Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
About this Series
A candid exploration of the entrepreneurial journey where informed leaders share personal stories of the secrets and setbacks behind real success. For upcoming talks, see stvp.stanford.edu/events.The Latest
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A Devotion to New Ideas
A Devotion to New Ideas [Entire Talk]
Bill Gross thrives on turning innovative ideas into pioneering companies. He serves as founder and CEO of Idealab, which started over 75 companies since 1996. In this ...
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3 minutesMotivation Through Equity and Risk-Taking
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2 minutes2 Reasons Companies Can Fail
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4 minutesCan You Objectively Compare Ideas?
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3 minutesJudge on Impact Over ROI
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7 minutesMoore's Law: A New Weapon in the Solar Arsenal
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7 minutesA Cogent Argument for Solar Energy
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7 minutesComplementary Skills for Management Teams
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3 minutesSurvive Until the Market is Ready
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5 minutesWeekend Warriors Discover the Pivot
Live for the Future and Survive Success [Entire Talk]
As CEO of OptiMedica, Mark Forchette guides the company's continuing efforts to successfully deliver innovative medical technologies to market. In this lecture, he shares entrepreneurial ...
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2 minutesPut the Right People in the Right Seats
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2 minutesHave a Higher Goal than Money
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2 minutesStrategy Plus Tactical Implementation Equals Success
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3 minutesYou Can Overcome Any Failure
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2 minutesLearn How to Sell
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2 minutesYou Must Have Passion
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2 minutesKnow What You Want and Set Objectives
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3 minutesThe Road to Changing Jobs
Live for the Future and Survive Success
The Power of Curiosity and Inspiration [Entire Talk]
Square and Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey is an entrepreneur driven by an innate curiosity to create amazing products and services. In this insightful lecture, Dorsey ...
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2 minutesOne Startup With Many Startups Inside
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5 minutesBecoming a Better Storyteller
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3 minutesMarketing by Surfacing the Product
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1 minutesBe the Unexpected
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5 minutesThe CEO as Chief Editor
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2 minutesThe Power of User Narratives
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2 minutesInstrument Everything
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5 minutesPayment is a Form of Communication
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1 minutesShow Investors a Working Product
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3 minutesThe Idea for Square
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4 minutesThe Birth of Twitter
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3 minutesThe Right Idea at the Wrong Time
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2 minutesParallels Between Policy and Programming
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4 minutesA Love for Real-Time Data
The Power of Curiosity and Inspiration
Relentless Pursuit of Innovation [Entire Talk]
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann has a track record of fostering environments conducive to innovation, in both the public and private sector. In this engaging lecture, ...
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2 minutesKeeping Your Internal Compass
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4 minutesQualities of Risk Taking Entrepreneurs
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2 minutesInnovating Health Sciences to Reduce Cost
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4 minutesChanging the FDA Approval Process
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2 minutesRewarding Team Achievement
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3 minutesBalancing Risk Against Reward
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4 minutesInnovation in Academics
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5 minutesA Story of Biotech Innovation
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7 minutesEarly Path of a Biotech Innovator
Relentless Pursuit of Innovation
Following Your Startup Vision [Entire Talk]
Calera founder Brent Constantz is an innovator who believes that successful entrepreneurs are the ones who follow through on their original vision. Drawing upon his ...
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2 minutesTension Between Goals and ROI
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2 minutesMake Cleaning the Environment a Prosperous Opportunity
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1 minutesBusiness Plan Beliefs
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3 minutesBe Your Only Board Member
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3 minutesAdvisory Boards and Operating Plans
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2 minutesBig Visions are Right Visions
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2 minutesStarting Avalanches and Building Fires
Following Your Startup Vision
Delivering Innovation for the Enterprise [Entire Talk]
Box.net CEO Aaron Levie is an entrepreneur who seeks to reinvent how enterprise businesses share content across their organizations. In 2005, Levie saw the need ...
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4 minutesMaintaining a Culture of Innovation
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2 minutesCompete Through Product Iteration
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3 minutesStartups with Friends
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4 minutesFive Solid Startup Lessons
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2 minutesA Different Enterprise Software Company
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2 minutesBorrow Ideas from Everyone
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5 minutesOut Innovate Bigger Competitors
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2 minutesThe Freemium Business Model
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4 minutesLaunching From the Dorm Room
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2 minutesChanges Present Opportunities
Delivering Innovation for the Enterprise
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