Bob Sutton, Stanford University When Do You Know if You Have a Good Idea? While Sutton doesn't think there is a true method to differentiate a good idea from a bad one, there are ways to help improve the ...
Hanson Gifford, Morgenthaler Ventures/The Foundry Robin Bellas, Morgenthaler Ventures/The Foundry Where Does Innovation Occur? Bellas talks about where innovation is currently happening in biotech and medical device companies. The large pharmaceutical companies aren't covering the same innovative ground as ...
Jeff Raikes, Microsoft Innovation in Business Models Raikes talks about how Microsoft's success at innovating business models equals its success in technology innovation. Before Microsoft, there was no market for a company ...
Jeff Raikes, Microsoft Challenges in Structure Transformation – Microsoft Business Divisions Raikes talks about how Microsoft participates in a broad range of competitive and evolving businesses in the software industry. They are transforming into seven business: ...
John Hennessy, Stanford University Opportunities in Social Entrepreneurship Hennessy talks about how entrepreneurship holds great potential for social endeavors. Entrepreneurs think about solving problems in different ways and therefore can offer unique and ...
Gajus Worthington, Fluidigm The Breakthrough Idea Worthington explains that the market climate at the time of the formation of Fluidigm, around 1999, was not favorable towards anything without dotcom in the title, ...
Nick Earl, Electronic Arts Arcadia Kim, Electronic Arts Erin Turner, Electronic Arts Market potential: GameBoy Erin Turner, a producer at Electronic Arts specializing in action-hero titles, explains that the GameBoy has a pretty substantial market with 40 million sold worldwide. The ...
Nick Earl, Electronic Arts Arcadia Kim, Electronic Arts Erin Turner, Electronic Arts Making an Interactive Game Successful Earl talks about how EA is good at figuring out early on if a game is not going to be successful and starting over before ...