
Lecture Description
Hawkins talks on the importance and inevitability of portablity. With portability comes small size, low cost, simplicity and the need for less power. With wireless networks on their way to becoming very inexpensive, Hawkins envisions a T1 line with high horse power and large memory in the pocket! The need for portability will make the item in your pocket the center of your universe, he says. He notes that there will be obstacles, but believes that this shift is inevitable.
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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