Current Program
Innovation Advocates
The first Wednesday evening of every month an individual who has succeeded at causing innovation to occur engages a subset of our group.
The purpose of our Innovation Society varies as much as our unique attendees.
One goal is to gather a deployable innovation force capable of solving really gnarly problems.
SVII a 501c(3) founded on Sand Hill Road, Silicon Valley, CA 650-561-9000
SVII "First Wednesday" Innovation Society Meeting
June 2nd, 2010 6:00 - 9:30 pm
June Event:
Trim the Fat: Applying Lean Startup Concepts to Entrepreneurship, Life, and the Creative Process
With a Panel Discussion
Register here.
Come to SVII’s June 2nd Innovation Society dinner! Read on to learn more! Also, stay tuned for our May newsletter describing event topics and speakers through the fall season.
“Every entrepreneur must learn how to run a lean startup. It’s how you do more with less money.”
-Babak Nivi
The Lean Startup movement is taking Silicon Valley by storm. Its concepts like “minimum viable product” and “customer development” have helped startups like IMVU turn their vision into a profitable reality. But do they have a broader relevance? How could they apply to personal growth? Does such a rigorous methodology have its place in the creative process?
Join us for an engaging conversation on June 2nd!
Panelists:
Dr. Bernard Mont-Reynaud
After graduating from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France, Bernard Mont-Reynaud did research at INRIA, then left for Stanford University where he obtained a Ph.D. in Computer
Science. He taught CS at UC Berkeley, until called to join research in music analysis at CCRMA. The analysis, visualization and perception of music and audio have been major themes of his work over the years, along with image processing, real-time systems and advanced UI design. Places he has worked include Lucasfilm, TDW, Xerox PARC, Studer Editech and FXPAL. He is also the former Chief Software Architect at Sony’s “Super Audio Project” R&D facility in San Francisco.
Jordy Mont-Reynaud
After becoming the youngest ever chess master in the United States at the age of 10, Jordy attended Stanford University where he received a B.S. in Symbolic Systems. After graduating he worked as a Software Engineer/Product Manager for Digital Chocolate. Jordy is currently the Mobile Developer for the social networking site Bebo, located in San Francisco.
Lukas Biewald
Lukas founded CrowdFlower, a “labor on demand” startup, in 2007. Prior to that he was a Senior Scientist and Manager within the Ranking and Management Team at Powerset, Inc., a natural language search technology company that was acquired by Microsoft. Lukas has also led the Search Relevance Team for Yahoo! Japan. He graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Computer Science. He is an expert-level Go player.
Please pre-register for this event here.
Program Schedule
6:00 Arrival and networking
6:45 Community buffet dinner
7:15 SVII Business Howard Richard Lieberman Chairman
7:30 Feature Presentation - What Makes Innovation Stick
8:30 Followup discussion, showing up as an Innovation Advocate
9:30 Closing
Event fee: $35 drop ins and $25 members. Drinks are available on a no-host basis.
We accept cash, checks and credit cards on site.
Please be sure to RSVP at friends@svii.org or even better prepay using PayPal.
"Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. it is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”
Steve Jobs