By Steve Fodor - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Intellectual Property and Life Sciences Steve Fodor, co-founder of Affymetrix, talks about the importance of continuing the scientific research within a company despite a perceived monopoly of the field.
By Jeff Hawkins - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - What is an Entrepreneur? Jeff Hawkins, co-founder of Handspring, has never thought of himself as an entrepreneur.Being an entrepreneur is not a career choice, he says, but is something you do at certain
By Randy Komisar - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - A Venture Capitalist Innovation Process Randy Komisar, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and author of the best-selling book The Monk and the Riddle, talks about how innovation occurs at
By Frank Levinson - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Startups that Fail: Netek Frank Levinson, founder of Finisar, begins his talk with a story about a failed startup of his, Netek. Netek is an example of company that had all of the components that are
By Randy Komisar - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - What Does it Mean to Be a Virtual CEO? Randy Komisar, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, explains his title of Virtual CEO, which does not have a specific meaning. It is extremely adaptive
By Fern Mandelbaum - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Putting Together a Team When putting together a team, Fern Mandelbaum, Partner at Monitor Venture Partners, focuses on the CEO. She looks for someone who is incredibly committed, persevering, a great
By Vinod Khosla - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Bit by the Entrepreneurship Bug Vinod Khosla, partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, was bitten by the entrepreneurship bug early in life when he heard about Intel starting up. He was enamored by
By Gregory Waldorf - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Working with Great People Waldorf underlines the importance of collaborating with great people; people with qualities similar to those of good teachers or bosses. Once the right set of people is found,
By Debra Dunn - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Leadership and Change Management Debra Dunn, former vice president of strategy and corporate operations at Hewlett Packard, and Randy Komisar, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, believe that
By Guy Kawasaki - Stanford University Licence: Course Description: Lectures: Lecture 1 - Make Meaning in Your Company Guy Kawasaki, founder and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, believes that those companies who set out to make a positive change in the world are the companies
