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Conjuring Up Genius: Silicon Valley Meets The Arts

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Commonwealth Club of California

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Partner:: Commonwealth Club
Location:: SF Club Office
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 09.26.12
Speakers:: George Anders,; Lisa Steindler,; Randall Stross
Tags:: designer; start-up

Summary: Tech and art experts discuss how startups can conjure up genius, and bring arts to Silicon Valley. How do audacious new ideas make it to market? Silicon Valley has become world-famous for the way it rockets young companies to greatness, with incubators that champion "lean startups," "constant iteration," and the virtues of "failing fast." Now many of these radical ideas are taking on a second life in the arts arena. After all, the realities of tech startups - big dreams, tight budgets and a stubborn insistence on disrupting the status quo - are hallmarks of pioneers everywhere. A new creative ethos is taking shape, as the startup formula catches hold in unexpected places throughout the Bay Area. Find out how Silicon Valley culture intersects with Bay Area arts as The New York Times' Digital Domain columnist, Stross, and Z Space's innovative Executive Artistic Director, Steindler, come together for a conversation about conjuring up genius.

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George Anders

George Anders is a New York Times-bestselling author and a journalist with three decades of experience writing for national publications. He started his career at The Wall Street Journal, where he became a top feature writer specializing in in-depth profiles. He was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1997 for national reporting. He also has served as West Coast bureau chief for Fast Company magazine and as a founding member of the Bloomberg View board of editors. His work has appeared in leading publications worldwide, including The New York Times, BusinessWeek, The Guardian and the Harvard Business Review.

Lisa Steindler

Lisa Steindler is the Executive Artistic Director of the Z Space.

Randall Stross

Randall Stross writes the New York Times column Digital Domain and is professor of business at San Jose State University. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books, including The Wizard of Menlo Park, eBoys, and The Microsoft Way. He lives in Burlingame, California.

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01.: Introduction

01 min 16 sec

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02.: Most Important Things In Finding Genius?

03 min 21 sec

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03.: How Much Time to You Give Genius Prospects?

01 min 48 sec

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04.: The 3 Month Process

05 min 41 sec

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05.: Advantages To Being In A Bustling City?

03 min 26 sec

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06.: Do Talented People Have Trouble Taking Advice?

06 min 54 sec

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07.: The Magic of Thiings That Weren't Supposed To Happen

04 min 19 sec

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08.: Balancing Projects at Z Space

02 min 21 sec

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09.: How Often Can You Argue That Audience/Market Was Wrong

03 min 47 sec

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10.: Does Age Matter?

02 min 34 sec

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11.: Gender Tilts?

03 min 51 sec

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12.: Post:Ballet - Kickstarter Anectode

04 min 40 sec

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13.: How Does Y Combinator Kickstart Ideas and Creativity?

01 min 21 sec

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14.: Age Limit?

03 min 58 sec

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15.: Technical Geniuses Vs. Visionaries?

02 min 26 sec

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16.: Do You Have to Suffer for Your Art?

03 min 04 sec

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17.: Camera Story (Y Combinator)

03 min 34 sec

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18.: How Many Friendships Rupture At Y Combinator?

02 min 50 sec

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19.: 60 Second Ideas To Change the World?

02 min 09 sec

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Advice for Graduates: Start Early with College Friends

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Randall Stross, New York Times columnist and author of The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, gives advice to ambitious, entrepreneurial college graduates: get started right after graduation, and utilize your college friends.
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