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The first word processer, the first smartphone, the first car, the first plane, it has this connotation of a breakthrough investigation thats in essence a quantum leap. And my book is about how we as a society need to be innovating more and how the really significant innovations that move the dial are these breakthrough zero to one companies. Host is Silicon Valley a zero to one, does that have a zero to one mindset . Guest theres, theres definitely Silicon Valley at this point is the center of innovation in the u. S. , and i would argue the center of innovation globally. Its, there are certai...

Into volunteering, lets persuade them with a very specific benefit. Our volunteering as a pathway to employment that was released this report released last year has given us some very good news. If you are unemployed and youre looking for work and volunteer, you increase the likelihood of gaining a job about 27 . If you dont have a high school diploma, that likelihood raises up to 51 . If you live in a Rural Community and looking for woerk, you increase the likelihood about 55 . Because so many of our young people in the age group of 18 to 24 are looking for work, in fact, theyre in the bracke...

His family established the award to recognize an outstanding veteran who defines their citizenship through service to our country both in uniform and beyond. I cannot think of anyone who could better fit that than our honoree and keynote speaker today. Please welcome general stanley mcchrystal. I grew up in the rangers, and the board was first used in the rangers. And its interesting because theres a great story about where it came from because all rangers walked around saying hoowa the whole time. And he was in second ranger battalion and the story is that the battalion landed, it was very di...

Theyre ready to go. At fontanelle family wineries, theyre expecting the first batch p grapes tomorrow. At this point last week, they had no idea how that would even be possible. Like jenga pieces after a bad fall, the winery cellar left a mess last sunday. Today, nothing broken in sight. The cellar is back to working order. Not completely organized yet. But were getting there. Outside the winery, today harvest equipment stands ready for grapes. Last week at this time nothing but controlled chaos as everyone simultaneously cleaned. The transformation required 16hour days and an entire team of f...

The cost of college combined with advancements in technology will lead to a fundamental transformation of our Higher Education system in the near future. Well, thanks and let me 2nd youre welcome to this great audience and our speaker and panel. The 1st thing i should say about kevin carey, probably the most important thing is that he is a graduate of the university of new york no doubt is at the root of much or all of his success. You can read about some of that success in your program, so i we will briefly recap his rise from being a state budget analyst in indiana washington policy analyst ...