Former president of Warner Brothers, producer of Batman Returns, two-time Oscar-winning director and head of content and distribution at Hulu—what do they have in common? Each was kind enough to speak at a panel on Film, Television and Video I co-chaired at Stanford’s Future of Media Conference, which got written up in Forbes this month. ...
Had dinner with Minister He Yafei from China this evening. During the conversation he asked Baba Shiv what made the Stanford GSB different from other schools. Baba replied there are two types of people in the world: Type I people are afraid of making mistakes. Type II people are afraid of missing opportunities. Stanford is ...
Wrote an article on speed reading a few weeks ago that got picked up on the blog of Steve Yoshida, an MIT Sloan School MBA: Above: Excerpt from Steve Yoshida’s post on speed reading I can’t read Japanese, so I ran Steve’s blog through Microsoft Translator, an online service transforming websites from one language to ...
David Lieb would have been a second year MBA at Booth had he not dropped out to found Bump Technologies—famous for the iPhone app letting people exchange contact information via fist tap. Below: 35 second video on how Bump works Released in March 2009, Bump became the billionth iPhone app downloaded from iTunes. It’s become ...
I use the word “cheat” here as in “cheating death”—to avoid something unnecessary that gets in the way of enjoying yourself and having a good time (i.e. no Honor Code violations, just time savings). This habit began at the age of 7. My parents bought us the World Book Encyclopedia. It included a special service: ...
It used to take me half an hour to change my oil at Michael’s Toyota in Bellevue, Washington. Today I changed my oil and topped my fluids in a third of that time at 9 minute oil and lube on 3839 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, 94306—less than 4 minutes away from Stanford. Instead ...
JobNob connects Startups with job seekers open to working for either traditional or alterative pay. In my mind, it’s a huge service to both audiences. Last Thursday, they packed Illusions Supper Club in Palo Alto with an Ivy League Happy Hour where I and fellow Stanford MBAs met some of the hottest new companies coming ...
Found an article at the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies I wanted to share: Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs. #10: Failing to incorporate early enough #9: Issuing founder shares without vesting #8: Hiring a lawyer not experienced in dealing with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists #7: Failing to make a timely Section 83 (b) election ...
Blogging is like writing an email to everyone on the Internet and hoping some fraction of them reads it. Above: My WorkPlayLove.com blog circa November 6, 2009 Why blog? Each person’s reasons differ. Below are mine: Make something useful – I’m happiest when people find value in something I’ve assembled Capture fleeting thoughts – Time ...
6:00am: Wake up to prepare resume for 8am submission deadline. Jam 2 page CV into 1 page template while incorporating feedback from a kindly second year. Catch-up on news and email. 9:00am: Drive wife to auto shop to fix front wheel of her car. Drive back to Escondido Village and walk to class (left bike ...