Entrepreneurship


The Dragon has landed – make that docked

The Dragon has landed - make that docked

May  25th started with an historic moment for space flight.  SpaceX’s Dragon capsule was the first commercially built vehicle to dock with the International Space Station (ISS).  Assuming the mission completes successfully, with the capsule splashing back to earth loaded with cargo from the ISS, SpaceX will ferry much needed supplies and experiments to & Read the full article…


Paper- it’s not just for writing or wiping up messes….

Paper- it's not just for writing or wiping up messes....

In my previous post, I mentioned traveling to Stockholm in January (which is definitely not tourist season there).  I had been invited to speak at the Forest Beyond conference sponsored by Innventia, KTH, & Vinnova.  The theme was creating new businesses based on forest products.  My particular talk was on creating a culture of innovation. Read the full article…



Thoughts on innovation, entrepreneurship, & changing the world

Last Friday I had the opportunity to attend the closing session for Singularity University‘s 2011 Graduate School Program. Speakers included Ray Kurzweil and Peter Diamandis (co-founders of Singularity U), Reid Hoffman, and Vinod Khosla along with overviews of the student’s projects.  For now, I’ll highlight some of the comments made by Hoffman and Khosla.  In my next post, Read the full article…