By David Rothkopf - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - The 80/20 Rule Just twenty percent of the members in any group or social system own eighty percent of the assets, indicative that scale indicates a growing concentration of power. The top 2,000 companies
By John Hennessy - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Silicon Valley: History and Secret John Hennessy, Stanford University's 10th president, talks about how the future of Silicon Valley lies in supporting the creative environment fueled by the combination
By Jeff Housenbold - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Entrepreneurship is a State of Mind Being an entrepreneur is more than just starting a business, says Shutterfly CEO and dot-com veteran Jeff Housenbold. Entrepreneurial thinking involves an innovative
By Peter Diamandis - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Put Your Passions into Flight If you're only working to serve someone else. stop. Only when you're following your true passions - in the case of Peter Diamandis, founder of X PRIZE and multi-time space
By Mir Imran - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Problem Analysis at the Cellular Level How big is the problem? And how large is the opportunity to solve it? Mir Imran, parallel entrepreneur and CEO of InCube Labs, says that 90 percent of business concept
By Elon Musk - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Career Development Elon Musk, co-founder, CEO, and chairman of PayPal, shares his background: He was accepted into Stanford but deferred his admission to start an internet company in 1995. His company was
By Ken Wirt - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - The Career Path of a palmOne Executive Ken Wirt, senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing at palmOne, graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in the psychology of kinetic media - the
By Scott Kriens - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Opportunity Recognition Scott Kriens describes how Juniper was able to take advantage of the rapidly growing internet router space. He states that Juniper's focus on solving unique problems helped them
By Jim Breyer - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - The Emotional Roller Coaster Chris Larsen, a veteran entrepreneur, CEO and co-founder of Prosper.com shares the ups and downs he faced during the first year and a half of starting Prosper.com. He stresses
By Marissa Mayer - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Ideas Come From Everywhere Marissa Mayer, Google's Vice President of Search Products & User Experience, believes that ideas for new products come from everywhere - every employee, every department, from
