Fall 2009 Quarter Roundup: What Did We Learn?

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Stanford instructor and seasoned serial entrepreneur Steve Blank looks back at the commonalities and quirks of the quarter's previous speakers. Blank outlines a thorough checklist of questions and analysis helpful to any new enterprise leader, and offers insight and case studies from industry giants and new technology plays alike.

Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in high technology companies and management. He is a Consulting Professor at Stanford in the Graduate School of Engineering STVP Program.

Steve has been a founder or participant in eight Silicon Valley startups since 1978. His last company, E.piphany, started in his living room. His other startups include two semiconductor companies (Zilog and MIPS Computers), a workstation company (Convergent Technologies), a supercomputer firm (Ardent), a computer peripheral supplier (SuperMac), a military intelligence systems supplier (ESL) and a video game company (Rocket Science Games).

Steve is on the board of CafePress.com, an on-line marketplace, and IMVU, a 3D IM social network.

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Evangelizing for the Lean Startup

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Speaker, author, and entrepreneur Eric Ries shares rapid fire wisdom on building nimble, responsive, and efficient online software-based businesses. He also offers his wisdom on streamlining processes and progressing engineering systems, and puts forth front line insight into why some new ideas succeed where others have failed.

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What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20

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Tina Seelig - Stanford Technology Ventures Program's Executive Director shares rich insights in creative thinking and the entrepreneurial mindset.


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• The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity
• Don't Wait to be Anointed
• Fail Fast and Frequently
• Never miss an opportunity to be fabulous

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