Seth Godin - Why Things are Broken

Seth Godin at Gel 2006

Fun and great info....

Notable:
7 Reasons why things are broken

Seth Godin at Gel 2006 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.

Why are so many things broken? In this entertaining talk - one of the favorites of Gel 2006 -

http://gelconference.com/c/gel06.php

Seth Godin gives a tour of things poorly designed, the reasons why they are that way, and how to fix them.



See also: Seth's Blog, where Seth writes daily on marketing, business, and other issues -

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/

Larry Page Google Co-founder & Eric Schmidt CEO of Google
Standford Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Speaker Series 202

Notable:
Business vs Technology innovation company
Have a healthy disregard for impossible
Time spent on hiring is important
Airport & Exceptional personality test for hiring
Electric cost was a concern for google
Database for ideas

Link to page: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1072

Mark Suster on Starting A Company
Standford Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Speaker Series 2010

Notable:
Entrepreneurship is an emotional & economic roller coaster
You just need to get started...
Being entrepreneur is not sexy
You need to be passionate about it
Silicon Valley is lazy...do research
Build prototype...
Assemble a diverse team, get out side of box
Huge premium for taking the first leap
Branding ..name should not box you in corner
Stay away from 3F
Start with Angels instead of VCs
Selective bias...
Get Anchor Investor
Test monetization early