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Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Business Podcast of the Week: Tina Seelig

This is a great motivational and insightful podcast by Tina Seelig, Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, where she reflects on "What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20." She initially came up with this "list" for her 17-year-old son, and soon realized how useful this would be for so many people at all levels. From young graduates, to mid-career executives looking for the next step, to employers and entrepreneurs building their companies and ideas, there are so many fundamental ideas to take away from this and put to use right away in our own lives.

I especially liked her first point: Every problem is an opportunity for a creative solution. Turning problems into opportunities for creating solutions and value is key for anyone wanting to get ahead . Listen to her problem-solving lesson she assigned to a Stanford design class. She gave each team a sealed envelope containing an undisclosed amount of seed funding and gave them a week to come up with a business idea to create value. From the time they opened the envelope they had 2 hours to implement their business plan. How much was inside? Five bucks.

At the end of the week, each team had to give a 3-minute presentation on what they came up with. What do you think those teams did, and how much do you think they made from that $5???? I'll give you a hint: the winning team made over $600...

Listen here.

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Great podcast! She sure is energetic - smile. Thanks for sharing. Jim

She is great! Some of the other podcasts are excellent as well. I highly recommend listening to Chung Moon Lee as well right here:


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woops here is a URL to Mr. Lee's lecture - http://odeo.com/audio/730930/view

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