Feb
15
Discovering Entrepreneurship - Field Trip to Plug And Play
February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Today, for class, we went to Plug and Play Tech Center (PnP) for a field trip. For startups in the Silicon Valley area, this is a really cool place to go and get all the resources you need to get going. I have personally enjoyed the idea of an incubator since I lived in South [...]
Feb
13
ETL - Brett Crosby
February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Brett Crosby, today’s speaker, was one of the most personable guys to come to ETL. Not only did he discuss his background in doing business and college stuff, but he also picked out the nuggets of wisdom he gained along the way. In a nutshell, Mr. Crosby started the web analytics company Urchin with his brother and a couple buddies from college which eventually was acquired by Google and is now known as Google Analytics. Also, here’s the full clip if you’re interested.
Feb
12
Social Entrepreneurship ASB - Class Six
February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Professor Tina Seelig, who I have mentioned before here and here, came to our class today. We spent the majority of the class period engaged in an activity designed by her, and I have to say it ranks in the top five of the most AMAZING classes at Stanford thus far. It was a phenomenal rush and I think I can spend at least twice as much time analyzing what happened in the activity than we actually spent on the activity. Here’s an entry of how things progressed.
Feb
8
Discovering Entrepreneurship - Class Four
February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The theme for today’s class was different ways a person can engage in entrepreneurship. We had three guest speakers, all of them students, who talked about health, energy, and tech startups. The discussion wasn’t too much about tips and tricks to being an entrepreneur but rather an analysis of the industry and some insight provided by students engaged within that field. Before we did that though, we performed quick, 1 minute pitches of startups we researched as homework.
Feb
7
What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20…
February 7, 2008 | 1 Comment
As I was perusing the EdCorner one evening, I stumbled across a podcast of Tina Seelig, one of the professors here at Stanford, talking about ten lessons she wishes she knew when she was 20. To many students I’ve met here at Stanford, Professor Seelig is a hero and I’m actually supposed to have the great privilege of meeting her both in Discovering Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship ASB. I’m extremely excited about this opportunity, and without further ado, I’ll give a recap of the ten lessons.