Recently, the National Institutes of Health announced they are offering my Lean LaunchPad class (I-Corps @ NIH ) to commercialize Read More
Why lean may save your life
Culture, Innovation hubs Failures/challenges from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Lifestyle and Travel Milestones Perseverance Survival tips
Why Not a 50 Over 50?? (pt. 1)
So after I took off 9 years from my career to be the 24/7 live-in caregiver to my Read More
Business to Business Entrepreneurship from observer/expert Leadership Lessons and advice Managing a business Team building
On Mentoring
Somewhere along the way, I’m not sure where it was, I transitioned from being the young turk/rainmaker to Read More
At last month’s inaugural Vator Splash Oakland, 15 companies competed against each other for the top spot. In Read More
Business to Business Business to Consumer Character Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice
Three things I learned on Commencement Day
In the last five years I’ve been at Commencement Day at universities around the world – a few Read More
In the last two decades as a venture capitalist, I’ve seen three primary styles of VCs working with startup Read More
The noise surrounding mobile and how to successfully monetize it is beginning to grow deafening. As this space Read More
Business models/plans Business to Business Business to Consumer Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice
The importance of talking to customers as a startup
Our Stanford and Berkeley Lean LaunchPad classes are over for this year, and as usual we learned as Read More
Business to Business Business to Consumer Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice Managing a business
Corporate acquisitions of startups
For decades large companies have gone shopping in Silicon Valley for startups. Lately the pressure of continuous disruption has forced Read More
Can capital be redistributed to ignite economic development? Can we change how philanthropic dollars are used to address Read More
In May 2011, I wrote the post: Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral. That post got a lot of Read More
Investing in emerging markets comes with its own unique challenges, but the rewards can be well worth the Read More
Business to Business Business to Consumer Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice
‘Embrace change and lead the way’
President Bieto, Dean Sauquet, members of the faculty, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen….Thank you for the kind Read More
In early 2010 my husband Keith, and I were having dinner with two of our old Yahoo! co-workers Read More
Henry Chesbrough is known as the father of Open Innovation and wrote the book that defined the practice. Henry is Read More