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a series of talks by extraordinary people

Bill Gates founder and ceo of microsoft

Tina Seelig executive director at stanford engineering

Jon Gertner author of idea factory

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illiam Henry “Bill” Gates III (born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington)is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former chief executive officer (CEO) and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third;in 2011 he was the wealthiest American and the second wealthiest person. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder, with 6.4 percent of the common stock.He has also authored or co-authored several books.

Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Gates has been criticized for his business tactics, which have been considered anti-competitive, an opinion which has in some cases been upheld by the courts.In the later stages of his career, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.

Bill Gates founder and ceo of microsoft

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Tina Seelig executive director at stanford engineering

ina Seelig is the Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), the entrepreneurship center at Stanford University’s School of Engineering. STVP is dedicated to accelerating high-technology entrepreneurship education and creating scholarly research on technologybased firms. STVP provides students from all majors with the entrepreneurial skills needed to use innovations to solve major world problems. She teaches courses on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the department of Management Science and Engineering, and within the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford.

Dr. Seelig is also the Director of the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter), which is dedicated infusing entrepreneurship and innovation skills into undergraduate engineering in the United States. Funded by the National Science Foundation and directed by STVP, the Epicenter is an education, research and outreach hub for the creation and sharing of entrepreneurship and innovation resources among U.S. engineering schools.

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ince 2004, Jon Gertner has been a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, where he writes about business, technology, and society. Prior to his work at the Sunday magazine, Jon worked as a senior editor at Money magazine and a senior editor at The American Lawyer magazine. A graduate of Cornell, he lives in New Jersey with his wife and their two children. He is currently working on a book for Houghton Mifflin about the history of Bell Labs and the process of innovation.

Jon Gertner, an editor at Fast Company magazine, has produced a well-­researched history of Bell Labs, filled with colorful characters and inspiring lessons. But more important, “The Idea Factory” explores one of the most critical issues of our time: What causes innovation? Why does it happen, and how might we nurture it? The lesson of Bell Labs is that most feats of sustained innovation cannot and do not occur in an iconic garage or the workshop of an ingenious inventor.

They occur when people of diverse talents and mind-sets and expertise are brought together, preferably in close physical proximity where they can have frequent meetings and serendipitous encounters.

Jon Gertner author of the idea factory

NEW YORK CITY MAY 8-10, 7PM­ SKIRBALL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS New York University 566 La Guardia Place New York, NY 10012

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For tickets, call 1.800.992.9494

PHILADELPHIA MAY 15-17, 7PM ★

Locations + Dates

TEMPLE PERFORMING ART CENTER Tyler School of Art 1837 N. Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 For tickets, call 1.800.298.4200

WASHINGTON­ DC MAY 22-24, 7PM THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART Corcoran School of Art 500 Seventeenth Street NW Washigton, DC 19122

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For tickets, call 1.800.745.3000

Tickets can be purchased online at www.creativethree.com $60 for each speaker or $150 for all three purchased together.

see you all there!

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