Stanford Technology Ventures Program : [ECorner - April] Entrepreneurial Perspectives: Videos & Podcasts

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Subject: [ECorner - April] Entrepreneurial Perspectives: Videos & Podcasts
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Video: Entrepreneurship is a State of Mind Jeff Housenbold, Shutterfly - 55 sec. Being an entrepreneur is more than just starting a business, says Shutterfly CEO and dot-com veteran Jeff Housenbold. Entrepreneurial thinking involves an innovative mindset to create new products, new markets, and new ideas within any set of circumstances - from an existing Fortune 500 to a mom-and-pop shop.   Podcast: Banking on Corporate Culture and Strategy Ken Wilcox, Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group - 57 min. 46 sec. An outstanding office culture trumps all, says Ken Wilcox, the CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, who heads the most noted financial hub for the technology sector. Wilcox discusses how his financial services institution has scaffolded against recession, and bullet points the uniqueness of commercial banking for the tech start-up.

Classic Clip

Carol Bartz, tech industry heavyweight and, among other titles, current Executive Chairman of the Board of Autodesk, spoke to Stanford students for the second time in early 2006. Her point is still relevant to anyone looking to move ahead in the Fortune 500 sphere: broad experience in numerous corporate roles is the best possible training for a career at the top.

Video: Pyramids, Not Ladders Carol Bartz, Autodesk - 2 min. 6 sec. In this clip, Carol Bartz points out that young workers needn't be afraid of a lateral career move. Ambition often focuses only on upward motion, whereas well-rounded experience in a number of departments - sales, marketing, or customer service, just to name a few - gives a career a solid foundation. Ladders are unstable, Bartz says, but pyramids have depth, safety, and strength.

Educators Corner, a project of Stanford Technology Ventures Program at Stanford University, is a collection of recordings from hundreds of Silicon Valley's most practiced entrepreneurs and thought leaders. The collection offers over 1,200 videos and podcasts, freely available to the public.

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