Stanford University – Entrepreneurship and Innovation Seminar

Stanford University  Entrepreneurship and Innovation Seminar

3.82 GB

This weekly speaker series presents industry leaders from United States And Europe hitech startup, venture finance, corporate and university research and technology commercialization communities to share their insights and experiences with aspiring and veteran entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley.

This course will be of interest to students working in US corporations with European subsidiaries; in European corporations here in the US; in venture-backed technology startups out of Europe; or in VC firms that invest in Europe, who wish a deeper understanding of the differences between the European and US/Silicon Valley innovation systems. It is the only course at Stanford, or in Silicon Valley for that matter, that addresses the complete European innovation ecosystem—from Ireland to Russia; Scandinavia to the Mediterranean—from a strategic perspective, from the entrepreneurs all the way to the VCs, corporations and unversity research laboratories and tech transfer offices.

Here’s how much it cost at Stanford University:

Tuition Options:
For Credit (member) $1,100.00
For Credit $1,300.00
Audit (member) $995.00
Audit $1,150.00 ?

Section Fee(s):
Document Fee $100.00

Here’s the content to this course:

DVD 1 – Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Silicon Valley
Randy Komisar, Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, discusses entrepreneurship and innovation in Silicon Valley.

DVD 2 – Evangelizing for the Lean Startup
Speaker, author and entrepreneur Eric Ries shares rapid fire wisdom on building nimble, responsive, and efficient online software-based business. He also offers his wisdom on streamlining processes and progressing engineering systems,

DVD 3 – Evolution of a CEO
John Adler, Founder of Accuracy, and Trip Adler, Founder and CEO of Scribd, father and son, both successful entrepreneurs, discuss their experiences founding their own businesses.

DVD 4 – Innovation in a Disruptive Environment
Steve Jurvetson, partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, offers perspective on the market opportunities in innovation and technology. Topics discussed include the necessity for utter market disruption, interdisciplinary solutions

DVD 5 – The Big Shift 20th Century Push
John Seely Brown, author and former director of Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, discusses entrepreneurship in the 21st century economy and how it differs from the model of the 20th century.

DVD 6 – Citizen Engineer
“Whereas the 20th century belonged to the scientist, the 21st century”, says Sun Microsystems CTO Greg Papadopoulos, “is the domain of the engineer.” Rather than secretly toiling away on new discoveries, modern engineers are concerned

DVD 7 – Taking, Avoiding, and Managing Risks
Elizabeth Pate-Cornell, chair of the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford, discusses risk and risk management from an engineering perspective.

DVD 8 – The Ebb and Flow of Clean Tech And Entrepreneurs
In this lecture, Perea demonstrates his company’s abilities and explains the benefits and challenges of being an entrepreneur in clean technology.

DVD 9 – A Historical Perspective of the Moore’s Law
Intel Corporation legend, former CEO, and Chair man of the Board Craig Barrett discusses his personal career path from a Stanford Associate Professor, to Silicon Valley consultant, to a 35-year career inside one of the globe

DVD 10 – A Pandora’s Box of Start-up Expertise
Tom Conrad (Pandora CTO) shares his acquired wisdom on succeeding in the consumer internet space. He discusses agility, crisp decision making, and focus, and peppers his lessons with numerous entertaining anecdotes of dot-com days

DVD 11 – The Importance of Purpose in an Entrepreneurial Journey
William Hagstrom, CEO of Crescendo Bioscience, discusses his journey from working in a corporation to becoming an entrepreneur. Hagstrom states that passion is more essential than simply having strength.

DVD 12 – A Serious Take on Internet Game Play
Mark Pincus, Serial entrepreneur and founder of Zynga, and Bing Gordon, longtime Electronic Arts creative mind and investor on behalf of KPCB, discuss successful CEOs, building sustainable companies, mentorship

DVD 13 – Investing for Market Strategy and Capital
Lisa Lambert, the Managing Director at Intel Capital, discusses how corporations take part in strategic corporate investing to further develop their own business as well as startups.

DVD 14 – Panel of Young Entrepreneurs
Young entrepreneurs Jeff Seibert, Kimber Lockhart, Clara Shih, Steve Garrity, Joshua Reeves, and Tristan Harris discuss their experiences starting companies.

DVD 15 – A Panorama of Venture Capital Beyond
Serial entrepreneur Marc Andreessen addresses topics including everything from the state of VC and the stock market to the rebirth of consumer electronics. In addition, Andreessen offers ground rules for the start-up, including tips

DVD 16 – Building an Online Business: Stories and Slideshare
Rashmi Sinha & Jonathan Boutelle, the Co-Founders of SlideShare, discuss how they launched their business and found success with their online presentation sharing software.

DVD 17 – Quarter Roundup: What Did We Learn
Stanford instructor and seasoned serial entrepreneur Steve Blank looks back at the commonalities and quirks of the quarter’s previous speakers. Blank outlines a thorough checklist of questions and analysis helpful to any new enterprise

DVD 18 – Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford
Steve Case, co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online (AOL), kicks off Stanford’s Entrepreneurship Week (E-Week), discussing his own career and offering advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.

DVD 19 – The Perfect Storm in MedTech
Josh Makower, Founder and CEO of ExploraMed, discusses entrepreneurship and innovation within the medical industry and how to best address the FDA, patenting biotechnologies, etc.

DVD 20 – Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Global Information Technology
Polly Sumner, president of global services and chief adoption officer at Salesforce.com, and Elizabeth Tinkham, managing director at Accenture Ltd. Chicago, discuss their career paths and offer advice to aspiring entrepreneurs.

DVD 21 – The Diplomacy of Technology
Alec Ross discusses in detail innovation policy and how it can change national diplomacy. In addition, Ross offers advice to global innovators, stressing quality time management, effective hiring practices, the mutual benefits of mentoring.