Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders

Hugh Martin, Chairman and CEO of Pacific Biosciences, is proud to point out that his previous enterprise, ONI Systems, was the first to be taken ...

The more dominant a single brand is in the marketplace, the easier it is for an innovator to compete with them. So says Hugh Martin, ...

To build an enterprise that can surely go the distance, Pacific Biosciences' Chairman and CEO Hugh Martin suggests a short list of strategies. Among them, ...

If you've decided to leave a large company in pursuit of other ventures, make it a clean break, advises Hugh Martin, Chairman and CEO of ...

More important than market, technology, or timing, Hugh Martin, Chairman and CEO of Pacific Biosciences, insists that any groundbreaking company is only as good as ...

Chairman and CEO of Pacific Biosciences Hugh Martin says that his employees deeply enjoy the company-wide weekly meeting where he personally addresses all employees and ...

Chairman and CEO of Pacific Biosciences Hugh Martin was quick to hire a top-notch VP of Human Resources - despite the strong objection of his ...

Hugh Martin, Chairman and CEO of Pacific Biosciences, advises entrepreneurs to avoid a common pitfall when it comes to the entrepreneur/VC relationship: Instead of ...

Fine tune your left brain, but don't overlook the opportunities to let your right brain make its mark. Tom Kelley, General Manager of IDEO, also discusses the use of the "...

IDEO's General Manager Tom Kelley relays a tale about artist and author Gordon MacKenzie. In his book, "Orbiting the Giant Hairball", MacKenzie asks school children from kindergarten through sixth grade ...