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Steve PapaSerial / Parallel Tech Entrepreneur
Pulling the String of Innovation
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Only the Entrepreneurs are Sane!The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
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Are Entrepreneurs Crazy?The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. - George Bernard Shaw
“Those crazy entrepreneurs taking risk”
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Perseverance, Not Crazy"I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance."--Steve Jobs
"Continuous effort--not strength or intelligence--is the key to unlocking our potential."--Winston Churchill
"It's hard to beat a person who never gives up."--Babe Ruth
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Inspiration v. InnovationInspiration is an instantaneous idea or framing of a
problem
Innovation is the process of perseverance that has inspiration milestones along the way aka “Pulling the String”
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Pulling the StringJourney that includes innovation and ultimately
company building
Pivoting, execution, implementation are all part of the process
Perseverance meets inspiration….
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EarlyEndecaString…
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Early Akamai String“A server producing bit is not different than a T-1
producing bits”
$2B revenue today
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Shoobx“I would not like to be the CEO getting dozens of emails
every quarter from investors asking for information”
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Clear Ballot“Why is voting such a mess in the US?”
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Parallel Wireless
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Parallel Wireless“Future of the small cell is the Macro”
“Moore’s Law makes it so”
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State of the art?
Or grad studentproject?
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Fostering InnovationExposure to problems creates inspiration
Draw on diverse expertise – thus not so unreasonable
Intellectual curiosity – love the process even more than the destination, mentors can make it contagious, only way to persevere