Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders

2020 Insight: Start with Just One Thing

Extreme focus gives startups and founders an edge.

2020 Insight: Connecting the Dots

Connecting the dots between disparate interests and observations play a critical role in solving society’s biggest challenges.

Podcast 5 minutes

Chuck Eesley, Stanford University

2020 Insight: A Lens of Racial Equity

Entrepreneurs have a responsibility to create a more diverse and inclusive tech ecosystem.

Podcast 6 minutes

Tom Byers, Stanford University

2020 Insight: Infusing Decisions with Principles

Entrepreneurs have a responsibility to consider the implications of their ideas on society.

Podcast 7 minutes

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.

Podcast 8 minutes

Sarah Friar, Nextdoor

Building Better Online Communities [Entire Talk]

How can you build respect into a social network?

Video 49 minutes

Sarah Friar, Nextdoor

Building Better Online Communities [Entire Talk]

How can you build respect into a social network?

Video Clips

Sarah Friar, Nextdoor

Building Better Online Communities

How can you build respect into a social network?

Podcast 46 minutes

Ravi Mhatre, Lightspeed Venture Partners

The Language of Technology [Entire Talk]

Successful technology investing requires both cutting-edge ideas and patient, determined strategy.

Video 45 minutes

Ravi Mhatre, Lightspeed Venture Partners

The Language of Technology [Entire Talk]

Successful technology investing requires both cutting-edge ideas and patient, determined strategy.

Video Clips

Ravi Mhatre, Lightspeed Venture Partners

The Language of Technology

Successful technology investing requires both cutting-edge ideas and patient, determined strategy.

Podcast 42 minutes

Jessica Norwood, RUNWAY Rodney Sampson, Opportunity Hub (OHUB)

Entrepreneurship and Racial Justice [Entire Talk]

Infuse innovation with an insistence on racial equity.

Video 50 minutes

Jessica Norwood, RUNWAY Rodney Sampson, Opportunity Hub (OHUB)

Entrepreneurship and Racial Justice [Entire Talk]

Infuse innovation with an insistence on racial equity.

Video Clips

Jessica Norwood, RUNWAY Rodney Sampson, Opportunity Hub (OHUB)

Entrepreneurship and Racial Justice

Infuse innovation with an insistence on racial equity.

Podcast 50 minutes

Eric Yuan, Zoom Video Communications Santiago Subotovsky, Emergence Capital

Winning a Crowded Market [Entire Talk]

Instead of focusing on competitors, focus on solving customer problems and making users happy.

Video 48 minutes

Eric Yuan, Zoom Video Communications Santiago Subotovsky, Emergence Capital

Winning a Crowded Market [Entire Talk]

Instead of focusing on competitors, focus on solving customer problems and making users happy.

Video Clips

Eric Yuan, Zoom Video Communications Santiago Subotovsky, Emergence Capital

Winning a Crowded Market

Instead of focusing on competitors, focus on solving customer problems and making users happy.

Podcast 49 minutes

Sylvia Acevedo, Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist

Perseverance Creates Opportunity [Entire Talk]

Self-confidence unlocks a wealth of opportunities.

Video 48 minutes

Sylvia Acevedo, Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist

Perseverance Creates Opportunity [Entire Talk]

Self-confidence unlocks a wealth of opportunities.

Video Clips

Sylvia Acevedo, Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist

Perseverance Creates Opportunity

Self-confidence unlocks a wealth of opportunities.

Podcast 48 minutes

George Scangos, Vir Biotechnology

Making a Difference in Biotech [Entire Talk]

At its best, biotech is about building successful companies that consistently change human lives for the better.

Video 44 minutes

George Scangos, Vir Biotechnology

Making a Difference in Biotech [Entire Talk]

At its best, biotech is about building successful companies that consistently change human lives for the better.

Video Clips

George Scangos, Vir Biotechnology

Making a Difference in Biotech

At its best, biotech is about building successful companies that consistently change human lives for the better.

Podcast 44 minutes

Delane Parnell, PlayVS

Extreme Focus [Entire Talk]

Unlock a massive opportunity by aligning the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Video 46 minutes

Delane Parnell, PlayVS

Extreme Focus [Entire Talk]

Unlock a massive opportunity by aligning the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Video Clips

Delane Parnell, PlayVS

Extreme Focus

Unlock a massive opportunity by aligning the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Podcast 46 minutes

Shellye Archambeau, Verizon

Taking Risks and Breaking Barriers [Entire Talk]

Success requires a balance of flexibility and bold self-advocacy.

Video 46 minutes

Shellye Archambeau, Verizon

Taking Risks and Breaking Barriers [Entire Talk]

Success requires a balance of flexibility and bold self-advocacy.

Video Clips

Shellye Archambeau, Verizon

Taking Risks and Breaking Barriers

Success requires a balance of flexibility and bold self-advocacy.

Podcast 47 minutes

Adam Pisoni, Abl Schools

Innovating for Equity [Entire Talk]

Social enterprises can operationalize equity.

Video 48 minutes

Adam Pisoni, Abl Schools

Innovating for Equity [Entire Talk]

Social enterprises can operationalize equity.

Video Clips

Adam Pisoni, Abl Schools

Innovating for Equity

How social enterprises can operationalize equity.

Podcast 49 minutes

Ann Miura-Ko, Floodgate

Disruption and Abundance [Entire Talk]

Scalable, strategic technology innovation can drive social progress.

Video 48 minutes

Ann Miura-Ko, Floodgate

Disruption and Abundance [Entire Talk]

Scalable, strategic technology innovation can drive social progress.

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Fixing Tech’s Gender Gap [Entire Talk]

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2020 Insight: Start with Just One Thing

2020 Insight: Connecting the Dots

2020 Insight: A Lens of Racial Equity

2020 Insight: Infusing Decisions with Principles

2020 Insight: Innovating at a Distance

Building Better Online Communities [Entire Talk]

Building Better Online Communities [Entire Talk]

Video Clips

Why Nextdoor?

Listening Mode

Pandemic Product Innovation

Building Respectful Online Communities

Building Better Online Communities

The Language of Technology [Entire Talk]

The Language of Technology [Entire Talk]

Video Clips

Recognizing Opportunity

A Revolution in the Life Sciences

Do VCs Need Tech Backgrounds?

Is a Career in Venture Capital Right for You?

The Language of Technology

Entrepreneurship and Racial Justice [Entire Talk]

Entrepreneurship and Racial Justice [Entire Talk]

Video Clips

Innovation and Inequality

When You Can’t Afford to Fail

Possibility in a Pandemic

Lean Into Reimagination

Antiracist Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship and Racial Justice

Winning a Crowded Market [Entire Talk]

Winning a Crowded Market [Entire Talk]

Video Clips

Focus on the Game, not the Score

A Startup for the Right Reasons

Culture Rises to the Challenge

Zoom After COVID

Right People, Right Opportunity

Winning a Crowded Market

Perseverance Creates Opportunity [Entire Talk]

Perseverance Creates Opportunity [Entire Talk]

Video Clips

Learn to Create Opportunities

F.A.I.L. = “First Attempt in Learning”

Systems Solutions for Social Challenges

Convince Yourself First

Perseverance Creates Opportunity

Making a Difference in Biotech [Entire Talk]

Making a Difference in Biotech [Entire Talk]

Video Clips

The Evolution of Biotech

Going All-In on Infectious Diseases

Urgency and Purpose

The Accelerating Pace of Biotech Innovation

Preparing the Market

Making a Difference in Biotech

Extreme Focus [Entire Talk]

Extreme Focus [Entire Talk]

Video Clips

An Early Start

Building the PlayVS Business Model

Extreme Focus

Race and Entrepreneurship

Extreme Focus

Taking Risks and Breaking Barriers [Entire Talk]

Taking Risks and Breaking Barriers [Entire Talk]

Video Clips

Adjust for the Culture

Beat Imposter Syndrome with Cheerleaders

Risk a “No”

Get Many Mentors

Taking Risks and Breaking Barriers

Innovating for Equity [Entire Talk]

Innovating for Equity [Entire Talk]

Video Clips

Addressing an Unequal Education System