I am Tina Seelig and I play two roles here today. First, I am the host normally, but today I’m also the speaker. So I'm going to give you a little bit of my background so you know actually who am I besides of the person who usually introduces our other guests. I am the Executive Direct...
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This video montage is narrated by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program’s Executive Director, Tina Seelig. It documents the diverse events that made up Entrepreneurship Week 2009 at Stanford University. Faculty, staff, and student groups from the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network pu...
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So a few years ago, I was at the d.School, the Design Institute at Stanford was just starting off. There was the first year there was a boot camp class. There was a whole cast of thousands of people teaching the class, and I was asked to teach one week that focused on entrepreneurship. ...
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OK, so as part of my role at STVP, I have the incredible honor of teaching a course on creativity and innovation. In fact, I see some of my students in the room. And the entire overarching theme of this class is that all problems are opportunities; the bigger the problem, the bigger the opportun...
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Tina Seelig, Executive Director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, walks us through a life-changing hands-on classroom activity where students are taught to identify opportunities in nooks and crannies. With five dollars in seed funding and two hours of execution, she reports on the su...
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OK, so this is all about turning problems to opportunities, looking at the world as opportunity-rich, basically making something from nothing. But you know what? Being an entrepreneur is much more than just that. That’s the tip of the iceberg, or might be the core of the iceberg, but there are l...
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Written in 1997 from a professor at Harvard, called "How to Write a Great Business Plan." And I love the tag line it says, "Which information belongs and which doesn’t may surprise you." It's very short. You can order it from Harvard Business School or just borrowed it from someone who has taken...
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Kathy Eisenhardt, co-director of Stanford Technology Ventures Program and professor in Management Science and Engineering, discusses the size and composition of successful teams. She recommends a team of 3-5 cross-functional people with diverse age group and experience.
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Tina Seelig, Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, believes that every problem is an opportunity for a creative solution. The way you view any problem depends on your attitude.
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Eisenhardt discusses the ideal markets for start-ups. She classifies them into emergent, growth and mature. Emergent markets are typically small and undefined, growth markets are between $30M-$50M with a high growth rate and mature markets are > $100M. She suggests that the ideal market for a ...
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According to Seelig, never miss an opportunity to be fabulous! She encourages everyone to embrace this idea and to help make the world a better place.
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All we found in looking at our research is an interesting thing. What we found is what we call, "The Surfer Model of Venture Growth" - important key topic for today. What’s the idea if you can decode that two-by-two? It's saying if you start in a non-growth market with a lousy team, you're going...
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