By Kathleen M. Eisenhardt - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Team Composition Kathy Eisenhardt, co-director of Stanford Technology Ventures Program and professor in Management Science and Engineering, discusses the size and composition of successful teams.
By Anand Chandrasekaran - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Chew on This: An Unexpected Product Launch Anand Chandrasekaran, Producer of Tapestries of Hope, tells the tale of a small soap maker who realized that the gum they were giving away as a
By John Roos - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Simple Mission Statement John Roos, chief executive officer of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, recommends having a simple mission statement when thinking about a business. You have to know what you are good
By John Doerr - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Distinguished Ventures John Doerr, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, talks about what distinguishes successful companies from all others. The two main factors are passionate founders and devotion
By Reid Hoffman - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Entrepreneurship: A High-Risk Investment Hoffman believes that out of three kinds of investment strategies, sure bets, low-risk management and high risk investments, entrepreneurship is the third kind.
By Ron Conway - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Flying with Angel Investors Taking its name from the early investors of classic Hollywood, Ron Conway and Mike Maples define the angel investor. In addition, they explain the differences between angel
By Janice Roberts - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Globalization: Acting Local to be Global Mayfield Fund, a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, expands its operations in China and India to locally participate in the companies it funds. Roberts
By Nick Earl - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Engineering Innovations in Gaming Nick shows a video of a motion capture technique used in the latest video games. He stresses the need for such innovation in order to compete in a booming market.
By Jeff Raikes - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Be Open to Opportunity Jeff Raikes, group vice president of Productivity and Business Services (PBS) at Microsoft Corporation, explains his own background and how being open to opportunities helped him
By Rick Wallace - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - The 3 Constituents: Investors, Customers and Employees Rick Wallace, the new CEO of KLA-Tencor shares his insights about managing a large organization. He describes his job as making trade-offs to ensure
