Author gives Stanford entrepreneurs keys to building ‘enchanting’ companies
Author and entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki closed Stanford’s E-Week with advice to student entrepreneurs: great products are “deep, intelligent, complete, empowering and elegant.”
Mountain View birth control company less profitable than expected in 2010
Conceptus, Inc., the Mountain View company that makes a permanent birth control product, reported lower-than-expected earnings in 2010 but has an optimistic outlook for the future.
LinkedIn co-founder tells Stanford students how site became leader in crowded market
Speaking in front of a full house Tuesday, LinkedIn founder Konstantin Guericke told Stanford students about founding his company in 2002 and how it became a leading site in a crowded field of social media.
China’s new free market is the talk of Stanford Entrepreneurship Week event
At Entrepreneurship in the Global Marketplace, an event during Stanford Entrepreneurship Week, speakers all focused on the emerging free market in one country: China.
Brilliantly dark: “The Pillowman” play shines at Stanford
Stanford seniors perform Irish playwright Martin McDonagh’s award-winning 2003 drama “The Pillowman,” a dark play where nothing is simple, and even the most horrific tragedies come to an uneasy truce through comedy.
Rep. Anna Eshoo caught between powerful lobbies in medical liability debate
Bay Area Congresswoman Anna Eshoo received $147,900 for her 2010 campaign from doctors groups and defense attorneys – parties on both sides of the debate over medical liability law.
Los Altos officials seek voter approval for up to $170 million to upgrade to its civic center
Los Altos officials are planning to hire a lobbyist to convince residents to pay for phase one of an upgrade to its civic center, including a new city hall. Planners project this phase of the project will cost $81.4 million.
Endangered species in East Palo Alto may slow construction of Cooley Landing park
The salt marsh harvest mouse and the California clapper rail are both endangered species living near East Palo Alto’s Cooley Landing. Their presence may slow plans to turn the vacant property into a park.
ABC’s ‘Private Practice’ features Sunnyvale company’s da Vinci surgical robot
This winter, ABC’s “Private Practice” featured the da Vinci, a surgical robot made by Sunnyvale company Intuitive Surgical. Although ABC asked to use the product, companies pay more than a billion dollars each year for product placement.