Before the trip, an innovation framework was studied and a few focus areas were agreed upon. The focus areas were Product Innovation, Innovation Process, Metrics of Innovation Outcome, and the Advantages of a Cluster. Click to Read More
Anil Darni – CEO/Founder at Sense Talent Labs"In Silicon Valley, you never sign an NDA. If someone wants to do that, you just walk away"
Chris Yin – Product Management Director at Rainforest QA“Build off what you know. When you fail remember it”
Ram Jambunathan, SVP and Managing Director at SAP.IO“Netflix is able to produce original content, because they know who is going to watch it”
Aaron Bell, Co-founder and former CEO at AdRoll“In advertising, it’s hardcore frenemy stuff”
Glenn Rawlinson, Director Innovation Strategy and Design at SalesForce“Design’s just about solving problems for people”
Theodore Chao, UX Research Lead at Google“A lot of trust and transparency early on is important for successful projects”
Nick Ionita, Co-Founder and CEO at Flux"As a startup, you're smaller than a lot of other things, so you must use nimbleness and lack of history to your advantage"
Ted Tomlinson, Senior Software Engineering Manager, LinkedIn"You need to have the passion and the idea and advocate for it"
Renee Raid, Senior UX Design Researcher, LinkedIn"I can be my best authentic self here"