Tech companies are in the business of transformation. They have the ability to transform something we do every day (like how we communicate) and transform entire businesses (back to the business-model drawing board for some folks). This is why it was fascinating to hear about the major impact that digital technology has had on the […]
There is an interesting dichotomy that has existed in Silicon Valley for decades. Entrepreneurs have to closely guard their IP, the tremendous asset on which their business is run, while at the same time they have a compelling need to evangelize their business and share their vision. Throughout the Valley and Northern California, there is […]
Economists like to debate about the level of economic growth that is driven by innovation. Some think that the days of rapid growth in the U.S. economy is over and any new inventions won’t make up for the slowdown in growth. Others think that innovation and new ideas are still taking off and will fuel […]
The announcement was just made for the Northern California CEOs who are regional semifinalists in EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year™ Awards program. In the months ahead, RoseRyan and other sponsors of this amazing program will interview these Bay Area leaders and get to know what makes them tick and how their high-growth companies stand apart from the […]
Three Bay Area business leaders took home top national honors in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Awards program. The national overall winner is Hamid Moghadam, CEO of Prologis; Tom Bedecarré, CEO of AKQA, was named top entrepreneur in the Media, Entertainment and Communications category, and Nicholas Woodman, CEO of GoPro, won in the […]
Big data is the big thing these days, and I don’t know much about it, so I attended the AAMA’s Big Data–Big Impact conference recently at the Tech Museum in Mountain View. It was very well done, with a good variety of speakers and panelists. While I’m not a technologist, I am very interested in […]
Last night, as a BayBio partner, I attended the Ninth Annual Entrepreneur & Investor Roundtables event in Palo Alto. This BayBio event gives entrepreneurs in start-up life sciences companies an opportunity to meet and present to investors, both VCs and angel groups. The format is a speed dating arrangement that gives them about eight minutes […]
My colleagues and I have just finished over a dozen interviews of Bay Area CEOs who were regional semifinalists in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award program. It was an amazing opportunity, and I want to share some of their insights on managing businesses, leading teams, what motivates them and how they overcome […]
I recently attended two economic forecast presentations that gave different sets of views on how—and how much—the economy will grow this year. Both were very interesting and provided lots of information, trends and predictions, but they were also different in some areas of emphasis and their level of optimism. At the first event, hosted by […]
I attended the third annual Cooley Clean Energy and Technologies Conference November 2 in Redwood Shores, and there were several interesting speakers and discussions. The event focused on innovative models in business, financing, policy and regulation. Some of the highlights: There is a huge potential for the reduction of emissions in global shipping using dozens […]
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