Tom Byers, Stanford University Finding Our Values: A New Era of Entrepreneurship Education Entrepreneurship education is changing. Students must be equipped with the skills to make values-based decisions.
Kathleen Eisenhardt, Stanford University In conversation with: Bob Sutton [Transcript] Simple Rules Set You Free Use simple, clear rules to get your team into a rhythm and reduce frustration.
Susie Allen, Writer Can Tech Get Better at Confronting Ethical Challenges? Add ethics to your design process by reframing engineering problems in terms of people and values.
Leila Janah, Samasource Social Mission First Entrepreneur Leila Janah explains why she calls her startups Samasource and LXMI “social” enterprises, a business model she credits to Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, inventor of the micro-finance
Tom Byers, Stanford UniversityAndrew Nelson, University of OregonRichard Dorf, University of California, Davis Chapter 19: Deal Presentations and Negotiations The creators of a new enterprise need to tell their story about the future of their business. Establishing credibility and trust through presentations of the venture’s innovative solution to an
Tom Byers, Stanford UniversityAndrew Nelson, University of OregonRichard Dorf, University of California, Davis Chapter 6: The Business Story and Plan Entrepreneurs respond to attractive opportunities by forming new firms. In this chapter, we consider the five-step process for establishing a new enterprise. One particularly noteworthy step in the process is
Tom Byers, Stanford UniversityAndrew Nelson, University of OregonRichard Dorf, University of California, Davis Chapter 4: Competitive Strategy Every new venture has a strategy or approach to achieve its goals. This strategy is in response to its plan to implement a solution to an important problem or opportunity.
Susan Feldman Susan Feldman is the co-founder of One Kings Lane, a popular online destination for the home. Susan was inspired to create One Kings Lane after she moved from an apartment
Morris Chang Dr. Morris Chang is the founding Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC), which was established in 1987. TSMC pioneered the dedicated silicon foundry business model and has served
Padmasree Warrior Padmasree Warrior serves as the chief technology & strategy officer at Cisco. She is charged with aligning technology development and corporate strategy to enable Cisco to anticipate, shape, and lead
Roelof Botha Roelof Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital, and works with a broad range of companies. Some democratize technology access (Square, Eventbrite, Unity, Nimbula); some create global user communities (YouTube,
Daniel Ek Daniel Ek is the co-founder of Spotify, a global music discovery service that attracted tens of millions of users with an innovative business model that features access to music across
Alexander Osterwalder Alexander Osterwalder is an entrepreneur, speaker and business model innovator. Together with Professor Yves Pigneur he co-authored Business Model Generation, a global bestseller on the topic of business model innovation.
Deborah Hopkins Deborah Hopkins has served as Citi’s Chief Innovation Officer since 2008. Her mission is client-focused innovation. Based in Palo Alto California, Hopkins focuses on building partnerships with venture capitalists, start-ups,
Clara Shih Clara Shih is CEO and founder of Hearsay Social, whose predictive analytics technology helps salespeople reach out to clients at the right time with the right message while staying in
Steve Blank Steve Blank is an adjunct professor in the Department of Management Science & Engineering at Stanford University. A retired eight-time serial entrepreneur, Blank’s insight that startups are not smaller versions
Mike Peña, Stanford University Entrepreneurship Will Steer Self-Driving Cars Forward Small and agile startups will outmaneuver tech giants by staying singularly focused on autonomous vehicles and niche products.
Mike Peña, Stanford University Amazon: The GMO that Swallowed Whole Foods Markets Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of the Whole Foods Market chain, which is now a done deal, has grocery shoppers salivating at the thought of never having to walk into a
Jane Chen, Embrace Innovations Crisis as Wake-Up Call Embrace Innovations Co-Founder and CEO Jane Marie Chen describes how the sudden loss of a corporate customer threatened to end her organization’s operations and served as a wake-up call that
Mike Peña, Stanford University Is ‘Lean’ the Secret to Startup Success? Every sector can benefit from agile thinking. Get out the building and start talking to your customers.
Mike Maples Jr., Floodgate Clarity of Business and Price Floodgate Co-Founder Mike Maples Jr. explains how a venture’s business model is rooted in the uniqueness of its product and a clear understanding of how much customers want it. Establishing
Morris Chang, Taiwan Semiconductor An Emphasis on Excellence Morris Chang, founding chairman of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, reflects on his journey of bringing revolutionary changes to his industry, in conversation with Stanford President John Hennessy. Chang also
Morris Chang, Taiwan Semiconductor An Emphasis on Excellence [Entire Talk] Morris Chang, founding chairman of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, reflects on his journey of bringing revolutionary changes to his industry, in conversation with Stanford President John Hennessy. Chang also
Hemant Shah, RMS A True Model for Embracing Change Hemant Shah, co-founder and CEO of RMS, takes students on a ride through the highs and lows of growing and changing a company. From early days in an apartment with