By Nick Earl - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Organizational Structure: General Manager at EA Nick Earl, General Manager of Electronic Arts Redwood Shores Studio, talks about how the General Manager's job is to run one of EA's six studios, which are the
By William A. Sahlman - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - The Best Money Comes from Customers William Sahlman, professor at Harvard Business School, argues that revenue generating business models are the best source of funding and that entrepreneurs should
By Ann Winblad - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Introduction to Hummer Winblad and Mobius Venture Capital Ann Winblad, co-founding Partner of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, introduces herself and venture capitalist Heidi Roizen, who was not able to be
By Marc Fleury - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - The Dynamics of Open Source Software Peter Fenton, general partner at Benchmark Capital, discusses what the future may look like with open source software, and how competitors view open source software
By Michael Goldberg - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Starting out as a Sole Founder Michael Goldberg, General Partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures and Founder of Axion Inc., discusses his transition from being a venture capitalist to an entrepreneur. He left
By Ping Li - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Founding Teams Ashwin Navin, Co-founder and President of Bit Torrent, talks about founding teams--where they come from and how to form them. Navin suggests that founding teams emerge from relationships
By Mitch Kapor - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Competing with Giants Serial entrepreneur Mitch Kapor encourages start-ups not to compete with giants. Instead, the young upstart should consider how it could benefit by working in concert with their
By Steve Jurvetson - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - How should startups adapt to changing times? Companies today need to be nimble and adaptable to the changing environment and market around them. Being nimble is important. The second skill is to think
By Tim Draper - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Entrepreneurs Are Heroes and Change Agents Tim Draper, Partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, suggests that entrepreneurs are heroes because they are the real change agents in the world. Although politicians
By Roger McNamee - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Successful Entrepreneurs Roger McNamee, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Elevation Partners, believes that successful entrepreneurs are driven by compelling ideas. He goes on to say that along with
