Live Blogging: AlwaysOn On DC: Henry Fisker keynote (new automotive company)
He left BMW to start a next-generation car company, with high-end design and eco-friendly. He worked in the car industry for 20 years. He realized a new business model was needed to get cost of...
View ArticleLiveblogging: OnDC panel, Entrepreneurs March on Washington
Moderator: Bill Schnoor, Goodwin Procter. Panelists: Henrik Fisker, CEO Fisker Automotive; Jonathan Wolfson, CEO of Solazyme; Wes Bolsen, CMO of Coskata; Andrew Perlman, GreatPoint Energy. Coskata has...
View ArticleLiveblogging: AlwaysOn: Tapping the Trillions
Moderator: Michael Zolandz, Partner, Sonnenschein Owen Barwell, Deputy CFO, Dept. of Energy; Christine Tezak, Senior Analyst, Energy & Environmental Policy Research, Robert W. Baird & Co; Wes...
View ArticleLiveblogging OnDC: Lt. General Minihan (ret.)
Speaker: Lt. General Minihan (retired) He was in intelligence for years. Usually in that role, no one is happy with you. Usually you get phone calls between midnight and 6 am. (I believe he ran the NSA...
View ArticleLiveblogging OnDC: Cyber Security
Panel on Cyber Security Moderator: Robert Rodriquez, retired secret service agent Panelists: Richard Russell, Deputy Associate Director of National Intelligence for Enteprise Solutions, Office of the...
View ArticleLiveblogging OnDC — David Boaz, EVP Cato Institute
Entrepreneurism and free markets work. Johann Norberg from Sweden at Cato institute says entrepreneur is a hero. A hero makes the world better for people. That’s what entrepreneurs need. They need...
View ArticleLiveBlogging: Financial Reform Roundtable at OnDC ’09
Moderator: Jonathan Axelrad, Partner, Goodwin Procter Hale Boggs, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Philips, LLC Dixon Doll, General Partner, DCM. Venture industry for 25 years. Menlo Park. Beijing. Tokyo....
View ArticleLiveblogging: OnDC ’09 Next Generation Education
Moderator: Saad Khan, Partner CMEA Ventures Panelists: Jose Ferreira, CEO Knewton; Jeff Shelstad, CEO Flat World Knowledge (new type of publisher that uses open source concepts for textbooks); Brian...
View ArticleTim Draper keynote at OnDC ’09–”Land of the free, home of the brave”
How free are we? The government spends 40% of what we make. We spend more for our average prisoner than for an average student. Going through the airports, almost every time I get the probe. Some...
View ArticleLiveblogging OnDC ’09: Mergers and Acquisitions Panel
Moderator: Bob Kipps, Managing Director Kipps DeSanto & Co. Panelists: Chris Hagan, Goodwin Procter; Frank Finelli, The Carlyle Group; Wes Husted, CFO Abraxas Corporation Wes. About two years ago...
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