Neil Edwards, president of Pango and with experience at several public and startup companies, gave a presentation titled "Learning from the Winners" where he discussed lessons that can be learned from Elon Musk in imagining the future, Steve Jobs in disrupting the present, Travis Kalanick in leading to scale, and Jeff Bezos in scaling to succeed.
2. Personal Background
Education: The Citadel, BA Math (87) &
Duke MBA grad work
Public Companies: DuPont,
KnowledgeWare, InfoUSA, Network
Solutions, & VeriSign
Start Ups: dotMobi, CelluFun, Pango
Countries: USA, Ireland, China, France, &
Israel
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3. Learning From The Winners
Imagine the
Future
Disrupt the
Present
Lead to
Scale
Scale to
Succeed
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4. Imagine the Future: Elon Musk
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5. Disrupt the Present: Steve Jobs
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6. Lead to Scale: Travis Kalanick
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7. Scale to Succeed: Jeff Bezos
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