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Venture Funding Challenges in Emerging Economies

David Frankel, Founding Partner at Altirah Capital, suggests that in established venture environments, VC investors and entrepreneurs share common assumptions about what makes a fair investment deal. In emerging economies

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Jeff Church, Nika Water

The Wave of Social Entrepreneurship [Entire Talk]

Entrepreneur and successful executive Jeff Church founded Nika Water to create a thriving social enterprise that supports clean water projects in impoverished countries. In this inspiring lecture, Church lays out

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Ravi Mhatre, Lightspeed Venture Partners

In conversation with: Ravi Belani

A Revolution in the Life Sciences

Lightspeed Venture Partners founding partner Ravi Mhatre explains why he’s particularly excited about opportunities in the life sciences over the next two decades. He envisions a future in which computing

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Derek Belch, STRIVR Labs

Fostering Confidence and Cohesion

STRIVR Labs CEO Derek Belch stresses the importance of paying attention to the little details that make all the difference to customers and a company's reputation. Belch, who co-founded the

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Chris Gerdes, Stanford University

Understand People’s Motivations

Autonomous-vehicle maker Chris Gerdes shares key lessons about entrepreneurship that he learned when he decided to co-found a trucking company. He discovered that winning support from different stakeholders involved framing

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Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz

In conversation with: Tom Byers

Disrupting the Venture Capital Industry

Ben Horowitz, a founding partner of Andreessen Horowitz, describes how his venture capital firm went from industry newcomer to a leader in the Silicon Valley ecosystem in just a few

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Nick Earl, Electronic Arts

Arcadia Kim, Electronic Arts

Erin Turner, Electronic Arts

Flexibility: Recognizing Growth Sectors

Earl explains that EA was previously focused mainly on sports games, but they found that they could not grow fast enough without expanding into other areas, namely entertainment. Games are

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Jason Green, Emergence Capital Partners

How to Pick a Venture Partner

Jason Green, Founding Partner at Emergence Capital, speaks on how to select a venture partner. Green emphasizes that selecting a VC is a long-term partnership commitment and encourages entrepreneurs to

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Shirzad Chamine, Positive Intelligence, Inc.

The Enlightened Entrepreneur [Entire Talk]

Before Shirzad Chamine found his calling as a coach to today’s top CEOs and executive teams, he was a charismatic entrepreneur who turned into a hyper-critical tyrant without even knowing

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Mir Imran, InCube Labs

When to Kill A Business

InCube Labs CEO Mir Imran reflects upon his failed business ventures. It’s much more painful to kill a failing company than it is to nix an innovation, he’s found. He

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Steve Blank, Stanford University

Is First-to-Market Best?

Why is it a bad idea to be the first and only player in a market? Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank outlines a host of reasons, including limited market opportunity, the

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Edith Harbaugh, LaunchDarkly

Software is Important

Consider how product failures will affect users’ lives.

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Cindy Padnos, Illuminate Ventures

In conversation with: Tom Kosnik

Investing in Yourself

Investor Cindy Padnos describes the ways in which she built the trust of investment partners when she founded Illuminate Ventures. In conversation with Stanford Consulting Professor Tom Kosnik, Padnos explains

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Geoff Yang, Redpoint Ventures

To VC or Not to VC

Taking venture capital isn’t for everybody, according to Geoff Yang, a founding partner at Redpoint Ventures. While companies who take on venture capital gain resources, unbiased expertise, and access to

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Ken Wirt, palmOne, Inc.

Distributed Computing Became an Appliance

Wirt explains that computers have become so cheap and common that they can now be found in countless devices. He was able to count 14 computers in his kitchen alone.

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Ritu Narayan, Zūm

Sustaining a Startup’s Growth [Entire Talk]

It takes more than technology to sustain a technology startup.

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Dave Peterson, Play Bigger Advisors

Developing a Point of View

Dave Peterson, co-founding partner at Play Bigger Advisors, explains how a point of view establishes what you stand for and against, while attracting just the right customers. He also describes

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Irma Olguin, Jr., Bitwise Industries

Morgan Simon, Candide Group

In conversation with: Chuck Eesley

How Impact Investors Add Value

Working together, high-growth startups and impact investors can create positive financial and community outcomes.

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Chip Conley, Modern Elder Academy

Efficient markets – Great for Customers, Tough on Business

During the economic downturn that followed the dot-com bust, there were many travel bargains to be found through new websites such as Expedia and Priceline. In what is called an

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Ann Miura-Ko, Floodgate

The Collapsing Cost of Product Building

Price drops in mass market technology, open-source software, crowd-sourcing, and cloud computing have vastly reduced the costs necessary to build new products in the Internet age. In this clip, FLOODGATE

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Aaron Levie, Box.net

Delivering Innovation for the Enterprise [Entire Talk]

Box.net CEO Aaron Levie is an entrepreneur who seeks to reinvent how enterprise businesses share content across their organizations. In 2005, Levie saw the need for affordable storage on the

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Jason Green, Emergence Capital Partners

Raising Money outside Silicon Valley

Jason Green, Founding Partner at Emergence Capital, suggests that outside Silicon Valley entrepreneurs may need to approach the fundraising process differently simply because there are fewer VCs and less capital

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Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Stanford University

What Are Your Values?

Leadership rests on knowing your values and those guiding your organization, according to Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne. He talks about how his values are organized under three categories: personal,

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Al Ramadan, Play Bigger Advisors

Categories Reduce Cognitive Load

Al Ramadan, co-founding partner at Play Bigger Advisors, talks about how categories are conceptual containers that help the human brain organize all the information we are deluged with daily. Categories

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