Culture





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…




What I did in my “spare”(!) time…

The last several weeks I’ve been totally immersed in helping organize TEDxBayArea TEDWomen (designed to coincide with the first global TEDWomen event in Wash, DC).  We had about 150 attendees plus an unknown number watching the livestream.  Breaks were filled with energized conversations about all manner of topics.  It was an exciting day. Like the Read the full article…



“Investing in Iteration Immensely Improves Innovation”

Wise words from Randy Komisar in closing last night’s VLAB session at Stanford in response to a request to provide a lesson on innovation in 6 words It aptly summed up the entire session of “Entrepreneurs Uncensored”.   It’s better to test early and often, quickly discovering what won’t work, correcting and improving upon what will.  Read the full article…