Curriculum
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- Entrepreneurial Leaders155
- 1.1Stanford Seminar – Building Billion Dollar Businesses
- 1.2Stanford Seminar – How Strava Found its Niche, Mark Gainey co-founder & executive chairman of Strava
- 1.3Stanford Seminar – Strategies for Student Entrepreneurs
- 1.4Stanford Seminar – The Future of Voice
- 1.5Stanford Seminar – A Needs-Based Innovation Framework
- 1.6Stanford Seminar – Scaling with Purpose
- 1.7Stanford Seminar – The Courage to Begin
- 1.8Stanford Seminar – Surviving the Startup Grind
- 1.9Stanford Seminar – The Need for Inclusive AI
- 1.10Stanford Seminar – Underestimated
- 1.11Stanford Seminar – Unicorn Lessons
- 1.12Stanford Seminar – The Future is Accessible
- 1.13Stanford Seminar – Software is Hard Work
- 1.14Stanford Seminar – Finding the Great Problems
- 1.15Stanford Seminar – Resilience is Everything
- 1.16Stanford Seminar – Redesigning the CEO
- 1.17Stanford Seminar – Creating a Buzz Around B2B Software
- 1.18Stanford Seminar – Listening to the Market
- 1.19Stanford Seminar – How to Adapt and Flow
- 1.20Stanford Seminar – The Zen of Entrepreneurship
- 1.21Stanford Seminar – Strategies to Fight Disaster
- 1.22Stanford Seminar – Sustaining a Startup’s Growth
- 1.23Stanford Seminar – Closing Tech’s Diversity Gap
- 1.24Stanford Seminar – Build The Right It, Alberto Savoia of Google
- 1.25Stanford Seminar – Building a People-First Company
- 1.26Stanford Seminar – When DNA Meets AI
- 1.27Stanford Seminar – Mobilizing the Future
- 1.28Stanford Seminar – Building the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem – Balaji Srinivasan of Coinbase
- 1.29Stanford Seminar – Climbing the Ladder
- 1.30Stanford Seminar – The Altruistic Entrepreneur
- 1.31Stanford Seminar – Modernizing the Shipping Industry
- 1.32Stanford Seminar – Find Your Superpower, Launch Your Career
- 1.33Stanford Seminar – Let Your Customers Educate You
- 1.34Stanford Seminar – Focus on Forward Momentum
- 1.35Stanford Seminar – Innovation Driven by Sustainability
- 1.36Stanford Seminar – Design to Disrupt
- 1.37Stanford Seminar – Scaling Community by Leading with Love, Manish Chandra of Poshmark
- 1.38Stanford Seminar – True Ventures
- 1.39Stanford Seminar – Exploring Defining Moments in Life
- 1.40Stanford Seminar – Gender Disparities in Software Engineering
- 1.41Stanford Seminar – Strategic Investment for Girls’ Empowerment
- 1.42Stanford Seminar – Gaming Platform Entrepreneurship
- 1.43Stanford Seminar – Building and Leading Organizations, Marc Tessier-Lavigne
- 1.44Stanford Seminar – Intense Moments of a Startup Life
- 1.45Stanford Seminar – Sustainable Conservation
- 1.46Stanford Seminar – What Success Means in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
- 1.47Stanford Seminar – Re-Imagining Drones through Open Innovation
- 1.48Stanford Seminar – Making an Impact by Focusing on People
- 1.49Stanford Seminar – Rising from Poverty through Digital Work
- 1.50Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Lessons from Self-Driving Cars
- 1.51Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Journey in Healthcare
- 1.52Stanford Seminar – Interview with Amy Chang of Accompany
- 1.53Stanford Seminar – Time Well Spent, Tristan Harris
- 1.54Stanford Seminar: The Journey of Other
- 1.55Stanford Seminar: Power to the People, Rich Barton of Zillow Group
- 1.56Stanford Seminar: Being an Unlikely Entrepreneur
- 1.57Stanford Seminar – A Brainy Approach to Innovation, David Eagleman
- 1.58Stanford Seminar – Leadership Moving Forward, Toni Townes-Whitley of Microsoft
- 1.59Stanford Seminar – Catalyst for Innovation, Carlos Watson of Ozy Media
- 1.60Stanford Seminar: Self-Driving Cars for Everyone
- 1.61Stanford Seminar: Unfiltered Insights From Instagram, Kevin Weil
- 1.62Stanford Seminar: Life Hacks for Breakthrough Thinking
- 1.63Stanford Seminar: Disrupting the Pink Aisle
- 1.64Stanford Seminar: Solve the Problem You Have
- 1.65Stanford Seminar: Evolving with Your Company
- 1.66Stanford Seminar: Convergence Drives New Ideas
- 1.67Stanford Seminar: Embrace the Entrepreneurial Journey
- 1.68Stanford Seminar: Entrepreneurship Strengthens a Nation
- 1.69Stanford Seminar: How a Facebook Designer Thinks – Julie Zhuo
- 1.70Stanford Seminar: Returning With Real-World Wisdom
- 1.71Stanford Seminar: A Tearful Tale of Biodesign
- 1.72Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Richard Miller
- 1.73Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Lessons for Real World Application
- 1.74Stanford Seminar – Enntrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Bobby Lee
- 1.75Stanford Seminar – Enntrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Astro Teller
- 1.76Stanford Seminar – Enntrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Al Ramadan and Dave Peterson
- 1.77Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: DJ Kleinbaum of Emerald Therapeutics
- 1.78Stanford Seminar – Immersed in Virtual Reality
- 1.79Stanford Seminar – Enntrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Minnie Ingersoll of Shift
- 1.80Stanford Seminar – Enntrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Federica Marchionni of Lands’ End
- 1.81Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: James Freeman of Blue Bottle Coffee
- 1.82Stanford Seminar – Enntrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Dharmesh Shah of Hubspot
- 1.83Stanford Seminar – Enntrepreneurial Thought Leaders: John Hennessy of Stanford University
- 1.84Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Mike Maples of Floodgate
- 1.85Stanford Seminar – Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital and Lisa Sugar of Popsugar
- 1.86Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Michael Tubbs of City of Stockton
- 1.87Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Brit Morin of Brit + Co
- 1.88Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Rebecca Lynn of Canvas Ventures
- 1.89Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Scott Cook of Intuit
- 1.90Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Lyndon Rive of Solar City
- 1.91Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: James Beshara of Tilt
- 1.92Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Jeff Seibert of Twitter
- 1.93Stanford Seminar – Christina Smolke of Stanford, Steve Jurvetson of DFJ and Astro Teller of Google X
- 1.94Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Stewart Butterfield of Slack
- 1.95Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Susan Koger of ModCloth
- 1.96Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Will Marshall of Planet Labs
- 1.97Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Chinedu Echeruo of Constant Capital Partners
- 1.98Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Mike Rothenberg of Rothenberg Ventures
- 1.99Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Kathleen Eisenhardt of Stanford University
- 1.100Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Kyle Forster of Big Switch Networks
- 1.101Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Ron Gutman of HealthTap
- 1.102Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Sean George of Invitae
- 1.103Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Laurene Powell Jobs of Emerson Collective
- 1.104Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Josh Reeves of ZenPayroll
- 1.105Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: John Collison of Stripe
- 1.106Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Kathryn Gould of Foundation Capital
- 1.107Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Alon Cohen of Houzz
- 1.108Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects
- 1.109Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Shah Selbe of National Geographic Society
- 1.110Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Jennifer Pahlka of Code for America
- 1.111Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Tina Wells of Buzz Marketing
- 1.112Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Jennifer Carolan of NewSchools Venture Fund
- 1.113Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Liz Wiseman of Multipliers and Rookie Smarts
- 1.114Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Kevin and Julia Hartz of Eventbrite
- 1.115Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Lew Cirne of New Relic
- 1.116Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Matt Rogers of Nest
- 1.117Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Tina Seelig of Stanford University
- 1.118Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Heidi Roizen of DFJ
- 1.119Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Leah Busque of TaskRabbit
- 1.120Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Geoff Donaker of Yelp
- 1.121Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Linda Rottenberg of Endeavor Global
- 1.122Stanford Seminar-Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Ed Catmull of Walt Disney and Pixar Studio
- 1.123Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Sal Khan of Khan Academy
- 1.124Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Tristan Walker of Walker & Company
- 1.125Stanford Seminar – StartX Panel with Cameron Teitelman
- 1.126Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Hemant Shah of Risk Management Solutions
- 1.127Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Cameron Strang of Warner Brothers & Nate Ruess
- 1.128Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Bob Sutton of Stanford University
- 1.129Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Dave McClure of 500 Startups
- 1.130Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: William Hsu of MuckerLab
- 1.131Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Halle Tecco of RockHealth
- 1.132Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Mike Olson of Cloudera
- 1.133Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Though Leaders: Bill Drayton of Ashoka
- 1.134Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Though Leaders: Steve Teig of Tabula
- 1.135Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Though Leaders: Cyriac Roeding of Shopkick
- 1.136Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Though Leaders: Matt Rabinowitz of Natera
- 1.137Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Ferdinando Buscema of Magic Experience Designer
- 1.138Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Jocelyn Goldfein of Facebook
- 1.139Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Justin Rosenstein of Asana
- 1.140Stanford Seminar – Chris Redlitz & Beverly Parenti of The Last Mile
- 1.141Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Kate Mitchell of Scale Venture Partners
- 1.142Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Akshay Kothari & Ankit Gupta of Pulse
- 1.143Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Monica Lam of MokaFive
- 1.144Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Nassim Taleb
- 1.145Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Tim O’Reilly of O’Reilly Media
- 1.146Stanford Seminar – Dan Berkenstock, Julian Mann, John Fenwick & Ching-Yu Hu
- 1.147Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Stephen Cohen of Palantir
- 1.148Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson
- 1.149Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: John Lilly of Greylock Partners
- 1.150Stanford Seminar – An Entrepreneur in the Non-profit Sector, Steven McCormick
- 1.151Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Hank Wuh, Skai Ventures
- 1.152Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Melinda Gates
- 1.153Stanford Seminar – Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders: Peter Fenton and Jess Lee on becoming a CEO
- 1.154Stanford Seminar – Venture Capitalist Geoff Yang on Why Timing Matters
- 1.155Stanford Seminar – Olivia Fox Cabane on Charisma
Stanford Seminar – The Courage to Begin
Melinda Thomas
Octave Bioscience
January 22, 2020
Drawing on her experience launching and leading health companies like CardioDx and ParAllele, Melinda Thomas co-founded Octave Bioscience in 2014. Octave is developing a care management platform for neurodegenerative diseases, starting with multiple sclerosis, and aims to improve patient management decisions and create better outcomes while also lowering costs. In this talk, Thomas offers strategies for building deep, skills-driven entrepreneurial confidence.
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