Stanford Technology Ventures Program

A special presentation of the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture Series
Global Innovation Tournament Showcase

Wednesday, November 18, 2008
4:30-5:300 PM
Skilling Auditorium
Stanford University


Prepare to be amazed. Watch an entertaining showcase of the Global Innovation Tournament, in which students had eight days to ...“Make Saving Money Fun!” Their goal was to create value and have impact, presenting their results in short YouTube videos. We’ll announce winners of the local Stanford tournament and show the videos. The audience will pick some winners, so bring as many friends as possible!

This event is free and open to the public.

The Global Innovation Tournament is organized by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program and generously sponsored by Intuit Inc. This event is hosted by the organizers of the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture Series: Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) and Business Association of Entrepreneurial Students (BASES)

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Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur with over 28 years of experience in high technology companies. He has been a founder or participant in eight Silicon Valley startups since 1978. They include E.piphany, two semiconductor companies (Zilog and MIPS Computers), a workstation company, a supercomputer firm, a com...puter peripheral supplier, a military intelligence systems supplier (ESL) and a video game company.

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Quincy Jones III is a bona-fide hit maker in hip-hop, R&B and pop. In addition to his many hits for artists such as Tupac Shakur, Ice Cube, and LL Cool J, he has remixed singles for artists such as Prince, Ronald Isley, Queen Latifah, Coolio, Naughty by Nature, Everlast (Erik Schrody), and Morcheeba, among others. For ...this work, QDIII was nominated for a Source magazine award for Producer of the Year, along with Dr.Dre and others.

Chamillionaire founded the Chamilitary label and began grooming the careers of brother Rasaq and 50/50 Twin. His hit single, "Ridin'," off The Sound of Revenge, reached the top of the Billboard singles chart and was later nominated for a pair of Grammy Awards. The follow-up to Revenge, titled Ultimate Victory, was released in September 2007.

Stanford University's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar is a weekly speaker series that brings innovation leaders from business, finance, technology, education, and philanthropy, to share their insights with aspiring entrepreneurs from all over the world.

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Free for Stanford students, faculty and staff; $15-20 for general public
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Mark Pincus is the frenetic visionary of Zynga. His DNA is one strand entrepreneur and one strand competitive gamer. Mark founded Tribe.net (www.tribe.net), one of the first social networks in 2003. Prior to Tribe, he was the founder and CEO of SupportSoft (Nasdaq: SPRT), the world's leading provider of support automat...ion software. Prior to SupportSoft, Mark co-founded Freeloader, the first consumer push information service.

Bing Gordon served as Chief Creative Officer of Electronic Arts from 1998 to 2008, after heading EA marketing and product development off and on since EA's founding. He joined EA in 1982 and helped write the founding business plan that attracted KPCB as an initial investor. Bing has driven EA's branding strategy with EA Sports, EA's pricing strategy for package goods and online games, and has contributed design and marketing on many EA franchises including John Madden Football, The Sims, Sim City, Need for Speed, Tiger Woods Golf, Club Pogo and Command and Conquer.

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Craig R. Barrett was Chairman of the Board of Intel Corporation from May, 2005-May, 2009. He became Intelâ??s fourth President in May of 1997 and Chief Executive Officer in 1998. He was elected to Intelâ??s Board of Directors in 1992 and served as Chief Operating Officer from 1993 to 1997. Barrett began his tenure at I...ntel as a Technology Development manager in 1974. Prior to joining Intel, Dr. Barrett was an Associate Professor at Stanford University in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

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As Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Research and Development at Sun, Greg Papadopoulos directs the company's approximate $2B in R&D portfolio with an eye toward innovation, simplicity, and eco-responsibility. With more than 20 years experience in the technology industry, Papadopoulos is responsi...ble for managing Sun's technology decisions and architecture. His team leads Sun Labs, the DARPA High Performance Computing Systems program, global engineering architecture and advanced development programs.

Stanford University's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar is a weekly speaker series that brings innovation leaders from business, finance, technology, education, and philanthropy, to share their insights with aspiring entrepreneurs from all over the world.Read More