25 April 2016

Drowning in Data, Starving for Wisdom, Arianna Huffington Video

Arianna Huffington: "We Are Drowning in Data and Starving for Wisdom"

"I feel increasingly that the thing we are most starved for in our lives is wisdom," shared Arianna Huffington. During her Stanford GSB View From The Top talk on April 12, 2016, she shared her perspective on how to view failure, scale solutions, and refuel your body with sleep. Read more takeaways on Twitter: http://stanford.io/1Nnkjhl embedded below. (Published on Apr 13, 2016)

 


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18 April 2016

Google Ventures CEO on Silicon Valley Diversity (video)

Google Ventures CEO Bill Maris on Silicon Valley Diversity:

Google Ventures Chief Executive Officer Bill Maris discusses the investment arm of Google's parent company Alphabet and Silicon Valley's diversity issues with "Studio 1.0" host Emily Chang. Published April 1, 2016

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10 April 2016

GV, Google Ventures, CEO Explains Life-Science Investments (video)

Google Ventures CEO Explains Life-Science Investments:

Google Ventures Chief Executive Officer Bill Maris discusses the investment arm of Google's parent company Alphabet and attempts to extend human life with "Studio 1.0" host Emily Chang. Published April 1, 2016

Google Ventures now GV -- GV (company) - Wikipedia"GV, formerly Google Ventures, is the venture capital investment arm of Alphabet Inc. and provides seed, venture, and growth stage funding to technology companies. The firm operates independently from Google and makes financially driven investment decisions. GV seeks to invest in startup companies in a variety of fields ranging from Internet, software, and hardware to life science, healthcare, artificial intelligence, transportation, cyber security and agriculture ..."

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04 April 2016

Sir Ronald Cohen: Impact Investing Is the Future (video)

Stanford GSB Global Speaker Series:

Sir Ronald Cohen: Impact Investing Is the Future - We have to focus on improving the quality of our societies, or our societies will fall apart, shared cofounder of Apax Partners, Bridges Ventures & Social Finance Sir Ronald Cohen.

During his Stanford GSB Global Speaker Series talk on February 22, 2016, Sir Ronald discussed why impact investing is the future and how the sector must evolve going forward. Read more insights on Twitter: http://stanford.io/1LFjYFU  Published Feb 25, 2016
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