Motivation Through Equity and Risk-Taking
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Idealab Founder and CEO Gross, Bill articulates two organizational ways his company develops motivation. The first is to ensure employees working on a new spin-off venture each have a true equity stake in the startup company. The second is to encourage risk-taking at Idealab through the company's willingness to shut down unsuccessful projects with no negative impact to employees. According to Gross, "If you really want to have some breakthrough new thing, you can't have someone worrying about their job being on the line, for trying something bold and new."
Description
| Type of resource | moving image |
|---|---|
| Extent | 1 digital video file |
| Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
| Date created | February 23, 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
| Sound content | sound |
| Color content | color |
Creators/Contributors
| Speaker | Gross, Bill |
|---|
Subjects
| Subject | Entrepreneurship |
|---|---|
| Subject | Business |
| Genre | Filmed lectures |
Bibliographic information
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/hm444km1781 |
|---|---|
| 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 © 2011 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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