Joel Peterson, founder of Peterson Partners, discusses the secret to successful negotiations. He reminds us that negotiation is how one navigates their way through life, and to have successful negotiations, people must be empowered, have high character, and confidence.
Jonathan Boutelle and Rashmi Sinha, founders of the presentation-sharing site SlideShare, describe the entrepreneurial process as a series of pivots. Boutelle explains it’s not just a jump, but an evolving growth of stages that leads to an idea that can start a business.
Wendy Kopp, Teach For America’s CEO and founder, shares her entrepreneurial story of starting Teach For America straight out of college, and articulates the sense of urgency that she and her organization still feel for producing fundamental changes to education in America.
Shai Agassi discusses his entrepreneurial journey from the enterprise software industry to his current work in clean energy. He emphasizes the importance of acting on an idea before it’s adopted by the mainstream and navigating the inevitable uncertainties that can result in success or failure.
Entrepreneur and business model innovator Alexander Osterwalder articulates how to use the visual language of his business model canvas framework, and shares stories of how this approach helps organizations of all sizes to better create, deliver and capture value.