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GM Approves C8 Mid-Engine for 2019!
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/gm-approves-c8-mid-engine-corvette-for-2019/

GM Approves C8 Mid-Engine Corvette for 2019! Just in from one of our sources to the Corvette Action Center, apparently the mid-engine C8 Corvette is a go and you heard here first! “The mid engine was signed off on last week, a 2019 with…

Marc Andreessen: Case Study: The Shift in Netscape
http://ecorner.stanford.edu/videos/2462/Case-Study-The-Shift-in-Netscape

Marc Andreessen: Case Study: The Shift in Netscape | Stanford eCorner Netscape Co-founder (and current serial entrepreneur) Marc Andreessen speaks candidly about Netscape's necessary pivots when it was threatened by Microsoft's Internet Explorer in the late 1990's. He recalls that making the browser free, as well as focusing on the website and business applications, p...

David Kelley, IDEO: Hire Great People
http://ecorner.stanford.edu/videos/682/Hire-Great-People

David Kelley: Hire Great People | Stanford eCorner IDEO Founder David Kelley suggests avoiding conventional approaches to hiring employees and building teams. In this clip, Kelley offers a few suggestions: 1) Hire individuals or non-confomists to stimulate the organization, 2) Hire a diverse range of experts and generalists from different fields, an...

Steve Blank: Acting on Customer Discovery
http://ecorner.stanford.edu/videos/2062/Acting-on-Customer-Discovery

Steve Blank: Acting on Customer Discovery | Stanford eCorner Customer feedback simply cannot be outsourced, according to serial entrepreneur Steve Blank. Here he shares an anecdote demonstrating the importance of founders speaking directly to customers. Blank recalls how entrepreneur Alan Michaels was forced to listen to customer needs and altered his product...

Guy Kawasaki: Don't Write a Mission Statement, Write a Mantra
http://ecorner.stanford.edu/videos/1172/Dont-Write-a-Mission-Statement-Write-a-Mantra

Guy Kawasaki: Don't Write a Mission Statement, Write a Mantra | Stanford eCorner Kawasaki talks about how a mission statement, while touted as necessary for any company, often is not representative of the true meaning of the company. Instead, a mantra is shorter and captures the essence of the organization.