Lecture Description
Hawkins talks about the complicated negotiations with 3COM for the spin off of Palm. Discussions lasted five months and involved investment bankers and board members. Five different proposals were presented to the CEO, including spinning off Palm two years in the future. However, the final decision involved no doors banging, and no storming out of offices. All said and done, Jeff Hawkins did not want to start a company.
Course Index
- What is an Entrepreneur?
- Genesis of Palm Computing
- The Accidental Entrepreneur: Palm History
- Story of Acquisition: Palm, US Robotics, 3Com
- Spinoff: Handspring
- Handspring: Envisioning the Future
- Serial Entrepreneurship: Redwood Neuroscience Institute
- Profiles of Entrepreneurs
- Importance of Experience
- Follow Your Passions
- Individual vs. Company
- Entrepreneurship is a Means to an End
- Work/Life Balance
- Defining Company Culture
- Difficult Negotiations
- Designing Successful Products
- The Role of Market Research
- Work/Life Balance
- Hawkins: What I Wish I'd Learned in College
- Establish Strong Human Resources Early On
- Product Development: Importance of Customers and Testing
- Portable Technologies
Course Description
In this lecture, Jeff Hawkins talks on Entrepreneurship for Stanford University students on October 23, 2002. Hawkins shares his story about how his initial company was continually acquired by larger companies.
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