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Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Bill Gross
by Scott Edward Walker on March 8th, 2011To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics.
This week, we present Bill Gross, the founder and CEO of Idealab and a brilliant serial entrepreneur. In this interesting, six-minute clip (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner), Bill discusses the complementary skills necessary for a successful management team, including the respective roles of the entrepreneur (E), the producer (P), the administrator (A), and the integrator (I). I hope you enjoy it. Many thanks, Scott
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Jack Dorsey
by Scott Edward Walker on February 15th, 2011To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs succeed.
This week, we present Jack Dorsey, the creator, Co-founder and Chairman of Twitter and Co-founder and CEO of Square, and an extraordinary entrepreneur. In this interesting presentation (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner), Jack discusses the story of Twitter (and Square) and provides lots of great advice and nuggets for entrepreneurs. I hope you enjoy it. Many thanks, Scott
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: William Sahlman
by Scott Edward Walker on January 31st, 2011To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs succeed.
This week, we present William Sahlman, a professor at Harvard Business School and a very intelligent, engaging guy. In this interesting, three-minute clip from a few years ago (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner), Bill discusses, among other things, (i) the importance of the “relentless pursuit of opportunity” and (ii) how “ideas are a dime a dozen and execution is all that matters.” I hope you enjoy it. Many thanks, Scott
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Aaron Levie
by Scott Edward Walker on January 24th, 2011To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs succeed.
This week we present Aaron Levie, the Co-Founder and CEO of Box.net and a smart, engaging entrepreneur. In this interesting, three-minute clip (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner), Aaron discusses how he launched Box from his dorm room and how he had the guts to quit college to pursue his dream. I love this clip because it’s another example of the importance of guts – which I addressed in my recent post, “What Makes a Great Entrepreneur?” I hope you enjoy it. Many thanks, Scott
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Tom Conrad
by Scott Edward Walker on January 12th, 2011To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs succeed.
This week, we present Tom Conrad, the CTO of Pandora and a smart, engaging guy. In this interesting, five-minute clip (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner), Tom discusses, among other things, the importance of (i) word of mouth (“words and mouths”), (ii) fostering relationships with your customers and (iii) genuinely connecting with them. I hope you enjoy it. Many thanks, Scott
How To Be a Silicon Valley Lawyer: A Tribute to Craig Johnson
by Scott Edward Walker on December 15th, 2010
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Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Sheryl Sandberg
by Scott Edward Walker on December 6th, 2010To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs succeed.
This week, we present Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and a brilliant thinker. In this interesting, three-minute clip (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner), Sheryl discusses leadership, including (i) the importance of getting passion and “true enthusiasm” from your team, (ii) how to be a great leader and (iii) the sine qua non of leadership: vision (and “one that scales”). I hope you enjoy it. Many thanks, Scott
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Mark Zuckerberg
by Scott Edward Walker on October 25th, 2010To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs succeed.
This week, we again present Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook and a brilliant entrepreneur. We previously shared a clip from Mark’s presentation at Stanford University (via Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner) in which he discussed building and managing his Facebook team.
In this interesting three-minute clip (from Y Combinator’s recent Startup School), Mark discusses (i) Facebook’s acquisition strategy, (ii) the importance of hiring “the best” people and (iii) creating and maintaining an entrepreneurial culture. I hope you enjoy it. Many thanks, Scott
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Steve Blank
by Scott Edward Walker on October 11th, 2010To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs succeed.
This week, we present startup guru Steve Blank, a retired, highly-successful serial entrepreneur (with 30+ years of venture experience), and currently a Consulting Professor at Stanford and blogger extraordinaire. In this interesting, short clip (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner – 11/11/09), Steve discusses his checklist for entrepreneurs launching a venture, including (i) what’s the opportunity? (ii) where’s the innovation? and (iii) who’s the customer? I hope you enjoy it. Many thanks, Scott
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Jerry Kaplan
by Scott Edward Walker on October 4th, 2010To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs succeed.
This week, we present Jerry Kaplan, a serial entrepreneur, technical innovator and author of “Startup–A Silicon Valley Adventure.” In this solid seven-minute clip (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner), Jerry discusses the “five biggest mistakes that entrepreneurs make,” including (i) having unclear goals; (ii) trying to prove that they are smart; and (iii) doing it for the money. I hope you enjoy it. Many thanks, Scott
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Peter Thiel and Max Levchin
by Scott Edward Walker on September 20th, 2010To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics.
This week, we present (i) Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a brilliant entrepreneur and investor; and (ii) Max Levchin, also a co-founder of PayPal and another brilliant guy. In this interesting, five-minute clip (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner), Peter and Max briefly discuss PayPal’s exponential growth, how they dealt with their largest competitor and obtaining funding prior to the market collapse. I hope you enjoy it. Many thanks, Scott
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: John Doerr
by Scott Edward Walker on August 30th, 2010To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs succeed.
This week, we present legendary investor John Doerr, a partner at Kleiner Perkins. Eric Schmidt calls John “one of Google’s best board members”; and Jeff Bezos noted that “Doerr (and Kleiner) is the center of gravity in the Internet.” In this interesting, one-minute clip from 2005 (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner), John discusses how to negotiate valuations with VC’s and related issues.
I included this clip as a supplement to my blog post today on VentureBeat in which I advised entrepreneurs that: “[Y]ou need to get out there and effectively pitch a bunch of VC’s in your space and get them excited about your venture. By doing so, you can, in effect, drive the market by creating a competitive environment and playing the VC’s off of each other.” Many thanks, Scott
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: David Heinemeier Hansson
by Scott Edward Walker on August 16th, 2010To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs succeed.
This week, we present David Heinemeier Hansson, who is the creator of the Ruby on Rails web development framework, a co-founder of 37signals and the co-author of the best-selling book Rework. In this interesting, three-minute clip (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner), David discusses the problem with accepting venture capital funding. I hope you enjoy it. Many thanks, Scott
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Mark Pincus
by Scott Edward Walker on July 26th, 2010To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video presentation or interview of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs succeed.
This week, we present Mark Pincus, co-founder and CEO of Zynga and a very smart and successful entrepreneur. First, there is an interesting, four-minute excerpt from Mark’s presentation at Stanford in October 2009 (via Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner), in which Mark discusses (i) mapping a strategy as CEO, (ii) “writing your story” and (iii) negotiating with VC’s.
As a bonus, we also present Mark’s interview in December 2009 on Charlie Rose. There is also an interesting article in yesterday’s New York Times discussing Zynga and Mark’s success. We indeed hope you find the videos and article helpful. Many thanks, Scott
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Reid Hoffman
by Scott Edward Walker on July 12th, 2010To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video presentation or interview of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs succeed.
This week, we present Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, a partner at Greylock and a brilliant entrepreneur (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner). In this interesting, six-minute excerpt (from February 2007), Reid discusses certain fundamental principles of entrepreneurship, including the importance of (i) measuring your failing points as early as possible, (ii) time cycles (and luck), and (iii) taking controlled risk.
I hope you enjoy it. Thanks, Scott
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Larry Page
by Scott Edward Walker on June 29th, 2010To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series entitled “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we post a short video presentation or interview of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics to help entrepreneurs succeed.
Today, as a bonus to yesterday’s presentation by Keith Rabois, we have Larry Page, co-founder of Google and a brilliant entrepreneur, from a 2002 presentation at Stanford (courtesy of Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner). In this interesting, 4-minute excerpt, Larry discusses, among other things, the importance of (i) having great people involved with your venture; (ii) becoming an “expert” in your space/domain; (iii) having a “healthy disregard for the impossible”; and (iv) not starting a company because the space is “hot.” I hope you enjoy it. Thanks, Scott