[Transcript] Sweet Rejection: Cutting Out the Noise
Henning Piezunka,
INSEAD
Don’t waste time coming up with lots of ideas you’ll never use. Save time for idea selection and implementation.
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[Transcript] Over, Under Through: Fixing Government Friction
Jennifer Anastasoff,
Serial Entrepreneur
Put your values front and center. How you make something is as important as what you make.
[Transcript] The Customers Made Us Scale It
Sam Yen,
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Changing your culture starts with energizing your users. Customer buy-in motivates staff to take new risks.
[Transcript] Productive Paranoia: Lights, Camera…Anxiety!
Sheri Singer,
Just Singer Entertainment
Healthy paranoia can be a productive tool to ensure a project stays on schedule and on budget. Learn how to trust your gut.
Will Blockchain Disrupt Banks, Black Markets and Business as Usual?
Mike Peña,
Stanford University
Align the core strengths of emerging technologies with human values and apply them to the biggest challenges we face.
[Transcript] Agile on the Edges: Managing Misfits
Michael Arena,
General Motors
[Transcript] The Spreadsheet Troll: Tales of Silos and Scaling
Eric Ries,
The Lean Startup
To encourage innovation, measure and reward employees’ productive failures.
Need Funding for Your Startup? Here’s What VCs Want to See
Mike Peña,
Stanford University
Tell a story about a growing wave of new market opportunities. Ground your pitch with data from customers who are actually using your minimum viable product.
How Startups Survive the High-Growth Stage
Mike Peña,
Stanford University
Prepare for change as your startup begins to mature. Your initial strategies must change as you scale.
Can Tech Get Better at Confronting Ethical Challenges?
Susie Allen,
Writer
Add ethics to your design process by reframing engineering problems in terms of people and values.
How Startups Can Bake Diversity Into Their DNA
Mike Peña,
Stanford University
Create an environment where people want to bring 100 percent of themselves to their work. Early-stage startups are positioned to make inclusion a core value.
Chapter 20: Leading Ventures to Success
Tom Byers,
Stanford University
Andrew Nelson,
University of Oregon
Richard Dorf,
University of California, Davis
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