Stanford University's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar is a weekly speaker series that brings innovation leaders from business, finance, technology, education, and philanthropy, to share their insights with aspiring entrepreneurs from all over the world.
Alec Ross discusses in detail innovation policy and how it can change national diplomacy. In addition, Ross offers advice to global innovators, stressing quality time management, effective hiring practices, and the mutual benefits of mentoring. (2010)
(May 19, 2010) Josh Makower, Founder and CEO of ExploraMed, discusses entrepreneurship and innovation within the medical industry and how to best address the FDA, patenting biotechnologies, etc.
(May 12, 2010) Serial entrepreneur Marc Andreessen addresses topics including everything from the state of VC and the stock market to the rebirth of consumer electronics. In addition, Andreessen offers ground rules for the start-up.
Lisa Lambert, the Managing Director at Intel Capital, discusses how corporations take part in strategic corporate investing to further develop their own business as well as startups. (May 5, 2010)
Tom Conrad (Pandora CTO) shares his acquired wisdom on succeeding in the consumer internet space. He discusses agility, crisp decision making, and focus, and peppers his lessons with numerous entertaining anecdotes of dot-com days. (April 28, 2010)
In this lecture, Perea demonstrates his company's abilities and explains the benefits and challenges of being an entrepreneur in clean technology. (April 21, 2010)
John Seely Brown, author and former director of Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, discusses entrepreneurship in the 21st century economy and how it differs from the model of the 20th century. (April 14, 2010)
Randy Komisar, Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, discusses entrepreneurship and innovation in Silicon Valley. (April 7, 2010)