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AuctionDrop: Taking Risks in a New Venture

AuctionDrop: Taking Risks in a New Venture

By Randy Adams - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - The Early Career of a Serial Entrepreneur Randy Adams, founder of AuctionDrop, talks about his background, including growing up in Maine, attending MIT, and his realization of his love of creating

Maintaining Focus as an Entrepreneur

Maintaining Focus as an Entrepreneur

By Evan Williams - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Advent of Podcasting Evan Williams, co-founder of Pyra Labs, creators of Blogger, talks about podcasting and how it started. He believes that due to the "webification" of audio, podcasting has become

Fox Interactive Media: A Startup and its Phases

Fox Interactive Media: A Startup and its Phases

By Mark Jung - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Entrepreneurship is a Journey Mark Jung, former Chief Operating Officer of Fox Interactive Media, explains that entrepreneurship is a journey that has to be experienced with all it's hardships. One should not

Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs

Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs

By Jerry Kaplan - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Five Biggest Mistakes That Entrepreneurs Make Jerry Kaplan, serial entrepreneur, executive, technical innovator, and author, elaborates on the five biggest mistakes that entrepreneurs make: 1) Having

Digital Chocolate: Persistence and Learning from Mistakes

Digital Chocolate: Persistence and Learning from Mistakes

By Trip Hawkins - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Persistence and The Notion of the Big Idea Trip Hawkins, chairman and CEO of Digital Chocolate, believes that persistence is a very important quality in entrepreneurs. It helps to overcome road-blocks and

Persevering and Learning from both Success and Failure

Persevering and Learning from both Success and Failure

By Chong-Moon Lee - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Coming to Silicon Valley Chong-Moon Lee, chairman and CEO of Ambex Venture Group, and founder of Diamond Multimedia Systems, talks about his humble beginnings and the frustrations in his family business

Zazzle: Passion and Vision

Zazzle: Passion and Vision

By Bobby Beaver - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Passion and Vision Entrepreneurs must have passion. Passion and vision are the things entrepreneurs fall back on when their company goes through highs and lows. Bobby Beaver, vice president of technology

Garage Technology Ventures: Passion vs. Money in Entrepreneurship

Garage Technology Ventures: Passion vs. Money in Entrepreneurship

By Guy Kawasaki - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Garage Technology Ventures Introduction Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, provides a description of Garage Technology Ventures and their services. These include: mergers &

Stanford University: Licensing New Technology

Stanford University: Licensing New Technology

By Katharine Ku - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - What's Best for the Technology? Katherine Ku, Director of the Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) at Stanford University, talks about the mission of the OTL at Stanford.  Their main philosophy is to do

Mozilla: Community-Based Organizations

Mozilla: Community-Based Organizations

By Mitchell Baker - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Consumer Internet and Firefox Mitchell Baker, CEO of Mozilla, talks about how Firefox played a significant role in changing the consumer side of the Internet. She describes how Mozilla is a key