Spring 2008-09 Speaker Lineup
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April 8
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Jensen Huang ~ Co-Founder, NVidia
Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang co-founded NVIDIA Corporation in April 1993 and has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors since its inception. Under his leadership, NVIDIA has become the world leader in visual computing technologies and one of the semiconductor industry's largest fabless companies. |
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April 15
Dinner afterwards
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Mari Baker ~ CEO, Playfirst, formerly Navigenics
Mari Baker is currently the CEO of PlayFirst, Inc., an award-winning entertainment company that makes games appealing to everyone. Ms. Baker was most recently CEO of Navigenics, a healthcare company that combines advances in genomics and technology to provide personalized medicine. In 2006, she was an executive-in-residence at KPCB. Prior to that, she was president of BabyCenter. Under her leadership, BabyCenter became the world's leading website for new and expectant parents, winning numerous online health awards and expanding significantly offline and internationally. |
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April 22
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Sheryl Sandberg ~ COO, Facebook
Sheryl Sandberg graduated in 1991 from Harvard College, and worked under Lawrence Summers at the World Bank. She later earned her MBA from Harvard Business School in 1995 and worked at McKinsey & Co. as a management consultant. Sandberg then served as chief of staff to Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers from 1999 to 2001. Turning down several investment bank offers, she joined Google in 2000. She was included in Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women of 2007 and, at the age of 38, had the distinction of being the youngest on the list. In March 2008 she left Google Inc. to become Facebook's COO. |
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April 29
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Jennifer Fonstad & Steve Perricone, BioFuelBox
Jennifer Scott Fonstad is a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Considered one of the most senior women in venture today, Ms. Fonstad invests broadly in early stage companies, most recently taking an early leadership role in clean energy. Additionally, she has been working to change our country’s healthcare system through entrepreneurship.
Steve Perricone is President and CEO (Co-Founder) of BioFuelBox Corporation. Steve has over 20 years experience in the technology industry, with over half of that in start-up environments. Most recently Mr. Perricone was Vice President of Worldwide Sales for SonicWALL (NASDAQ: SNWL). He joined SonicWALL when it had less than 20 employees and was instrumental in the growth of the company to over 450 employees worldwide. |
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May 6
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Steve Ballmer ~ CEO, Microsoft
Steven Anthony Ballmer needs no introduction. He has been the chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation since January 2000. Ballmer joined Microsoft on June 11, 1980, and became Microsoft's 24th employee, the first business manager hired by Gates. As a visionary and leader, Steve Ballmer has led Microsoft to the top of the computer software world. |
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May 13
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Jeff Hawkins ~ Founder, Numenta
Jeff Hawkins is well known as co-founder of two companies, Palm and Handspring, and as the architect of many computing products such as the PalmPilot and Treo smartphone. Jeff also has a deep interest in neuroscience, which led him to create the non-profit Redwood Neuroscience Institute (RNI), a scientific institute focused on understanding how the human neocortex processes information. While at RNI, Hawkins developed a theory of neocortex which appeared in his 2004 book, On Intelligence. With the team of Dileep George and Donna Dubinsky, Hawkins founded Numenta in 2005 to develop a technology platform derived from his theory.Prior founder of Palm and Handspring |
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May 20
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Steve Westly ~ Former CA Controller
Steve P. Westly is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at The Westly Group. Prior to founding the firm, he served as the Controller and Chief Fiscal Officer of the state of California. Throughout his career, Mr. Westly has developed expertise in fiscal management. He brought determination and commitment to the State Controller’s Office at a time when California was facing a severe fiscal crisis. In the private sector, Mr. Westly guided eBay through a period of rapid growth, serving as a Senior Vice President of Marketing, Business Development, Mergers and Acquisitions, and International Operations. Currently, Westly is California Campaign Co-chair for Obama for America and is a member of the campaign's finance committee. |
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May 27
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Tina Seelig, Ph.D. is the Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program where she is responsible for strategic planning, operations, and outreach efforts of STVP. In addition, Tina is the Director of the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network and the co-Director of the Mayfield Fellows Program. Tina's latest book, What I wish I knew when I was 20, provides insights on life, leadership, and the little things that make a big difference in an entrepreneurial setting. |
Winter 2008-09 Speaker Lineup
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January 14
Dinner afterwards
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Hugh Martin
Chairman and CEO - Pacific Biosciences
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January 21
Dinner afterwards
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Soujanya Bhumkar, Josh Schwarzapel, Austin Shoemaker
Founders, Cooliris
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January 28
Dinner afterwards
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Teresa Briggs
Managing Partner - Deloitte, Silicon Valley
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February 4
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Spencer Ante
Computer Department - Business Week
Author - Creative Capital |
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February 11
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Tom Siebel
Chairman - First Virtual Group
Founder - Siebel Systems |
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February 18
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John Hennessy
President - Stanford University
Launch of Stanford University Entrepreneurship Week! |
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February 25
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Tim Draper & Michael Moe ~ Discussion moderated by Tony Perkins
Conclusion of Stanford University Entrepneurship Week
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March 4
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Elizabeth Holmes
Founder and CEO - Theranos Inc.
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Fall 2008-09 Speaker Lineup
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October 1
Mixer and Dinner afterwards
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Steve Blank ~ Stanford Professor, Serial Entrepreneur
Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur with over 28 years of experience in high technology companies. He has been a founder or participant in eight Silicon Valley startups since 1978. They include E.piphany, two semiconductor companies (Zilog and MIPS Computers), a workstation company, a supercomputer firm, a computer peripheral supplier, a military intelligence systems supplier (ESL) and a video game company.
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October 8
Mixer afterwards
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Erik Straser ~ Partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures
With a decade of experience in venture capital, Erik has been a catalyst for Cleantech in Silicon Valley and abroad. He leads MDV's Cleantech investment team and applies his expertise in areas of solar, biofuels, energy storage, industrial biotech and clean coal. |
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October 15
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William McDonough ~ Designer, Writer: Cradle to Cradle
William McDonough is an internationally renowned designer and one of the primary proponents and shapers of what he and his partners call 'The Next Industrial Revolution.' Time magazine recognized him in 1999 as a 'Hero for the Planet', stating that "his utopianism is grounded in a unified philosophy that-in demonstrable and practical ways-is changing the design of the world."
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October 22
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Vinod Khosla ~ Sun Microsystems and Khosla Ventures
Vinod Khosla was the Founding Chief Executive Officer of Sun Microsystems where he pioneered open systems and commercial RISC processors. Vinod serves on the boards of Agami, Centrata, eASIC, Indian School of Business, Infinera, Kovio, Metricstream, QWEST Communications, Spatial Photonics, Xsigo and Zettacore. Furthermore, Vinod became a General Partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers in 1986, and more recently founded Khosla Ventures. |
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October 29
Mixer and Dinner afterwards
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Judy Estrin ~ CEO of Packet Design
Judy Estrin is CEO of JLABS, LLC, formerly known as Packet Design Management Company, LLC. She is the author of Closing the Innovation Gap, published in September, 2008. Prior to co-founding Packet Design, in May 2000, Estrin was the CTO for Cisco Systems. Beginning in 1981 Estrin co-founded three other successful technology companies: Bridge Communications, Network Computing Devices, and Precept Software. |
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November 5
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Anna Patterson ~ Co-founder of the Cuil Search Engine
Anna Patterson is the President and Co-founder of Cuil. Previous to this position, she was the architect of Google's large search index, TeraGoogle, that launched in early 2006. During her time with Google, Anna was the technical lead of one of the two Web ranking groups at Google, in charge of GoogleBase, and managed for the core piece of Google’s ad-matching technology. She joined Google in 2004 after designing, writing and selling Recall. |
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November 12
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Tom Kelley ~ Writer: The Art of Innovation
Tom is the General Manager of IDEO, the widely admired design and development firm that brought us the Apple mouse, the Palm V and hundreds of other cutting edge products and services. Fast Company listed IDEO as number five in its 2008 list of The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies. |
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November 19
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Guy Kawasaki ~
Garage Technology Ventures
Guy Kawasaki is a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm and a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine. Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. Guy is the author of nine books including Reality Check, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. |
Spring 2007-08 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | After | Media |
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| Wed 4/09 |
Jeff Housenbold CEO, Shutterfly |
Mixer |
Handout, Video |
| Wed 4/16 |
David Rothkopf Author, Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They are Making |
Mixer |
Handout, Video |
| Wed 4/23 |
George Zachary Partner, Charles River Ventures |
None |
Handout, Video |
| Peter Diamandis, M.D. Chairman and CEO, XPrize |
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| Wed 4/30 |
Anand Chandrasekaran Founder, Aeroprise Inc. / Producer, Tapestries of Hope |
Dinner |
Handout, Video |
| Michealene C. Risley President, Freshwater Spigot / Writer & Director, Tapestries of Hope |
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| Wed 5/07 |
Sue Decker President, Yahoo |
None |
Handout, Video |
| Wed 5/14 |
Larry Brilliant Executive Director, Google.org |
Mixer, Dinner |
Handout, Video |
| Wed 5/21 |
John Melo CEO, Amyris Biotechnologies |
None |
Handout, Video |
| Wed 5/28 |
Beth Seidenberg, M.D. Partner, KPCB |
Dinner |
Handout, Video |
Winter 2007-08 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | After | Media | |
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| Wed 1/16 |
Mitch Kapor Founder, Foxmarks Founder, Lotus |
Mixer and Dinner | ||
| Wed 1/23 |
Ron Conway Founder, Angel Investors LP |
Dinner | ||
| Mike Maples Founder, Maples Investments |
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| Wed 1/30 |
Jesse Fink Co-Founder, MissionPoint Capital Partners, (Co-Founder,Priceline) |
Mixer and Dinner | ||
| Steve Blank Stanford Professor and Serial Entrepreneur |
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| Wed 2/6 |
Christine Benninger President, Humane Society Silicon Valley |
Dinner | Slides (PPT) | |
| Wed 2/13 |
Brett Crosby Group PMM, Google Analytics |
Dinner | ||
| Wed 2/20 |
Mir Imran Chairman of the Board, InCube Labs |
Dinner | ||
| Launch of Stanford Entrepreneurship Week! | ||||
| Wed 2/27 |
Debra Dunn Former HP Senior Vice President of Coprorate Affairs |
Mixer | ||
| Jay Cohen Gilbert Bart Houlahan Andrew Kassoy Founders , B Corporation |
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| Please note this week's change in location to Hewlett 200 | ||||
| Wed 3/5 |
Ken Wilcox CEO, Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group |
Mixer and Dinner | ||
Fall 2007-08 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | Presentation | After | Media |
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| Wed 10/3 |
Donna Novitsky CEO, BigTent, and former VC, Mohr Davidow Ventures |
Mixer | Handout | |
| Wed 10/10 |
Martin Eberhard Co-Founder and President of Technology, Tesla |
Mixer | Handout | |
| Please note this week's change in location to Hewlett 200 | ||||
| Launch of Stanford Entrepreneurship Network. | ||||
| Wed 10/17 |
Dominic Orr President and CEO, Aruba Networks |
Mixer | Handout | |
| Wed 10/24 |
Chip Heath Stanford Professor and Author, Made to Stick |
Mixer | Handout | |
| Please note this week's change in location to Arrillaga Alumni Center, McCaw Hall | ||||
| Stanford REE Conference. | ||||
| Wed 10/31 |
Stan Christensen Co-Founder, Arbor Advisors |
Dinner | Handout | |
| Wed 11/7 |
Larry Bawden Co-Founder and President/CEO, Jadoo Power |
Dinner. | Handout | |
| Wed 11/14 |
Armen Berjikly Founder and CEO, Experience Project |
Mixer | Handout | |
| Wed 11/28 |
Ping Li Partner, Accel |
Mixer | Handout | |
| Ashwin Navin Co-Founder and President, BitTorrent |
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Spring 2006-07 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | Presentation | After | Media |
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| Wed 4/11 |
William Perry U.S. Secretary of Defense (1994-1997) Stanford University |
It's Your Ship |
Mixer | Wikipedia Podcast |
| Wed 4/18 |
Mark Jung Founder, IGN |
The Entrepreneurial Life Cycle | Dinner | Podcast |
| Wed 4/25 |
Shai Agassi Former President, Product and Technology Group, SAP AG |
Not Just a Pipe Dream: Converting Israel to an All-electric Fleet of Vehicles | Mixer | Wikipedia Blog Podcast |
| Co-sponsored by Energy Crossroads and Woods Institute for the Environment | ||||
| Please note this week's change in location to Terman Auditorium | ||||
| Wed 5/2 |
Carly Fiorina CEO, Hewlett-Packard (1999-2005) and Author, Tough Choices |
Remarks by Carly Fiorina | Mixer Book-signing |
Wikipedia Book Podcast |
| Co-sponsored by Stanford Women in Business | ||||
| Please note this week's change in location to Terman Auditorium | ||||
| Wed 5/9 |
Jackie Speier Author & CA State Senator (1998-2006), CA Senate |
Dinner | Wikipedia Book Podcast |
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| Deborah Stephens Author, Co-Founder, Center For Innovative Leadership |
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| Wed 5/16 |
Andrew Frame CEO, Ooma |
Dinner | Podcast | |
| Warren Packard Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson |
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| Wed 5/23 |
Mitchell Baker CEO, Mozilla Corporation |
Entrepreneurship and Mozilla | Dinner | Wikipedia |
| Wed 5/30 |
Bob Sutton Author & Professor, Stanford University |
The No Asshole Rule | Mixer | Blog Book Article |
Winter 2006-07 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | Company | Title | Afterwards | Materials |
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| Jan. 17 | Janice Roberts | Mayfield Fund | Managing Director | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
| Jan. 24 | Tien Tzuo | Salesforce.com | Chief Strategy Officer | Dinner | Handout Podcast |
| Jan. 31 | Ray Lane | KPCB | Partner | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
| Ron Bloom | Podshow | Founder | |||
| Feb. 7 | Reid Hoffman | Founder | Mixer | Handout Podcast | |
| Feb. 14 | Gregory Waldorf | eHarmony | CEO | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
| Feb. 21 | Steve Burrill | Burrill & Co | Founder | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
| Feb. 28 | Entrepreneurship Week Panel | Mixer | Handout Podcast | ||
| KR Sridhar | Bloom Energy | CEO | |||
| Jeff Koseff | Stanford University | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering | |||
| Kavita Ramdas | Global Fund for Women | CEO | |||
| Chip Blacker | Stanford University | Director, Institute for International Studies | |||
| Brook Byers | KPCB | General Partner | |||
| Paul Yock | Stanford University | Director of Biodesign Program | |||
| Mar. 7 | Shaukat Shamim | Rhythm NewMedia | SVP, Business Development | Mixer | Handout |
Fall 2006-07 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | Company | Title | Afterwards | Materials |
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| Oct. 4 | Kathy Eisenhardt | Stanford University | Professor of Management Science & Engineering | Mixer | Handout Podcast Slides |
| Oct. 11 | Greg Brandeau | Pixar | Senior Vice President of Technology | Dinner | Handout |
| Oct. 18 | Rick Wallace | KLA-Tencor | CEO | Dinner | Handout Podcast |
| Oct. 25 | Jim Breyer | Accel Partners | Managing Partner | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
| Chris Larsen | Prosper Marketplace, Inc. | CEO | |||
| Nov. 1 | Joseph McCracken | Genentech | Vice President of Business Development | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
| Nov. 8 | Nick Earl | Electronic Arts | Vice President & General Manager | Dinner | Handout Podcast |
| Nov. 15 | Greg Ballard | Glu-Mobile | CEO & President | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
| Nov. 29 | Scott Kriens | Juniper Networks | Chairman & CEO | Mixer | Handout Podcast |
Spring 2005-06 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | Company | Title | Afterwards | Materials |
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| 4/12 | Tina Seelig | Stanford University | Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program | Mixer |
Video Podcast Handout |
| 4/19 | Katie Rodan | Proactiv Solution | Co-Founder | Dinner |
Video Podcast Handout |
| 4/26 | Stephanie Keller-Bottom | Nokia Innovent | Director | Mixer |
Video Podcast Handout |
| 5/3 | Gil Penchina | eBay | VP of Business Development | Dinner |
Video Podcast Handout |
| 5/10 | Pam Marrone | Agraquest | Founder | Dinner |
Video Podcast Handout |
| 5/17 | Marissa Mayer | Vice President, Search Products & User Experience | Mixer |
Video Podcast Handout |
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| 5/24 | Tony Fadell | Apple | Executive Vice President, iPod Division | Mixer | [Not recorded] Handout |
| 5/31 | Ryan Phelan | DNA Direct | Founder and CEO | Dinner |
Video Podcast Handout |
Winter 2005-06 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | Company | Title | Afterwards | Materials |
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| 1/18 | Tom Byers | Stanford University | Professor, Deputy Chair, Management Science and Engineering | Mixer | Handout |
| 1/25 | Jeff Beaver Bobby Beaver | Zazzle | Co-founder, VP Products Co-founder, VP Technology |
Dinner | Handout |
| 2/1 | Janice Fraser | Adaptive Path | CEO | Dinner | Handout |
| 2/8 | Kim Popovits | Genomic Health | President and COO | Dinner | Handout |
| 2/15 | Chong-Moon Lee | AmBex Venture Group | Founder and Chairman | Mixer | Handout |
| 2/22 | Michael Goldberg | Mohr Davidow Ventures | General Partner | Mixer | Handout |
| 3/1 | Carol Bartz | Autodesk | Executive Chairman of the Board | Mixer | Handout |
| 3/8 | John Roos | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | CEO | Dinner | Handout |
Fall 2005-06 Speaker Lineup
| Date | Speaker | Company | Title | Afterwards | Materials |
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| Oct 5 | Geoff Davis | Unitus | President, CEO | Mixer | Handout |
| Oct 12 | Evan Williams | Odeo | Founder, President | Dinner | Handout |
| Oct 19 | Joe Liemandt | Trilogy | Founder, President, CEO | Dinner | Handout |
| Oct 26 | Jim Breyer Mark Zuckerberg |
Accel theFacebook |
Managing Partner Founder |
Mixer | Handout |
| Nov 2 | Lonnie Smith | Intuitive Surgical | President, CEO | Mixer | Handout |
| Nov 9 | Kim Polese | SpikeSource | CEO | Mixer | Handout |
| Nov 16 | Frank Ricks | LRK Architecture | Founder | Dinner | Handout |
| Date | Speaker | Talk | Company | Title | Afterwards | Materials |
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| Apr 6 | Geoffrey Moore | Dealing with Darwin: The Evolution of Business Strategy Over the Life Cycle of a Category | Mixer | Venture Partner
Managing Director |
Mohr Davidow Ventures (VC)
TCG Advisors |
Handout Slides |
| Apr 13 | Trip Hawkins | Startup Strategies From the Founder of EA and Digital Chocolate | Mixer | Founder, CEO | Digital Chocolate (start-up) | Handout |
| Apr 20 | Brook Byers | Decoding How Venture Capitalists Really Work Today | Mixer | Partner | KPCB (VC) | Handout |
| Apr 27 | Roger McNamee | The New Normal | Dinner | Partner | Elevation Partners (PE) | Handout |
| May 4 | Bill Campbell Danny Shader |
From Start-Up to Success: Lessons in Growing a Company | Mixer | Chairman CEO |
Intuit Good (start-up) |
Handout |
| May 11 | Tim Draper | Change the World -- A Gathering for Heroes | Dinner | Partner | DFJ (VC) | Handout |
| May 18 | Jeff Hawkins | -- | Booksigning and Mixer | Founder | Numenta (start-up), PalmOne | Handout |
| May 25 | Randy Komisar Debra Dunn |
-- | None | Virtual CEO VP |
TiVo, WebTV HP |
Handout |
| Date | Thought Leader | Talk | Post-Seminar Event | Title | Company | Handouts |
| Jan 12 | Reid Dennis | Venture Capital as a Career - Then and Now | Dinner | Partner | IVP (VC) | Handout |
| Jan 19 | Kenneth Denman | -- | Dinner | CEO | iPass (wireless) | Handout |
| Jan 26 | Peter Fenton Marc Fleury |
-- | Mixer | Partner CEO |
Accel Partners (VC) JBoss (open source software) |
Handout |
| Feb 2 | John Doerr | The Power of Networks and Entrepreneurs | n/a | Partner | KPCB (VC) | Handout |
| Feb 9 | Karen Richardson | -- | Dinner | CEO | E.piphany (CRM software) | Handout |
| Feb 16 | Peter Seligmann | A Walk on the Wild Side: True Confessions of a Conservationist Entrepreneur | n/a | CEO | Conservation International (non-profit) | Handout |
| Feb 23 | Steve Fodor | -- | Mixer | CEO | Affymetrix (biotech) | Handout |
| Mar 2 | Kathy Ku | -- | Mixer | Director | Stanford Office of Technology Licensing (patents) | Handout |
| Date | Thought Leader | Talk | Post-Seminar Event | Title | Company | Handouts |
| Oct 6 | Hanson Gifford Robin Bellas |
Hatching Medical Device Ideas: An Approach to New Venture Incubation that Works | Mixer | President & CEO General Partner |
The Foundry Morgenthaler Ventures |
Handouts Slides |
| Oct 13 | John Miner | Globalization and the Silicon Valley Entrepreneur | Mixer | President | Intel Capital | Handouts |
| Oct 20 | Guy Kawasaki | Art of the Start | Mixer + Book Signing | Managing Director & Chairman | Garage Technology Ventures | Handouts Slides |
| Oct 27 | Bob Sutton | What Does a Creative Organization Do? | Mixer | Professor | Stanford University | Handouts |
| Nov 3 | Randy Adams | AuctionDrop: Tales from the Front | CEO & Co-Founder | Auction Drop | Handouts | |
| Nov 10 | Vic Verma | Building to Last: An overnight success after 15 years | Dinner | President & CEO | Savi Technology | Handouts |
| Nov 17 | Laura Arrillaga | SV2: Strategy and Leverage in Social Innovation | Mixer | Professor | Stanford University | Handouts |
| Date | Thought Leader | Talk | Title | Company | Handouts |
| Apr 7 | Gajus Worthington | From the Bleeding Edge: A Story of High-Tech Entrepreneurship | President, CEO, & Co-founder | Fluidigm | -- |
| Apr 14 | Matt James | Leveraging For-Profit Enterprises to Promote Non-Profit Messages | Senior Vice President | Kaiser Family Foundation | -- |
| Apr 21 | John Hennessy | Stanford University: The Wellspring for Silicon Valley | President | Stanford | -- |
| Apr 28 | Randy Komisar * | Virtual CEO & Author | Virtual CEO | -- | |
| May 5 | Jeff Raikes | A View from Inside: The Entrepreneurial Process at Microsoft | Group Vice President, Productivity & Business Services | Microsoft | -- |
| May 12 | Harris Barton Ronnie Lott |
From Football to Financing: Launching a New Career | Managing Member Managing Member |
HRJ Capital | -- |
| May 19 | Fern Mandelbaum | Lessons Learned from a Successful Serial Entrepreneur | Partner | Monitor Venture Partners | -- |
| May 26 | Gordon Davidson | A Lawyer's Perspective on Silicon Valley | Partner, Corporate Group | Fenwick & West, LLP | -- |
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Jan 14 | David Morgenthaler
Gary Morgenthaler | General Partners | Morgenthaler | Handout |
| Jan 21 | Max Levchin
Peter Thiel | Co-founders | Paypal | Handout |
| Jan 28 | Dr. Donald Francis | President and Co-founder | Vaxgen | Handout/Slides |
| Feb 4 | Bill Campbell
Mike McCue |
Chairman Co-founder, President, and COO |
Intuit TellMe Networks |
Handout |
| Feb 11 | Guido Appenzeller
Tim Choi | Co-founder Product Marketing Manager |
Voltage Security | Handout/ Slides |
| Feb 18 | Andy Rubin Joe Britt Matt Hershenson |
Founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer Founder, Chief Technology Officer Founder, Senior VP for Advanced Technology |
Danger | Handout |
| Feb 25 | Ann Winblad
Heidi Roizen |
Co-founder and Partner Managing Director |
Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Mobius Venture Capital |
Handout/ Slides |
| Mar 3 | Ken Wirt | Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Handheld Business Unit | palmOne, Inc. | Handout / Slides |
Autumn Quarter 2003: video archive
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Oct 1 | Jerry Kaplan | Serial Entrepreneur | -- | Handout |
| Oct 8 | Elon Musk | Founder, CEO & CTO | SpaceX | Handout |
| Oct 15 | Nitin Mehta | Director | Viking River Cruises | Handout |
| Oct 22 | Steve Jurvetson | Managing Director | Draper Fisher Jurvetson | Handout |
| Oct 29 | Lynn Reedy
Stephanie Tilenius Avid Larizadeh |
Sr. VP for Technology Vice President Product Manager |
eBay | Handout |
| Nov 5 | Kim Popovits | President and COO | Genomic Health | Handout |
| Nov 12 | Arcadia Kim
Erin Turner Nick Earl |
Development Director, Lord of the Rings Associate Producer: James Bond 007 VP & General Manager: Redwood Stores Studio |
Electronic Arts | Handout |
| Nov 19 | Brook Byers
Kim Smith |
Partner Co-Founder & CEO |
Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, NewSchools Venture Fund |
Handout |
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Apr 9 | Mike Moritz | General Partner | Sequoia Capital | Handout 4-9-03 |
| Apr 16 | Kavita Ramdas | President & CEO | Global Fund For Women | Handout 4-16-03 |
| Apr 23 | John Doerr | General Partner | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Handout 4-23-03 |
| Apr 30 | David Neeleman | Founder & CEO | JetBlue Airways | Handout 4-29-03 |
| May 7 | Marc Benioff | Founder, Chairman, & CEO | Salesforce.com | Handout 5-7-03 |
| May 14 | Judy Estrin | CEO | Packet Design | Handout 5-14-03 |
| May 21 | Dr. Irving Weissman | Director | Institute for Cancer/Stem Cell Biology & Medicine | Handout 5-21-03 |
| May 28 | John Thompson | Chairman & CEO | Symantec | Handout 5-28-03 |
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Jan 15 | Mar Hershenson & Thomas Heydler | Founder, CTO & CEO | Barcelona Design | Handout 01-15-03 |
| Jan 22 | Paul Yock, M.D. | Co-founder and Director | Stanford Center For Research In Cardiovascular Interventions, Medical Device Network | Handout 01-22-03 |
| Jan 29 | Jensen Huang | Co-Founder, President, & CEO | NVIDIA | Handout 01-29-03 |
| Feb 5 | Geoff Moore | Author, Managing Director, & Venture Partner | Crossing The Chasm, The Chasm Group, Mohr Davidow Ventures | Handout 02-05-03 |
| Feb 12 | Bill Campbell & Mike Homer | Chairman, Chairman & CEO | Intuit, Kontiki | Handout 02-12-03 |
| Feb 19 | Guy Kawasaki | Co-Founder, Chairman, & CEO | Garage Technology Ventures | Handout 02-19-03 |
| Feb 26 | Gordon Ringold | Co-Founder, Chairman, & CEO | SurroMed | Handout 02-26-03 |
| Mar 5 | Wu Fu Chen | Founder & Serial Networking Entrepreneur | Acorn Campus | Handout 03-05-03 |
Autumn Quarter 2002: video archive not available
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Oct 2 | Bing Gordon | Chief Creative Officer & Exec VP | Electronic Arts | Handout 10-02-02 |
| Oct 9 | Kamran Elahian | Founder & Chairman | Global Catalyst Partners | Handout 10-09-03 |
| Oct 16 | Gajus Worthington | Founder, President, & CEO | Fluidigm Technology | Handout 10-16-03 |
| Oct 23 | Jeff Hawkins | Founder, Chairman, & Chief Product Officer | Handspring | Handout 10-23-03 |
| Oct 30 | Jay Shiveley | Senior Principal | Atlas Venture | Handout 10-30-03 |
| Nov 6 | Olivier Helleboid | President, Products Organization | BEA Systems | Handout 11-06-03 |
| Nov 13 | J. Leighton Read, M.D. | General Partner | Alloy Ventures | Handout 11-13-03 |
| Nov 20 | Ravi Mhatre & Michael Carrier | General Partner, Founder | Lightspeed Venture Partners and Totality Software | Handout 11-20-03 |
Spring Quarter 2002: video archive not available
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Apr 10 | Bill Sahlman | Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance | Harvard Business School | Handout 4-10-02 |
| Apr 17 | John Lilly and Glen Osaka | Cofounder & CEO | Reactivity | Handout 4-17-02 |
| Apr 24 | Vinod Khosla | VC | Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers | Handout 4-24-02 |
| May 1 | Larry Page | Founder | Google.com | Handout 5-1-02 |
| May 8 | Steve Jurvetson | VC | Draper Fisher Jurvetson | Handout 5-8-02 |
| May 15 | Nancy Schoendorf | VC | Mohr Davidow Ventures | Handout 5-15-02 |
| May 22 | David Pottruck | President and co-CEO | Charles Schwab | Handout 5-22-02 |
| May 29 | Atiq Raza | Founder, Chairman, and CEO | Raza Foundries, Inc. | Handout 5-29-02 |
Winter Quarter 2001-2002:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Jan 9 | Ken Wirt | Senior VP Marketing | Palm Computing | Handout 1-9-02 |
| Jan 16 | Heidi Roizen | Managing Director | Mobius Venture Capital | Handout 1-16-02 |
| Jan 23 | Judy Estrin | Cofounder, President and CEO | Packet Design | Handout 1-23-02 |
| Jan 30 | Gary Bloom | CEO and President | Veritas | Handout 1-30-02 |
| Feb 6 | Laura Jennings | Partner | Atlas Venture | Handout 2-6-02 |
| Feb 13 | Geoffrey Moore | Chairman/Venture Partner | The Chasm Group/ Mohr, Davidow Ventures | Handout 2-13-02 |
| Feb 20 | Julian Nikolchev | CEO | AVAcore Technologies | Handout 2-20-02 |
| Feb 27 | Ed Zander | President and Chief Operating Officer | Sun Microsystems | Handout 2-27-02 |
Autumn Quarter 2001-2002:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Oct 3 | Bill Campbell and Randy Komisar | Chairman of the Board/ Virtual CEO, Author | Intuit/
Virtual CEO |
Handout 10-3-01 |
| Oct 10 | David Kelley | Founder and Chairman | Ideo | Handout 10-10-01 |
| Oct 17 | Mike Klein | President and CEO | R2 | Handout 10-17-01 |
| Oct 24 | Carol Bartz | Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO | Autodesk | Handout 10-24-01 |
| Oct 31 | Frank Levinson | Cofounder and CTO | Finisar Corporation | Handout 10-31-01 |
| Nov 7 | Jo Mei Chang | Cofounder and CEO | Vitria | Handout 11-7-01 |
| Nov 14 | Craig Newmark | Founder | craigslist.org | Handout 11-14-01 |
| Nov 28 | Rich Redelfs and Teresa Meng | President & CEO; Founder CTO | Atheros Communications, Inc | Handout 11-28-01 |
Spring Quarter 2000-2001:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Apr 6 | Kevin Fong | Managing Partner | Mayfield | -- |
| Apr 13 | West Shell III | Chairman | Netcentives | -- |
| Apr 20 | Polly Sumner | CEO | AlphaBlox | -- |
| Apr 27 | John Doerr | Partner | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | -- |
| May 4 | Sabeer Bhatia | Founder/CEO | Hotmail/Arzoo | -- |
| May 11 | John Thompson | CEO | Symantec | -- |
| May 18 | Dr. Sally Ride | Astronaut, CEO | Imaginary Lines | -- |
| May 25 | Richard Ferrari | Managing Director | De Novo Ventures | -- |
Winter Quarter 2000-2001:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Jan 12 | Takeshi Natsuno | Executive Director, Gateway Business Department | NTT DoCoMo | -- |
| Jan 19 | Denise Brousseau | CoFounder | Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Springboard2000 | -- |
| Jan 26 | Debra Dunn | VP of Strategy and Corporate Operations | Hewlett Packard | -- |
| Feb 2 | Paul Stoltz | President and CEO | PEAK Learning, Inc | -- |
| Feb 9 | Ann Winblad | CoFounder, Venture Capitalist | Hummer Winblad Venture Partners | -- |
| Feb 16 | Randy Komisar | Virtual CEO, Author | Virtual CEO | -- |
| Feb 23 | Hadi Partovi | VP of Production, Board Member | Tellme | -- |
| Mar 2 | Geoffrey Moore | Founder, Author, Venture Capitalist | The Chasm Group and Mohr Davidow Ventures | Slides |
| Mar 9 | Heidi Roisen | Venture Capitalist | Softbank Venture Capital | -- |
Autumn Quarter 2000-2001:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Handouts/Slides |
| Sep 29 | Sue Hellmann | Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer | Genentech | -- |
| Oct 6 | Pehong Chen | CEO | BroadVision | -- |
| Oct 13 | Dave Peterschmidt | CEO | Inktomi | -- |
| Oct 20 | Scott Kriens | CEO | Juniper Networks | -- |
| Oct 27 | Vani Kola | Founder | RightWorks | -- |
| Nov 3 | Steve Smith | Managing Director | Broadview | -- |
| Nov 10 | Tim Koogle | CEO | Yahoo! | -- |
| Nov 17 | Tom Siebel | CEO | Siebel Systems | -- |
Spring Quarter 1999-2000:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company |
| Apr 7 | Marc Andreessen | Chairman and Co-founder | Loudcloud |
| Apr 14 | Geoff Yang | Partner and Co-founder | Redpoint Ventures |
| Apr 21 | Guy Kawasaki | CEO, Chairman, and Co-founder | Garage.com |
| Apr 28 | Kevin Fong | Partner | Mayfield Fund |
| May 5 | John Doerr | Partner | Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield & Byers |
| May 12 | Mary Ann Byrnes | CEO | Logictier |
| May 19 | Angus Davis | Co-founder | Tellme Networks |
| May 26 | Jeanne Jackson | CEO | Wal-Mart.com |
Winter Quarter 1999-2000:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company |
| Jan 7 | Geoff Moore | Founder, author | Chasm Group |
| Jan 14 | Geoff Mott | Managing partner | McKenna Group |
| Jan 21 | Jeffrey Smith | Founder, CEO, President | Tumbleweed.com |
| Jan 28 | Christy Jones | Founder, president | PC Order |
| Feb 4 | Chris Lochhead | Chief marketing officer | Scient |
| Feb 11 | Heidi Roizen | Managing Director | Softbank Ventures |
| Feb 18 | Ta-lin Hsu | Chairman | H&Q Asia |
| Feb 25 | Ann Winblad | Co-founding partner | Hummer Winblad |
| Mar 3 | Ken Wirt | Founder and CEO | Riffage.com |
Autumn Quarter 1999-2000:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company |
| Sep 24 | Tom Melcher | Executive VP, Strategic Development | CNET |
| Oct 1 | Mike Volpi | Executive VP Business Development and Global Alliances | Cisco Systems |
| Oct 8 | Ed Zander | President and Chief Operating Officer | Sun Microsystems |
| Oct 15 | Phil Goldman | Cofounder, Senior VP of Engineering | WebTV |
| Oct 22 | Steve Jurvetson | Managing Director | Draper Fisher Jurvetson |
| Oct 29 | Gary Dillabough * | Director Business Development | eBay |
| Nov 5 | Heidi Roizen | Chairman and Founder | Critical Path |
| Nov 12 | Roy Hardiman ** | Director of Business and Corporate Development, Far East Representative | Genentech |
| Nov 19 | Randy Komisar | Virtual CEO | Virtual CEO |
* Due to an unexpected scheduling
conflict with Tom Meredith, we are honored to have Gary Dillabough from eBay
on October 29.
** Due to an unexpected
scheduling conflict with Nicholas Simon, we are honored to have Roy Hardiman
from Genentech on November 12.
Spring Quarter 1998 - 1999:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company |
| Apr 2 | Mitch Kapor | Founded Lotus, Partner | Accel |
| Apr 9 | Guy Kawasaki | Founder | Garage.com |
| Apr 16 | Kamran Elahian * | Co-founder and Chairman | Neomagic |
| Apr 23 | Alex d' Arbeloff | Chairman | MIT |
| Apr 30 | Ray Smilor | Vice President of the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership | Kauffman Foundation |
| May 7 | Gary Hamel | Author, Competing for the Future; Founder and Chairman | Strategos |
| May 14 | Geoff Yang | General Partner | Institutional Venture Partners |
| May 21 | West Shell | Chairman, CEO | Netcentives |
| May 28 | Reactivity Panel ** | -- | Reactivity |
*Due
to an unexpected scheduling conflict with John Doerr, we are honored to have
Kamran Elahian from NeoMagic on April 16.
** Due to an unexpected scheduling conflict with Bob Gett, we are honored to have
a panel from Reactivity on May 28.
Winter Quarter 1998 - 1999:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company |
| Jan 8 | Geoff Moore | Founder, Chairman; Venture Partner | Chasm Group; Mohr/Davidow Ventures |
| Jan 15 | Ann Winblad | Co-founder | Hummer Winblad Venture Partners |
| Jan 22 | John Price | VP of Marketing | Trilogy |
| Jan 29 | Keith Krach | Co-founder, Chairman and CEO | Ariba |
| Feb 5 | Mark Saul | President, CEO and Director | Acuity |
| Feb 12 | Barry Sullivan | -- | EDS |
| Feb 19 | Mitchell Kertzman | -- | Network Computer |
| Feb 26 | Deborah Stephens | -- | Center for Innovative Leadership |
| Mar 5 | Aart de Geus | -- | Synopsys |
Autumn Quarter 1998 - 1999:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company |
| Oct 2 | Hasso Plattner | Founder | SAP |
| Oct 9 | Bill Campbell | Chairman | Intuit |
| Oct 16 | Malcolm Thompson | CEO | dpiX |
| Oct 23 | Esther Dyson | Chairman | Edventures Holdings |
| Oct 30 | Dick Anderson | General Manager, Enterprise Web Management | IBM |
| Nov 6 | David Bernstein | President and CEO | Pluris |
| Nov 13 | Mike Dodd | President of Phillips Components N.A. | Philips |
| Nov 20 | Tom Siebel | Founder and CEO | Siebel Systems |
| Dec 4 | Stratton Sclavos | CEO | Verisign |
Spring Quarter 1997-1998:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Topic & Themes |
| Apr 3 | Jerry Yang | Founder | Yahoo! | -- |
| Apr 10 | Ray Smilor | -- | Kauffman Foundation | Entrepreneurship in the Next Century: Where Will Venture Capitalists Find Their Next Pearl? |
| Apr 17 | Peter Cohan | Author | Book title: The Technology Leaders | The Critical Source of Advantage for America's Most Profitable High-Tech Companies |
| Apr 24 | Audrey MacLean | Lecturer | IEEM, Stanford | Entrepreneurship is a TEAM sport! |
| May 1 | John Doerr | Partner | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Startup Manual |
| May 8 | Jeremy Jaech | CEO | Visio | What Makes a Successful Entrepreneur |
| May 15 | Mary Ann Byrnes | CEO | Corsair Communications | -- |
| May 22 | Katrina Garnett | CEO | CrossWorlds | Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of Collaboration and Innovation |
| May 29 | Joe Costello | Managing Director | CAD.lab | If anyone can lead, why do few succeed?-- A Leadership Riddle |
Winter Quarter 1997-1998:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Topic & Themes |
| Jan 9 | Ann Winblad | Founder | Hummer Winblad Venture Partners | Venture Capital in the High-Tech Industry |
| -- | Regis McKenna | Founder | The McKenna Group | -- |
| Jan 23 | Geoffrey Moore | Founder | The Chasm Group | Managing High-Tech for Shareholder Value |
| Jan 30 | Steve Smith | VP Microprocessor Group | Intel | The Merced Project |
| Feb 6 | Ronald Croen | CEO | Nuance Communications | The Revolution in Speech Recognition |
| Feb 13 | Pat Gross | Co-founder and Vice Chairman | American Management Systems | Global Growth Challenges |
| Feb 20 | John Luongo | CEO | Vantive | Front Office Automation |
| Feb 27 | Dave Duffield & Ken Morris | Founders | PeopleSoft | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| -- | Lori Mirek | Senior VP of Marketing | Netscape | Managing a Career in High-Tech Marketing |
| Mar 13 | Joe Liemandt | Founder & CEO | Trilogy | Front Office Software |
Autumn Quarter 1997-1998:
| Date | Thought Leader | Title | Company | Topic & Themes |
| Oct 3 | David Wang | Executive VP | Applied Materials | The Future of the Global Semiconductor Value Chain |
| Oct 10 | Geoff Tate | CEO | Rambus | Rambus: The New Memory Interface Standard |
| Oct 17 | Christy Jones | President and Founder | PC Order | pcOrder: An Electronic Commerce Platform |
| Oct 24 | William Perry | Former Secretary of Defense | -- | Technological Competition Versus Security Cooperation |
| Oct 31 | Ed Zander | President | Sun Microsystems | The Network is the Computer |
| Nov 7 | John Morgridge | Chairman | Cisco | Catching the Wave |
| Nov 14 | Duane Zitzner | Sector Vice President | Hewlett Packard | The PC Market |
| Nov 21 | Eric Benhamou | Chairman, President, and CEO | 3Com | Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of Collaboration and Innovation |
| Dec 5 | Jean-Louis Gassée | President and CEO | Be, Inc. | -- |
