Serial entrepreneur Mitch Kapor speaks about the fundamental principles of building successful companies by drawing on his experience as creator of Lotus 1-2-3, Chairman of Second Life, Founder of Foxmarks and a wealth of technical and social entrepreneurship knowledge. This is a guy who's been around the block a few times, so definitely listen to what he has to say.
Here's the 55 minute podcast. You can also view video clips at the STVP Educators Corner website.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
Mark Your Calendar: Social Ventures Session During Entrepreneurship Week
During Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford, there's going to be a really interesting panel discussion on how to get your social venture funded. It happens on Sunday, Feb 24, as part of Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford. Get the details at http://eweek.stanford.edu.
Kriss Deiglmeier, Executive Director of the Center for Social Innovation, Stanford Graduate School of Business, will moderate.
Panelists include two leading funders of social entrepreneurs and two of their grantees:
- Jenny Shilling Stein, Executive Director of the Draper Richards Foundation
- Jessica Jackley Flannery, Co-Founder and Director of Business Development of Kiva.org
- Amy Clark, Ashoka, Global Fellows Program Leader
- Suzanne McKechnie Klahr, Ashoka Fellow and Founder of BUILD
The event is open to all, with no registration required although you should plan to arrive early. I suspect it's going to be standing room only.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Series Winter Lineup
Here is the lineup for the winter quarter of the Draper Fisher Jurvetson Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders lecture series. Podcasts will be available for download on the STVP Educators Corner website immediately following the lecture. Video clips are usually available on the site within a few weeks.
1/16
Mitch Kapor, Founder, Foxmarks and Lotus Software
1/23
Ron Conway, Founder, Angel Investors LP
Mike Maples, Founder, Maples Investments
1/30
Jesse Fink, Co-Founder, MissionPoint Capital Partners and Priceline
Steve Blank, Stanford Professor and Serial Entrepreneur
2/6
Christine Benninger, President, Humane Society Silicon Valley
2/13
Brett Crosby, Group PMM, Google Analytics
2/20
Mir Imran, Chairman of the Board, InCube Labs
2/27
Debra Dunn, Former HP Senior Vice President of Coprorate Affairs
Jay Cohen Gilbert, Bart Houlahan, and Andrew Kassoy, Founders, B Corporation
3/5
Ken Wilcox, CEO, Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Check Out the New Entrepreneurship Week Website
We recently rolled out a new website for Entrepreneurship Week with major enhancements and content updates to the last version you may have seen before the holidays. Please check it out to learn about the overall schedule, details on each event, and information about the exciting Innovation Tournament. http://eweek.stanford.edu
We will continue to make updates and will soon add speaker information, so check back regularly.
We will continue to make updates and will soon add speaker information, so check back regularly.
Monday, January 7, 2008
How to Become a Coach in "Coaches on Call" Program
We primarily sign up coaches on an invitation basis, but we do encourage people to nominate themselves or others for consideration. If you think you are interested and don't currently have a relationship with STVP, you can learn more here and then contact Christina Harvett. Please email her your area of expertise, professional bio, and links to your company website and any other online resources that might help us learn more about you.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Stanford "Coaches On Call" - Winter Lineup
Happy New Year!
In case you weren't already aware, the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network (SEN) offers a "Coaches On Call" business mentoring program for all Stanford students. Here is a brief overview of the program, how to sign up, and the winter quarter lineup.
Go here to see a list of coaches and their available time slots. Also prepare a short write-up as to why you want to see the coach. Email the time slot request and write-up to to Christina Harvett, who manages the sign-ups and scheduling.
Winter Lineup
We would like to gratefully acknowledge Deloitte for its generous sponsorship of the "Coaches on Call" program, as well as all other SEN activities.
In case you weren't already aware, the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network (SEN) offers a "Coaches On Call" business mentoring program for all Stanford students. Here is a brief overview of the program, how to sign up, and the winter quarter lineup.
Coaches On Call is a mentoring program for any students at any school within Stanford. Seasoned professionals hold “office hours" and meet with students one-on-one to offer advice on specific issues related to business plans, intellectual property issues or anything else you want to discuss with the coach. We provide coaches in a variety of specialty areas. The only real rule is that you can't ask for a job -- that's not what they're here for.
Go here to see a list of coaches and their available time slots. Also prepare a short write-up as to why you want to see the coach. Email the time slot request and write-up to to Christina Harvett, who manages the sign-ups and scheduling.
Winter Lineup
We would like to gratefully acknowledge Deloitte for its generous sponsorship of the "Coaches on Call" program, as well as all other SEN activities.
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