Stan Christensen, Arbor Advisors Salary and Job Negotiations Stanford instructor and Arbor Advisors partner Stan Christensen strongly advises career carvers to save salary negotiations for last, and not to overlook the myriad other topics of new employment to
Andy Dunn, Bonobos In conversation with: Ravi Belani Ending Secrecy, Expanding Careers Mental health matters for entrepreneurs — and everyone
Cody Coleman, Coactive AI Starting from ‘Why’ [Entire Talk] Before you can build a successful startup, you have to understand why you want to build it.
Cody Coleman, Coactive AI Starting from ‘Why’ Before you can build a successful startup, you have to understand why you want to build it.
Melinda Thomas, Octave Bioscience The Power of Patient HR Don’t lower the bar to meet a hiring deadline.
Christine Yen, Honeycomb.io In conversation with: Toby Corey Trading Places (the C-Suite Edition) Founders aren’t locked into the roles they adopt at the outset.
Ann Miura-Ko, Floodgate The Entrepreneurship of Venture Capital Ann Miura-Ko shares the origin story of FLOODGATE Fund, where she is a co-founding partner with angel investor Mike Maples. In this poignant clip, Miura-Ko shares how she decided to
Wendy Kopp, Teach for America The State of Education Reform Teach For America CEO and Founder Wendy Kopp is amazed at where educational reform is today, compared to where it once was in America. As an example, in the past,
Dan Springer, Responsys In conversation with: Stan Christensen Protecting Human Capital Dan Springer, CEO of Responsys, shares tactics for nurturing and protecting human capital. Springer argues that managers often make the mistake of giving unrewarding but urgent work to their best
Julie Zhuo, Inspirit In conversation with: Tina Seelig How to Learn from Users [Entire Talk] As a manager, your job isn’t to problem-solve, but rather to empower others to solve problems.
Matt Harvey, Stanford University Time is More Valuable Than Money As 2010 comes to a close, it makes sense to take a moment to consider how we have spent our time throughout the past year, and to choose what to
Andre Iguodala, Miami HeatRudy Cline-Thomas, Mastry In conversation with: Toby Corey Why Connect Sports and Tech? Athletes are increasingly making an impact as tech investors.
John Hennessy, Stanford University Launching a New University Though the ambitions of those who wish to start a great learning institution are admirable, chances are, says Stanford President John Hennessy, that they lack the financial resources to make
Elisabeth Paté-Cornell, Stanford University Risky Business: Analysis from an Engineering Perspective Don’t set sail without thinking first: this sage advice sums up risk analysis for Elisabeth Paté-Cornell, department chair of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. She explains that risk
Avid Larizadeh, Stanford University Fundraising: A Candid Account Of The Highs And Lows This post was originally published on Forbes. Boticca, the world’s luxury bazaar of fashion accessories, just raised $4 million in a series A round from a number of high net worth individuals
Nicole Diaz, Snap Inc. In conversation with: Tom Byers How to Build an Ethical Company Ethics is a strategic imperative, not a nice-to-have extra.
Maëlle Gavet, Techstars In conversation with: Toby Corey Technology and Regulation Empathetic technology can empower companies to scale social good.
Justin Rosenstein, AsanaElizabeth Weil, 137 Ventures In conversation with: Tina Seelig Hire Values: It Takes All Kinds To build and support diverse teams, create a culture of open communication.
David Neeleman, JetBlue How Does IT Differentiate JetBlue? How does IT differentiate Jet Blue? Neeleman on things they are doing well: We decided to roll out a frequent flyer program, but held on long enough to make sure
Ann Miura-Ko, Floodgate Is Work/Life Balance Possible? The myth of work/life balance, says FLOODGATE Fund partner Ann Miura-Ko, is that one can actually strike a balance. As a mother of two, she advises anyone with a family,
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.
Tina Seelig, Stanford University 2020 Insight: Innovating at a Distance Challenging times present opportunities to innovate. COVID-19 presented an opportunity to improve remote work.
Maureen Fan, Baobab Studios Biggest Takeaways from Harvard Business School Alignment trumps strategy. Get everyone moving in the same direction and even mediocre strategy will soar.
Mari Baker, PlayFirst Setting a Company Culture What does your company stand for? How will you make decisions? What are your overall philosophies? These questions are easy enough to answer when the company is three friends sitting