Come tomorrow, Feb 18, 2009! Entrepreneurship Week Launch Event with John Hennessy

Be sure to come to the big launch event tomorrow, Feb 18, 2009! Join us for a thought-provoking, inspirational talk about entrepreneurial leadership by Stanford President, John Hennessy. His insights come from leading Stanford University, as well as his prior experiences as a successful entrepreneur and his current role as a board member for several high-technology ventures, including Google, Cisco Systems, and Atheros Communications.

As part of the festivities, we will launch Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford and give out audience prizes. We have some amazing things to give away, so be sure to come. You must be present to win!!

Here are the details:

Date:
Wednesday, February 18

Time:
4:30-6:00 PM

Location:
Kresge Auditorium (Map, Parking Info)

Registration:
None

Cost:
Free

Join Us for Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford, Feb 18-25

Mark your calendar and plan to attend the third annual Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford University, February 18-25, 2009. Everyone is invited!

Enjoy a variety of events throughout the week, including prestigious speakers, panel discussions, workshops, mixers, VC/student "speed dating,” a start-up job fair and more.

Most events are free and open to the public. Visit http://eweek.stanford.edu for the full schedule and event details.

Entrepreneurship Week is hosted by the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network (SEN), a federation of entrepreneurship-related organizations across Stanford University. SEN programs, including Entrepreneurship Week, are proudly sponsored by Deloitte.

Winter 2008 Lineup for Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture Series

Announcing the Winter 2008 Lineup for the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture Series. You can get more info at the course website. You can access free podcasts and video clips after the lectures by visiting the Entrepreneurship Corner website.

Lectures are free and open to the public.


January 14
Hugh Martin
Chairman and CEO - Pacific Biosciences

January 21
Soujanya Bhumkar, Josh Schwarzapel, Austin Shoemaker
Founders, Cooliris

January 28
Teresa Briggs
Managing Partner - Deloitte, Silicon Valley

February 4
Spencer Ante
Computer Department - Business Week
Author - Creative Capital

February 11
Tom Siebel
Chairman - First Virtual Group
Founder - Siebel Systems

****Entrepreneurship Week Kickoff Event ****
February 18
John Hennessy
President - Stanford University


****Entrepreneurship Week Finale ****
February 25
"The Next Big Thing" with Tim Draper (Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson), Tony Perkins (Founder - Always On), Michael Moe (Analyst and Author of Finding the Next Starbucks: How to Identify and Invest in the Hot Stocks of Tomorrow)


March 4
Elizabeth Holmes
Founder and CEO - Theranos Inc.

Announcing the Global Innovation Tournament Winners!!

In support of Global Entrepreneurship Week, which took place in November, STVP organized the Global Innovation Tournament. Students around the world had just four days to create as much value as possible from…water bottles…and convey their results in a short YouTube video.

Winning entries included useful and potentially marketable gadgets, eco-awareness campaigns, an algae bioreactor, art sculptures with a message, and Monty Python-style parodies. Go here for a complete list of global and Stanford winners, including links to their videos. More than 1,200 students from over 50 institutions in more than a dozen countries participated. The Global Innovation Tournament is a fast and furious "Apprentice-style" competition that encourages students to work in teams, challenge assumptions, seize opportunities, and be creative. Most of all, it gives them a taste of what it’s like to be entrepreneurial by creating value from basically nothing (in this case, an object that usually winds up in the garbage), while working with constraints, such as limited time and resources.

Kathy Eisenhardt Named Most Influential Management Researcher for Last Quarter Century

We're pleased to announce that, in a study of scholarly influence published in the Journal of Management, STVP Faculty Co-Director, Kathleen Eisenhardt, was named as the most-cited management research author over the last 25 years.

Earlier this year, she was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden. The degree is awarded in recognition of a particularly eminent and substantial professional achievement linked to areas of competence at Chalmers.

She was also a participant in the Nobel Symposium on Organization Theory.

Fall 2008 Lineup for Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture Series

Announcing Fall 2008 Lineup for Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture Series

Go here for the Fall lineup of our Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture Series. (If the quarter is over by the time you're reading this, it will point to the archives, so just scroll down to find what you want.) After the talks, you can access full podcasts of these lectures and video clips of selected segments at our Entrepreneurship Corner website.

If you live in the area or are visiting, note that these lectures are open to the public. Get details and updates at the course website: ETL.

Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov 17-23

Be sure to get involved with Global Entrepreneurship Week. All you have to do is host one event during that week to be considered a "host."

Students: Consider participating in Stanford's Global Innovation Tournament through your local hosts. You can get more info and sign up through the global site above.