Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner•art19.com

Each week, experienced entrepreneurs and innovators come to Stanford University to candidly share lessons they’ve learned while developing, launching and scaling disruptive ideas. The Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Series (ETL) is produced by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) and published on eCorner by STVP.

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Episodes

Frank Ricks (LRK Architecture) - Using Creative Leadership

Frank Ricks, Founder of LRK Architecture, discusses design and creating value for clients while using creative leadership to increase the firm from seven to a hundred and sixty employees.

Nov 16, 2005•57 min•Season 1Ep. 9

Kim Polese (SpikeSource) - Twenty Years of Experience in Developing Software in Silicon Valley

Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource, describes her twenty years of experience in developing software in Silicon Valley including Java development with Sun Microsystems. She also discusses SpikeSource's relationship with the open source community.

Nov 09, 2005•59 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Lonnie Smith (Intuitive Surgical) - From Start-up to Market Dominance in the Field of Surgical Robotics

Lonnie Smith, President and CEO of Intuitive Surgical, discusses Intuitive's path from start-up to market dominance in the field of surgical robotics.

Nov 02, 2005•50 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) - From Harvard to the Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of TheFacebook, is interviewed by VC, Jim Breyer, Managing Partner of Accel. Mark describes what it was like to leave Harvard to venture into a business to build a social utility tool for college students around the world.

Oct 26, 2005•56 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Joe Liemandt (Trilogy) - The Passion and Perseverance Behind a Start-up

Joe Liemandt, founder, President and CEO of Trilogy, describes the passion and perseverance it took to take his enterprise software company from a five-person start-up to a global industry leader.

Oct 19, 2005•54 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Evan Williams (Odeo) - The Technology of Podcasting

Evan Williams, Co-founder and CEO of Odeo, discusses his views on the opportunities and challenges in the quickly emerging technology of Podcasting.

Oct 12, 2005•57 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Geoff Davis (Unitus) - The Microfinance of Entrepreneurship

Geoff Davis, founder and CEO of Unitus, talks about microfinance at the Entrepreneurial Thought Leader lecture series emphasizing the relevance and potential of this field.

Oct 05, 2005•49 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Jeff Hawkins (Numenta) - Entrepreneurship Viewed as a Tool and When to Use it in Industry & Science

Jeff Hawkins, founder of Palm Computing and director of the Redwood Neuroscience Institute, speaks at Stanford University's Entrepreneurial Thought Leader lecture series.

May 18, 2005•57 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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