Thursday, June 28, 2012

Session 12

I'm hoping to provide some final inspiration to you all with these video interviews with two of the most successful entrepreneurs around Stanford, Andy Bechtolsheim and David Cheriton. You may have already seen the video with Bechtolsheim but this is the first release of the David Cheriton video. In it, he talks about what motivates him to get involved in entrepreneurship, how to think about when to start a company, and provides some advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. David and Andy also told me about writing the first check out to Google, Inc. David goes into some detail on technology, but the startup insights are very generalizable to many types of businesses. Andy stays as a higher level and talks more from the business perspective. They're both super interesting and really good people as well. I hope you enjoy these videos!

Session 12

First time here? 

  1. See the class description and frequently asked questions. 
  2. The course operates according to the flipped class, where team-based, experiential education (learning by doing) is central and video lectures and readings are there for support.
  3. If you'd like, form a team and follow along at http://venture-lab.org, like us on facebook and join the group, or follow the Google+ page.
  4. Start with the intro and course overview videos.
  5. For Chinese viewers the videos are also on YouKu (http://u.youku.com/eesley)
  6. See what some of the teams did for the last assignment and the description of the next assignment.
  7. View the videos for Sessions 1-3 to catch up here.