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Steven McCormick, Moore Foundation

Challenges in a Culture of Consensus

Moore Foundation President Steven McCormick discusses the prevalence of a “culture of consensus” inside nonprofit organizations. In this type of culture, employees committed to the mission may feel entitled to

4 minutes

David Heinemeier Hansson, 37signals

Playing It Small Doesn't Mean Not Making Money

Skewed expectations present a major risk when accepting venture capital. Most venture capitalists expect to make a lot of money, and they expect the company they help to become billion-dollar

4 minutes

Brett Crosby, Google Analytics

Maturing Your Brand

Get a good copywriter and a graphic designer and you can look a lot bigger than you are, says Google Analytics’ Group Product Marketing Manager Brett Crosby. Making your brand

1 minutes

ETL Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Podcast

Nick Earl, Electronic Arts

The New Frontier in Gaming

Nick Earl, Vice President and General Manager of Electronic Arts shares his thoughts on the future of the gaming market. He discusses the changing global market space, the latest generation

65 minutes

Mark Forchette, OptiMedica

The Road to Changing Jobs

Mark Forchette describes the decision process he went through before taking on the role of CEO at OptiMedica. Forchette shares how he found a way to clear his head by

3 minutes

G. Steven Burrill, Burrill & Company

Burrill's Laws on Entrepreneurship

According to Burrill, some of the important laws in entrepreneurship are: 1) The importance of balance in teams; 2) Understanding the market place and how technology helps in creating market

6 minutes

Steve Ballmer, Microsoft

Choosing the Right Projects

Despite Microsoft’s size and market dominance, CEO Steve Ballmer considers himself to be a “mini venture capitalist” in a sea of bright ideas and new market possibilities. Working with the

3 minutes

Mark Gainey, Strava

Inch Wide, Mile Deep

Winning a small niche can lead to massive opportunities.

2 minutes

Mark Jung, IGN

The Dysfunctional Team

Jung talks about the irregularities in team dynamics. He stresses that the timing of conflict is very important and one needs to work together as a team to sort out

2 minutes

Cody Coleman

Cody Coleman, Coactive AI

Product-Culture Connections

Before you can build a successful startup, you have to understand why you want to build it.

3 minutes

Marc Andreessen, Serial Entrepreneur

A Panorama of Venture Capital and Beyond [Entire Talk]

Serial entrepreneur Marc Andreessen offers the Stanford audience a rare opportunity to pose open questions. Topics addressed include everything from the state of VC and the stock market, to Facebook’s

62 minutes

ETL Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Podcast

Marc Andreessen, Serial Entrepreneur

A Panorama of Venture Capital and Beyond

Serial entrepreneur Marc Andreessen offers the Stanford audience a rare opportunity to pose open questions. Topics addressed include everything from the state of VC and the stock market, to Facebook’s

62 minutes

Aaron Levie, Box.net

Launching From the Dorm Room

Aaron Levie, Box.net CEO and co-founder, describes the decision to leave college to follow through on developing his company. Levie started Box.net after seeing his fellow students’ need for cost-effective,

4 minutes

Kathleen Eisenhardt, Stanford University

Creating Opportunities

Eisenhardt believes that markets are not chosen but created. She describes how this was successfully done at Amazon, eBay and Verisign. She explains that to be wildly successful it is

2 minutes

Josh Giegel

Josh Giegel, Virgin Hyperloop

In conversation with: Emily Ma

Listening to Feedback

A clear mission can guide you through dramatic transitions.

3 minutes

Susan Feldman, One Kings Lane

In conversation with: Tina Seelig

Outgrowing the Bootstrap Phase

Susan Feldman, co-founder of home-decor site One Kings Lane, explains why she and her fellow co-founder Alison Pincus decided to accept venture capital funding after successfully bootstrapping their startup. In

2 minutes

Meg Whitman, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

In conversation with: Tina Seelig

How Do You Want to be Remembered?

Always lead with your values. Reputation is everything.

5 minutes

Sean George, Invitae

Mission Matters More Than Control

Invitae's Sean George recalls the startup days of his genetic-testing company, when he and his team had to decide whether to be acquired by a larger company or go the

6 minutes

Barry Silbert, SecondMarket, Inc.

The Long, Slow Death of the IPO

SecondMarket Founder and CEO Barry Silbert lays out factors preventing companies from going public, and why these issues are exacerbated by aspects of current public markets. Along with citing specific

6 minutes

Shirzad Chamine, Positive Intelligence, Inc.

Seeing Opportunity in Crisis

Returning to the low point in his career described at the start of his talk, Shirzad Chamine explains how high performers find the opportunity in every crisis, and how those

4 minutes

Hugh Martin, Pacific Biosciences

People are Everything in the Start-Up

More important than market, technology, or timing, Hugh Martin, Chairman and CEO of Pacific Biosciences, insists that any groundbreaking company is only as good as its team. Interview aggressively and

2 minutes

Judy Estrin, JLABS, LLC

Personal Connectivity Cycle

Estrin talks about the personal connectivity cycle. The cycle of connecting people is the notion of people being able to connect to each other and connect to information anywhere. This

6 minutes

Geoffrey Moore, Mohr Davidow Ventures

Customer Intimacy Zone

Moore delves into the “customer intimacy zone” to explain the innovations that comprise this zone: line extension, enhancement, marketing,and experiential innovations

5 minutes

Nick Earl, Electronic Arts

Engineering Innovations in Gaming

Nick shows a video of a motion capture technique used in the latest video games. He stresses the need for such innovation in order to compete in a booming market.

3 minutes

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