Guy Kawasaki, Garage Technology Ventures Education: Importance of Peers The most valuable part of your education is your peers-network, says Kawasaki. He recommends that students develop and maintain relationships while they are in school.
Julio C. Palmaz, Biodesign Program In conversation with: David Cassak The Development of the Stent in Balloon Angioplasty In the first or second year of his medical residency training in the US in 1978, Palmaz went to an early meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Intervention and Radiology
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Branding a Product With every product development, NVIDIA asks What is the purpose of this product and the soul of its existence? NVIDIA has been very successful developing distinctive brand names for their
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Where Do We Go From Here? NVIDIA’s goal is to light up every pixel in the world. LCD technology has make displays more prevalent. NVIDIA hopes to take advantage of this trend, and future trends, in
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Starting a Company and Fending Off Competition If you have a great idea, many other people probably have that idea too. When you start a company, you must assume that similar companies will form to compete with
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Searching For an Advantage Every company looks for a fundamental advantage, but in reality there are none. Most large markets are designed to foster competition. The question that must be addressed is not how
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Reinvention and Adaptation There is no such thing as a sustainable great idea. Ideas have to be continuously reinvented. Jensen likes to tease that his company is always thirty days away from going
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA The Power of Corporate Culture Corporate culture is the single most important thing for a CEO or entrepreneur to focus on in a company today. The culture at NVIDIA is about innovation and intellectual honesty,
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA The IPO is Not Guaranteed There road is long between the foundation of a company and the IPO. If the IPO is the founder's purpose for starting a company, there is a great probability that
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Fostering Innovation It is important to foster a culture that embraces mistakes and an environment where anyone can have a great idea. The majority of great ideas come out of mistakes and
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA The Importance of Execution Execution is critically important; it is better to have a simple idea that can be easily implemented rather than a complicated idea that has implementation challenges. Drastic changes do not
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA How a CEO Spends Time Jensen aims to spend his time on what he believes will have a long lasting effect on the company. Numerous meetings and events often take up a CEO’s time and
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Constant Readjustment vs Long-Term Commitment The company must have a vision and make product choices based on that vision. Once you commit yourself to a product, do not be easily deterred from this decision. Though
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Employee Selection Affects Culture NVIDIA Founder Jensen Huang emphasizes hiring employees is a company choice. With highly skilled engineers everywhere, the choice of who to hire can come down to the personalities and motivations
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Conveying Vision to Employees The company vision is conveyed through telling a story. Even though Jensen doesn’t enjoy public speaking or think of himself as an orator, he understands the importance of speaking to
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Technologies of the Future Jensen describes 3D technology that he expects will become popular in the near future: lightweight displays that can be worn as goggles allow the user to be immersed in a
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA NVIDIA’s Prospects and the Future of the Industry Business at NVIDIA is going well — they are selling new products and entering new markets. Though Chinese and Indian companies are threatening their American counterparts, Jensen is enthusiastic about
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Positioning NVIDIA as More Than a PC-Based Company Will NVIDIA have to re-position itself with the slowing of the PC industry? Though NVIDIA is traditionally a PC-based company, in reality the PC-market share is only 40%. However, it
Thomas Fogarty, Fogarty Engineering In conversation with: David Cassak Envisioning the First Balloon Catheter [Introduction by David Cassak] Tom Fogarty explains that he became interested in medicine “by accident.” He discusses his early design development and how he turned a clinical problem into a
Paul Yock, Stanford University The Accidental Entrepreneur Paul Yock, Co-Chair of Stanford’s Department of Bioengineering and Director of the Stanford Program in Biodesign, describes himself as an accidental tourist in entrepreneurship. He talks about his love for
Paul Yock, Stanford University Biotech Bay: The Other Silicon Valley Yock talks about the Biotech bay – the other Silicon Valley, and how the products offered are based on the science of genetics. Medtech focuses on instruments, equipments, and is
Paul Yock, Stanford University Cardiovascular Disease vs. Bioterrorism Yock focuses on cardio vascular disease, which is a very profound disease – it is the # 1 killer in the western world. About half of all Medtech companies have
Paul Yock, Stanford University Beginning of Less Invasive Cardiac Techniques: Charles Dotter Yock tells the story of how less invasive cardiac techniques got started. He shares a video clip from Charles Dotter, better known as crazy Charlie