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Acquires the Leader in 3D Editing and Authoring for Gaming and Entertainment

Adobe Acquires Allegorithmic, the Leader in 3D Editing and Authoring for Gaming and Entertainment | Adobe Blog Today Adobe has acquired Allegorithmic, the industry standard in tools for 3D material and texture creation for gaming and entertainment.

GM Approves C8 Mid-Engine for 2019!
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GM Approves C8 Mid-Engine Corvette for 2019! Just in from one of our sources to the Corvette Action Center, apparently the mid-engine C8 Corvette is a go and you heard here first! “The mid engine was signed off on last week, a 2019 with…

Rainbow Bagel Creator Shares What Really Happens When You Go

The Rainbow Bagel Creator Shares What Really Happens When You Go Viral From rainbow bagels to unicorn lattes, here's how a food trend really goes viral and what happens to the people behind the creations.

Marc Andreessen: Case Study: The Shift in Netscape
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Marc Andreessen: Case Study: The Shift in Netscape | Stanford eCorner Netscape Co-founder (and current serial entrepreneur) Marc Andreessen speaks candidly about Netscape's necessary pivots when it was threatened by Microsoft's Internet Explorer in the late 1990's. He recalls that making the browser free, as well as focusing on the website and business applications, p...

David Kelley, IDEO: Hire Great People
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David Kelley: Hire Great People | Stanford eCorner IDEO Founder David Kelley suggests avoiding conventional approaches to hiring employees and building teams. In this clip, Kelley offers a few suggestions: 1) Hire individuals or non-confomists to stimulate the organization, 2) Hire a diverse range of experts and generalists from different fields, an...

Diego Piacentini: Work Backwards from the Customer
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Diego Piacentini: Work Backwards from the Customer | Stanford eCorner Stick to a vision and the company shall succeed, advises Amazon Senior VP Diego Piacentini. For Amazon this means adhering to founder Jeff Bezos' original vision: Build a site where users can find anything they want to buy at the lowest price. To achieve this vision, Piacentini highlights Amazon's d...

Steve Blank: Acting on Customer Discovery
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Steve Blank: Acting on Customer Discovery | Stanford eCorner Customer feedback simply cannot be outsourced, according to serial entrepreneur Steve Blank. Here he shares an anecdote demonstrating the importance of founders speaking directly to customers. Blank recalls how entrepreneur Alan Michaels was forced to listen to customer needs and altered his product...

Geoffrey Moore: Neutralizing Competition is a Speed Game
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Geoffrey Moore: Neutralizing Competition is a Speed Game | Stanford eCorner Author and MDV Venture Partner Geoffrey Moore explains why companies must, at minimum, keep up with competitors to be considered by customers. According to Moore, every quarter a company does not catch up to a competitor's offer is just another chance for that competitor to gain momentum. Moore uses...

Bill Gross: Weekend Warriors Discover the Pivot
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Bill Gross: Weekend Warriors Discover the Pivot | Stanford eCorner Before Bill Gross founded Idealab, he started Knowledge Adventure, an early educational software company. In this clip, Gross shares how Knowledge Adventure discovered its major pivot through direct interaction with customers. In an effort initially meant to reach sales targets, employees served as…

Aaron Levie: 5 Solid Startup Lessons
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Aaron Levie: Five Solid Startup Lessons | Stanford eCorner Having started Box.net in his college dorm room, CEO Aaron Levie has learned some valuable lessons. In this clip, Levie elaborates on five lessons: 1) Do something that was not possible three years ago, 2) Do something you are extremely passionate about, 3) Don't compromise, 4) If you feel comfortab...

Guy Kawasaki: Don't Write a Mission Statement, Write a Mantra
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Guy Kawasaki: Don't Write a Mission Statement, Write a Mantra | Stanford eCorner Kawasaki talks about how a mission statement, while touted as necessary for any company, often is not representative of the true meaning of the company. Instead, a mantra is shorter and captures the essence of the organization.

Tom Kelley: Field Observations with Fresh Eyes
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Tom Kelley: Field Observations with Fresh Eyes | Stanford eCorner IDEO's General Manager, Tom Kelley, shares a case study demonstrating value opportunities that arise when designers, innovators, and entrepreneurs see with fresh eyes. He cites his company's challenge to design a new children's toothbrush. Rather than relying on industry assumptions, his team did ha...