Building Hi-Tech Skyscrapers
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Mark Pincus, CEO of Zynga, equates building a sustainable online empire with building the skyscrapers that shaped the look of modern cities at the turn of the last century. Pincus reflects upon his 15-20 year career in hi-tech - riddled with many companies who asked him to leave - where he was set ineffective entrepreneurial goals. He discusses the change in his perspective; from garnering ROI, to offering sustainability, to building immortal "Internet treasures" - that is, the type of online utility that forever changes the world. He discusses the importance of thinking from the mountain top, and that the rest of the "distractions" - i.e. IPO's, acquisition, becoming a market leader, etc. - are just fool's gold.
Description
| Type of resource | moving image |
|---|---|
| Extent | 1 digital video file |
| Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
| Date created | October 28, 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
| Sound content | sound |
| Color content | color |
Creators/Contributors
| Speaker | Gordon, Bing | |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Pincus, Mark |
Subjects
| Subject | Entrepreneurship |
|---|---|
| Subject | Business |
| Genre | Filmed lectures |
Bibliographic information
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/hk936ds1854 |
|---|---|
| Location | SC1209 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (archivesref@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2009 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Collection
Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar, videorecordings
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