Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. SVIC provides expertise on the business impact of disruptive technologies by creating exclusive executive management programs, cutting-edge thought leadership summits, and breakthrough corporate innovation acceleration programs<\/p>\n","post_title":"Groundbreaking Silicon Valley Innovation Summit Invites Business Leaders to Unlock the Secrets of Silicon Valley","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_5"};
Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. SVIC provides expertise on the business impact of disruptive technologies by creating exclusive executive management programs, cutting-edge thought leadership summits, and breakthrough corporate innovation acceleration programs<\/p>\n","post_title":"Groundbreaking Silicon Valley Innovation Summit Invites Business Leaders to Unlock the Secrets of Silicon Valley","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_5"};
Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. SVIC provides expertise on the business impact of disruptive technologies by creating exclusive executive management programs, cutting-edge thought leadership summits, and breakthrough corporate innovation acceleration programs<\/p>\n","post_title":"Groundbreaking Silicon Valley Innovation Summit Invites Business Leaders to Unlock the Secrets of Silicon Valley","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_5"};
\u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. SVIC provides expertise on the business impact of disruptive technologies by creating exclusive executive management programs, cutting-edge thought leadership summits, and breakthrough corporate innovation acceleration programs<\/p>\n","post_title":"Groundbreaking Silicon Valley Innovation Summit Invites Business Leaders to Unlock the Secrets of Silicon Valley","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_5"};
The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. SVIC provides expertise on the business impact of disruptive technologies by creating exclusive executive management programs, cutting-edge thought leadership summits, and breakthrough corporate innovation acceleration programs<\/p>\n","post_title":"Groundbreaking Silicon Valley Innovation Summit Invites Business Leaders to Unlock the Secrets of Silicon Valley","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_5"};
\u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. SVIC provides expertise on the business impact of disruptive technologies by creating exclusive executive management programs, cutting-edge thought leadership summits, and breakthrough corporate innovation acceleration programs<\/p>\n","post_title":"Groundbreaking Silicon Valley Innovation Summit Invites Business Leaders to Unlock the Secrets of Silicon Valley","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_5"};
This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. SVIC provides expertise on the business impact of disruptive technologies by creating exclusive executive management programs, cutting-edge thought leadership summits, and breakthrough corporate innovation acceleration programs<\/p>\n","post_title":"Groundbreaking Silicon Valley Innovation Summit Invites Business Leaders to Unlock the Secrets of Silicon Valley","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_5"};
\u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. SVIC provides expertise on the business impact of disruptive technologies by creating exclusive executive management programs, cutting-edge thought leadership summits, and breakthrough corporate innovation acceleration programs<\/p>\n","post_title":"Groundbreaking Silicon Valley Innovation Summit Invites Business Leaders to Unlock the Secrets of Silicon Valley","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_5"};
Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. SVIC provides expertise on the business impact of disruptive technologies by creating exclusive executive management programs, cutting-edge thought leadership summits, and breakthrough corporate innovation acceleration programs<\/p>\n","post_title":"Groundbreaking Silicon Valley Innovation Summit Invites Business Leaders to Unlock the Secrets of Silicon Valley","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_5"};
Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. SVIC provides expertise on the business impact of disruptive technologies by creating exclusive executive management programs, cutting-edge thought leadership summits, and breakthrough corporate innovation acceleration programs<\/p>\n","post_title":"Groundbreaking Silicon Valley Innovation Summit Invites Business Leaders to Unlock the Secrets of Silicon Valley","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_5"};
April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. SVIC provides expertise on the business impact of disruptive technologies by creating exclusive executive management programs, cutting-edge thought leadership summits, and breakthrough corporate innovation acceleration programs<\/p>\n","post_title":"Groundbreaking Silicon Valley Innovation Summit Invites Business Leaders to Unlock the Secrets of Silicon Valley","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_5"};
Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. 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Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. 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Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. 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The question is not whether a product can be built but whether it should be built. Companies can build things very efficiently that nobody wants. The build-measure-learn cycle involves turning ideas into products quickly, measuring how customers respond, and then learning whether or not to pivot or persevere. A minimum viable product only needs to include features necessary to learn what customers want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. SVIC provides expertise on the business impact of disruptive technologies by creating exclusive executive management programs, cutting-edge thought leadership summits, and breakthrough corporate innovation acceleration programs<\/p>\n","post_title":"Groundbreaking Silicon Valley Innovation Summit Invites Business Leaders to Unlock the Secrets of Silicon Valley","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/groundbreaking-silicon-valley-innovation-summit-invites-business-leaders-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-silicon-valley\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":11},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_5"};
The question is not whether a product can be built but whether it should be built. Companies can build things very efficiently that nobody wants. The build-measure-learn cycle involves turning ideas into products quickly, measuring how customers respond, and then learning whether or not to pivot or persevere. A minimum viable product only needs to include features necessary to learn what customers want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. 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Companies should move from simply making stuff to validated learning. With validated learning the unit of measurement is not how far along the team is on adding features, but how far along the company is on learning who they\u2019re customers are and what their customers need. As William Edwards Deming, an American engineer, said, \u201cThe customer is the most important part of the production line.\u201d Teams must rigorously assess whether they are learning how to build a sustainable business. And a sustainable business is one that first understands the customer\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The question is not whether a product can be built but whether it should be built. Companies can build things very efficiently that nobody wants. The build-measure-learn cycle involves turning ideas into products quickly, measuring how customers respond, and then learning whether or not to pivot or persevere. A minimum viable product only needs to include features necessary to learn what customers want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. 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Companies should move from simply making stuff to validated learning. With validated learning the unit of measurement is not how far along the team is on adding features, but how far along the company is on learning who they\u2019re customers are and what their customers need. As William Edwards Deming, an American engineer, said, \u201cThe customer is the most important part of the production line.\u201d Teams must rigorously assess whether they are learning how to build a sustainable business. And a sustainable business is one that first understands the customer\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The question is not whether a product can be built but whether it should be built. Companies can build things very efficiently that nobody wants. The build-measure-learn cycle involves turning ideas into products quickly, measuring how customers respond, and then learning whether or not to pivot or persevere. A minimum viable product only needs to include features necessary to learn what customers want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. 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Eric Ries defines a startup as \u201ca human institution designed to create new products and services under conditions of extreme uncertainty.\u201d A startup is an experiment. Any size company can perform experiments. The key is to have a strategy when meeting failure. That is to pivot. When a company pivots, they stay grounded in what they\u2019ve learned and change directions. Since time is money, the path to success is reducing the amount of time between pivots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies should move from simply making stuff to validated learning. With validated learning the unit of measurement is not how far along the team is on adding features, but how far along the company is on learning who they\u2019re customers are and what their customers need. As William Edwards Deming, an American engineer, said, \u201cThe customer is the most important part of the production line.\u201d Teams must rigorously assess whether they are learning how to build a sustainable business. And a sustainable business is one that first understands the customer\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The question is not whether a product can be built but whether it should be built. Companies can build things very efficiently that nobody wants. The build-measure-learn cycle involves turning ideas into products quickly, measuring how customers respond, and then learning whether or not to pivot or persevere. A minimum viable product only needs to include features necessary to learn what customers want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. 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Eric Ries defines a startup as \u201ca human institution designed to create new products and services under conditions of extreme uncertainty.\u201d A startup is an experiment. Any size company can perform experiments. The key is to have a strategy when meeting failure. That is to pivot. When a company pivots, they stay grounded in what they\u2019ve learned and change directions. Since time is money, the path to success is reducing the amount of time between pivots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies should move from simply making stuff to validated learning. With validated learning the unit of measurement is not how far along the team is on adding features, but how far along the company is on learning who they\u2019re customers are and what their customers need. As William Edwards Deming, an American engineer, said, \u201cThe customer is the most important part of the production line.\u201d Teams must rigorously assess whether they are learning how to build a sustainable business. And a sustainable business is one that first understands the customer\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The question is not whether a product can be built but whether it should be built. Companies can build things very efficiently that nobody wants. The build-measure-learn cycle involves turning ideas into products quickly, measuring how customers respond, and then learning whether or not to pivot or persevere. A minimum viable product only needs to include features necessary to learn what customers want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. 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A modern company sees the creativity and talent of every employee as a precious resource. In order to leverage its entrepreneurs, a modern company needs to address all employees as entrepreneurs. Why? One, because we never know who the entrepreneurs are. Two, because most ideas are bad. If everyone can contribute ideas, companies have a greater chance of finding a good idea. But there needs to be a process as a company can\u2019t implement every idea, even with a lean startup strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eric Ries defines a startup as \u201ca human institution designed to create new products and services under conditions of extreme uncertainty.\u201d A startup is an experiment. Any size company can perform experiments. The key is to have a strategy when meeting failure. That is to pivot. When a company pivots, they stay grounded in what they\u2019ve learned and change directions. Since time is money, the path to success is reducing the amount of time between pivots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies should move from simply making stuff to validated learning. With validated learning the unit of measurement is not how far along the team is on adding features, but how far along the company is on learning who they\u2019re customers are and what their customers need. As William Edwards Deming, an American engineer, said, \u201cThe customer is the most important part of the production line.\u201d Teams must rigorously assess whether they are learning how to build a sustainable business. And a sustainable business is one that first understands the customer\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The question is not whether a product can be built but whether it should be built. Companies can build things very efficiently that nobody wants. The build-measure-learn cycle involves turning ideas into products quickly, measuring how customers respond, and then learning whether or not to pivot or persevere. A minimum viable product only needs to include features necessary to learn what customers want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. 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A modern company sees the creativity and talent of every employee as a precious resource. In order to leverage its entrepreneurs, a modern company needs to address all employees as entrepreneurs. Why? One, because we never know who the entrepreneurs are. Two, because most ideas are bad. If everyone can contribute ideas, companies have a greater chance of finding a good idea. But there needs to be a process as a company can\u2019t implement every idea, even with a lean startup strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eric Ries defines a startup as \u201ca human institution designed to create new products and services under conditions of extreme uncertainty.\u201d A startup is an experiment. Any size company can perform experiments. The key is to have a strategy when meeting failure. That is to pivot. When a company pivots, they stay grounded in what they\u2019ve learned and change directions. Since time is money, the path to success is reducing the amount of time between pivots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies should move from simply making stuff to validated learning. With validated learning the unit of measurement is not how far along the team is on adding features, but how far along the company is on learning who they\u2019re customers are and what their customers need. As William Edwards Deming, an American engineer, said, \u201cThe customer is the most important part of the production line.\u201d Teams must rigorously assess whether they are learning how to build a sustainable business. And a sustainable business is one that first understands the customer\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The question is not whether a product can be built but whether it should be built. Companies can build things very efficiently that nobody wants. The build-measure-learn cycle involves turning ideas into products quickly, measuring how customers respond, and then learning whether or not to pivot or persevere. A minimum viable product only needs to include features necessary to learn what customers want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. 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What do these lean startup principles mean for corporations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n A modern company sees the creativity and talent of every employee as a precious resource. In order to leverage its entrepreneurs, a modern company needs to address all employees as entrepreneurs. Why? One, because we never know who the entrepreneurs are. Two, because most ideas are bad. If everyone can contribute ideas, companies have a greater chance of finding a good idea. But there needs to be a process as a company can\u2019t implement every idea, even with a lean startup strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eric Ries defines a startup as \u201ca human institution designed to create new products and services under conditions of extreme uncertainty.\u201d A startup is an experiment. Any size company can perform experiments. The key is to have a strategy when meeting failure. That is to pivot. When a company pivots, they stay grounded in what they\u2019ve learned and change directions. Since time is money, the path to success is reducing the amount of time between pivots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies should move from simply making stuff to validated learning. With validated learning the unit of measurement is not how far along the team is on adding features, but how far along the company is on learning who they\u2019re customers are and what their customers need. As William Edwards Deming, an American engineer, said, \u201cThe customer is the most important part of the production line.\u201d Teams must rigorously assess whether they are learning how to build a sustainable business. And a sustainable business is one that first understands the customer\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The question is not whether a product can be built but whether it should be built. Companies can build things very efficiently that nobody wants. The build-measure-learn cycle involves turning ideas into products quickly, measuring how customers respond, and then learning whether or not to pivot or persevere. A minimum viable product only needs to include features necessary to learn what customers want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. 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What do these lean startup principles mean for corporations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n A modern company sees the creativity and talent of every employee as a precious resource. In order to leverage its entrepreneurs, a modern company needs to address all employees as entrepreneurs. Why? One, because we never know who the entrepreneurs are. Two, because most ideas are bad. If everyone can contribute ideas, companies have a greater chance of finding a good idea. But there needs to be a process as a company can\u2019t implement every idea, even with a lean startup strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eric Ries defines a startup as \u201ca human institution designed to create new products and services under conditions of extreme uncertainty.\u201d A startup is an experiment. Any size company can perform experiments. The key is to have a strategy when meeting failure. That is to pivot. When a company pivots, they stay grounded in what they\u2019ve learned and change directions. Since time is money, the path to success is reducing the amount of time between pivots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies should move from simply making stuff to validated learning. With validated learning the unit of measurement is not how far along the team is on adding features, but how far along the company is on learning who they\u2019re customers are and what their customers need. As William Edwards Deming, an American engineer, said, \u201cThe customer is the most important part of the production line.\u201d Teams must rigorously assess whether they are learning how to build a sustainable business. And a sustainable business is one that first understands the customer\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The question is not whether a product can be built but whether it should be built. Companies can build things very efficiently that nobody wants. The build-measure-learn cycle involves turning ideas into products quickly, measuring how customers respond, and then learning whether or not to pivot or persevere. A minimum viable product only needs to include features necessary to learn what customers want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. 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5 Principles of the Lean Startup Method:<\/p>\n\n\n\n What do these lean startup principles mean for corporations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n A modern company sees the creativity and talent of every employee as a precious resource. In order to leverage its entrepreneurs, a modern company needs to address all employees as entrepreneurs. Why? One, because we never know who the entrepreneurs are. Two, because most ideas are bad. If everyone can contribute ideas, companies have a greater chance of finding a good idea. But there needs to be a process as a company can\u2019t implement every idea, even with a lean startup strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eric Ries defines a startup as \u201ca human institution designed to create new products and services under conditions of extreme uncertainty.\u201d A startup is an experiment. Any size company can perform experiments. The key is to have a strategy when meeting failure. That is to pivot. When a company pivots, they stay grounded in what they\u2019ve learned and change directions. Since time is money, the path to success is reducing the amount of time between pivots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies should move from simply making stuff to validated learning. With validated learning the unit of measurement is not how far along the team is on adding features, but how far along the company is on learning who they\u2019re customers are and what their customers need. As William Edwards Deming, an American engineer, said, \u201cThe customer is the most important part of the production line.\u201d Teams must rigorously assess whether they are learning how to build a sustainable business. And a sustainable business is one that first understands the customer\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The question is not whether a product can be built but whether it should be built. Companies can build things very efficiently that nobody wants. The build-measure-learn cycle involves turning ideas into products quickly, measuring how customers respond, and then learning whether or not to pivot or persevere. A minimum viable product only needs to include features necessary to learn what customers want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. 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Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup<\/i>, presents five principles of the lean startup method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 Principles of the Lean Startup Method:<\/p>\n\n\n\n What do these lean startup principles mean for corporations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n A modern company sees the creativity and talent of every employee as a precious resource. In order to leverage its entrepreneurs, a modern company needs to address all employees as entrepreneurs. Why? One, because we never know who the entrepreneurs are. Two, because most ideas are bad. If everyone can contribute ideas, companies have a greater chance of finding a good idea. But there needs to be a process as a company can\u2019t implement every idea, even with a lean startup strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eric Ries defines a startup as \u201ca human institution designed to create new products and services under conditions of extreme uncertainty.\u201d A startup is an experiment. Any size company can perform experiments. The key is to have a strategy when meeting failure. That is to pivot. When a company pivots, they stay grounded in what they\u2019ve learned and change directions. Since time is money, the path to success is reducing the amount of time between pivots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies should move from simply making stuff to validated learning. With validated learning the unit of measurement is not how far along the team is on adding features, but how far along the company is on learning who they\u2019re customers are and what their customers need. As William Edwards Deming, an American engineer, said, \u201cThe customer is the most important part of the production line.\u201d Teams must rigorously assess whether they are learning how to build a sustainable business. And a sustainable business is one that first understands the customer\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The question is not whether a product can be built but whether it should be built. Companies can build things very efficiently that nobody wants. The build-measure-learn cycle involves turning ideas into products quickly, measuring how customers respond, and then learning whether or not to pivot or persevere. A minimum viable product only needs to include features necessary to learn what customers want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. 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In order to test hypotheses, companies create a minimum viable product. A minimum viable product is a scaled down version of an expansive vision of a product that can be delivered quickly and inexpensively. A minimum viable product allows companies to rapidly test ideas and determine whether or not they work in order to change directions without investing too many resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup<\/i>, presents five principles of the lean startup method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 Principles of the Lean Startup Method:<\/p>\n\n\n\n What do these lean startup principles mean for corporations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n A modern company sees the creativity and talent of every employee as a precious resource. In order to leverage its entrepreneurs, a modern company needs to address all employees as entrepreneurs. Why? One, because we never know who the entrepreneurs are. Two, because most ideas are bad. If everyone can contribute ideas, companies have a greater chance of finding a good idea. But there needs to be a process as a company can\u2019t implement every idea, even with a lean startup strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eric Ries defines a startup as \u201ca human institution designed to create new products and services under conditions of extreme uncertainty.\u201d A startup is an experiment. Any size company can perform experiments. The key is to have a strategy when meeting failure. That is to pivot. When a company pivots, they stay grounded in what they\u2019ve learned and change directions. Since time is money, the path to success is reducing the amount of time between pivots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies should move from simply making stuff to validated learning. With validated learning the unit of measurement is not how far along the team is on adding features, but how far along the company is on learning who they\u2019re customers are and what their customers need. As William Edwards Deming, an American engineer, said, \u201cThe customer is the most important part of the production line.\u201d Teams must rigorously assess whether they are learning how to build a sustainable business. And a sustainable business is one that first understands the customer\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The question is not whether a product can be built but whether it should be built. Companies can build things very efficiently that nobody wants. The build-measure-learn cycle involves turning ideas into products quickly, measuring how customers respond, and then learning whether or not to pivot or persevere. A minimum viable product only needs to include features necessary to learn what customers want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Held from July 18 to 20, 2018, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit<\/a> is an in-depth, three-day program designed specifically for CEOs, boards of directors, senior executives and business owners looking to stay ahead of fast-changing technology trends. This thought-provoking, all-inclusive event will feature inspirational speakers and industry thought leaders from a wide variety of global innovation-centric companies. Participants will immerse themselves into the innovative culture of Silicon Valley through visits to leading technology companies, meetings with major venture capital firms, and experience unique networking opportunities with the most innovative startups and thought leaders. Participants will be following in the footsteps of executives from top brands who have all benefited from similar programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur Hotel is the preferred destination for international business elite to connect with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. In helping to develop the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit we are creating an unparalleled experience with access to leading innovation thinkers and best practices for corporate innovation from some of the world\u2019s most progressive companies,\u201d says Florian Riedel, General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This summit offers direct access to Silicon Valley innovators and disruptors through a completely redefined conference experience focused on emerging technologies and enlightening innovation practices. Maritz Travel is recognised in the meeting and event industry for expertise in creating exceptional experiences that drive their client\u2019s business results and they are a trusted partner for many international corporations in expanding their global reach and strategic perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt Maritz Travel we focus on innovative event design that aligns event impressions to measurable business outcomes for our clients,\u201d says Charlie Ferbet, Vice President Sales \u2013 West Coast at Maritz Travel. \u201cAs a company that greatly values innovation, we are pleased to partner in organising this summit and excited to help key business leaders realise opportunities for growth in a unique and thoughtfully designed environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world\u2019s largest innovation ecosystem with more than 15,000 startups and more than 2,000 venture capital firms, Silicon Valley has long been viewed as the epicentre for new technologies and new business ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver the years we have enabled multiple public enterprises and private businesses to better understand the ongoing industry disruption and to shape their growth strategy in terms of launching new products and entering new industries,\u201d says Andrey Kunov, Stanford PhD, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovation Center. \u201cWe have designed this summit program to share with executive leaders the most advanced knowledge and tools needed to transform their businesses, foster an entrepreneurial mindset and successfully capitalise on new ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, creates exceptional experiences that inspire people to achieve extraordinary business results. By designing and executing innovative corporate events, meetings and incentive travel programs, Maritz Travel helps transform businesses and people. They focus on individual business objectives to provide business meeting planning and group incentive trips that drive business results and improve customer, employee and channel partner engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2011, Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) has been empowering senior-level executive leaders from around the world to uncover business growth opportunities behind the threats of disruptive technologies. 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The lean startup method takes ideas around lean manufacturing and applies them to the process of innovation. Instead of using a business plan as a prediction of the future, a company turns the business plan into a series of hypotheses, such as what customers do or don\u2019t want, and then quickly performs experiments to test these hypotheses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to test hypotheses, companies create a minimum viable product. A minimum viable product is a scaled down version of an expansive vision of a product that can be delivered quickly and inexpensively. A minimum viable product allows companies to rapidly test ideas and determine whether or not they work in order to change directions without investing too many resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup<\/i>, presents five principles of the lean startup method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 Principles of the Lean Startup Method:<\/p>\n\n\n\n What do these lean startup principles mean for corporations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n A modern company sees the creativity and talent of every employee as a precious resource. In order to leverage its entrepreneurs, a modern company needs to address all employees as entrepreneurs. Why? One, because we never know who the entrepreneurs are. Two, because most ideas are bad. If everyone can contribute ideas, companies have a greater chance of finding a good idea. But there needs to be a process as a company can\u2019t implement every idea, even with a lean startup strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eric Ries defines a startup as \u201ca human institution designed to create new products and services under conditions of extreme uncertainty.\u201d A startup is an experiment. Any size company can perform experiments. The key is to have a strategy when meeting failure. That is to pivot. When a company pivots, they stay grounded in what they\u2019ve learned and change directions. Since time is money, the path to success is reducing the amount of time between pivots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies should move from simply making stuff to validated learning. With validated learning the unit of measurement is not how far along the team is on adding features, but how far along the company is on learning who they\u2019re customers are and what their customers need. As William Edwards Deming, an American engineer, said, \u201cThe customer is the most important part of the production line.\u201d Teams must rigorously assess whether they are learning how to build a sustainable business. And a sustainable business is one that first understands the customer\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The question is not whether a product can be built but whether it should be built. Companies can build things very efficiently that nobody wants. The build-measure-learn cycle involves turning ideas into products quickly, measuring how customers respond, and then learning whether or not to pivot or persevere. A minimum viable product only needs to include features necessary to learn what customers want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entrepreneurs need to be held accountable, but to a different set of metrics. Instead of having product milestones, innovators should have learning milestones. A measurable metric for learning is customer behavior. Product development focuses on improvement in customer retention instead of product sales. With learning milestones, companies give themselves a timeframe to meet a customer behavior baseline and choose whether or not to pivot.<\/p>\n","post_title":"A Competitive Edge for Corporations: The Lean Startup Method and Innovation","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-12-27 20:45:15","post_modified_gmt":"2019-12-28 04:45:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/siliconvalley.center\/blog\/a-competitive-edge-for-corporations-the-lean-startup-method-and-innovation\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":750,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2018-05-04 00:03:00","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-04 07:03:00","post_content":"\n Partnering with Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Innovation Center partner to provide exclusive access to top innovators in Silicon Valley<\/p>\n\n\n\n April 24, 2018<\/strong>, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, U.S.A.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Maritz Travel<\/a>,\u00a0Four Seasons\u00a0Hotel Silicon Valley<\/a> and\u00a0Silicon Valley Innovation Center<\/a>\u00a0have partnered to organise a groundbreaking thought leadership summit in the heart of Silicon Valley. Senior business leaders will have unmatched access to unlocking the secrets of the global innovation capital with exclusive insights into the future of industries and strategies that will help transform their company into an innovation powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAbout Maritz Travel \u2013 A Maritz Global Events Company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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