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.

Sept 5-6, 2008: West Coast Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship

The 2008 West Coast Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship is being sponsored this year by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (University of Washington), Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (USC), and Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (University of Oregon). The theme is "Technology Entrepreneurship: New Ventures and Established Corporations." It will be held September 5-6 on the Stanford campus.

Big News! We've Renamed and Relaunched Our Podcast and Video Site!

Millions of you have used our Educators Corner site over the last few years. Originally designed as a teaching resource for educators, it has become wildly popular among entrepreneurs and others around the world. We've substantially upgraded and redesigned the site and are relaunching it as Entrepreneurship Corner. Check it out! The new URL is http://ecorner.stanford.edu.

Stanford Summit, July 22-24

Join us in person or for the live broadcast of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program and AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford: July 22-24, 2008 on campus at Stanford. View the program here.

If you are reading this after the fact, go here to access the archives and watch entire sessions.