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Mike Peña, Stanford University

What’s Your Tolerance For Risk?

Decide how much you’re willing to risk before taking the next step. The right role will bring out your full potential.

2 minutes

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Alice LaPlante, Writer

Beyond the Basics of Lean Startup

Dig deeper into lean startup principles by focusing on fixing bottlenecks and codifying lessons learned.

9 minutes

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.

9 minutes

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.

14 minutes

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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.

5 minutes

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

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Tom Byers, Stanford University

Andrew Nelson, University of Oregon

Richard 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

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Tom Byers, Stanford University

Andrew Nelson, University of Oregon

Richard 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

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Tom Byers, Stanford University

Andrew Nelson, University of Oregon

Richard 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.

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Susan Feldman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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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

4 minutes

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

5 minutes

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.

8 minutes

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

2 minutes

ETL Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Podcast

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

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