How Hebbia transforms business knowledge
CEO George Sivulka dropped out of Stanford’s PhD program to create Hebbia, developing an A.I. tool to help companies get organized.
We Love Amazon. Facebook, not so much.
Stanford’s Robert Siegel ponders why Americans hand over their data to Amazon without a second thought.
Ending Disease in Our Children’s Lifetime
The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub sets out to accomplish an incredible goal. Biohub co-president Joe DeRisi.
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Part 2
Dr. Joe DeRisi manages 47 brilliant scientists attempting to reach a staggering goal.
Jane Chen may never be this successful again
Jane Chen’s MBA project helped create a low cost incubator that saved hundreds of thousands of lives
A Problem More than Skin Deep
An academic study finds some Uber and Lyft drivers discriminate. Study co-author Stephen Zoepf of Stanford.
The Future of College
Coursera CEO and former Yale president Rick Levin talks about higher education in the 21st century.
Are we running out of ideas?
It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a great new idea emerge from Silicon Valley. Stanford’s Tina Seelig weighs in.
Tim Draper & Andrew Tang
A wide-ranging conversation about startups, Draper University and incubators.
Jennifer Granick
The director of civil liberties for the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School discusses net neutrality, privacy and the NSA.
Scaling Up Excellence
Stanford professor Bob Sutton is back with advice for startups trying to accelerate their growth: don’t forget the brake.
“The Father of DSL”
John Cioffi helped invent broadband. Now CEO of ASSIA, he predicts the future of high-speed Internet.
Hachette Job
Author Keith Raffel explains the peculiar fight between Amazon and book publisher Hachette
Absolute Value
What happens when consumers have access to (nearly) perfect information on product and price? The father of consumer decision analysis Itamar Simonson.
Goldieblox and “Girl Toys”
The toy industry wants to make building toys appealing to girls. Goldieblox CEO Debbie Sterling says making them pink is not enough.
Reacting to Spying Revelations
Can the NSA really crack modern encryption? A talk with the father of public-key cryptography, Martin Hellman.
Stanford StartX
As the joke goes, Stanford is the only Internet startup with a football team. StartX is an incubator by students, for students.
Nicest Venture Capitalist Ever
Lightspeed’s John Vrionis hands out money to young entrepreneurs, with no strings attached.
Brother, can you spare a million?
Silicon Valley's wealthiest contribute more to distant charities than to local needy. Alexa Culwell of Philanthropy Futures.
Not an Everyday Italian
Adriano Farano is one of many immigrants asking the US government for an “exceptional worker” visa. We examine immigration policies ahead of President Obama's State ...
Ep 142 Tina Seelig on Creativity
Tina Seelig is the Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program