Valentine QuadratinThe StartupWhat is it like to work for a Silicon Valley startup?An unsmiling software engineer answered the door.Apr 26, 2020Apr 26, 2020
Valentine QuadratCEO and Founder Chris Edell shares his start-up advice on identifying co-founders, managing stress…When you seek out a co-founder, “approach it like a marriage”. It is a “legally binding relationship you have with someone else.” Make…Jul 10, 2019Jul 10, 2019
Valentine QuadratCEO and Founder Chris Edell stands between two worlds: startups and large enterprisesAs a strategy consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, Chris noticed that clients were always talking innovation, “but when the rubber hit the…Jul 9, 2019Jul 9, 2019
Valentine Quadrat“This is out of Yale. This is a Connecticut story very much so.”Wendy Davis, graduate of Yale’s Executive MBA program and Founder and CEO of GestVision, believes that Connecticut is a great state for…Jul 5, 2019Jul 5, 2019
Valentine QuadratCEO of bioCT Dawn Hocevar on innovation in Connecticut and openness to opportunityDawn Hocevar discovered her passion for science when she was in DC visiting a friend. “My friend had to go to the lab on a Saturday to…Jul 5, 2019Jul 5, 2019
Valentine QuadratFrances Mayes, author of “Under the Tuscan Sun,” on Eight-Hour Dinner Parties and Italian Town LifeFrances Mayes has lived in Tuscany for over 25 years in a small town visited by people from all over the world because of her #1 New York…Jun 5, 2018Jun 5, 2018
Valentine QuadratAuthor Pico Iyer on Travel—The Antidote to Sleepwalking Through Your DaysA taxi driver in Burma took him “further and further” from the main road. Pico was “increasingly unsure. Would I get robbed?” He was taken…Jun 2, 2018Jun 2, 2018
Valentine QuadratFormer CTO of Tinder Ryan Ogle on “How to Take a Startup to a 2 Billion Valuation”Back in the day, there was eharmony for working professionals, but nothing for “the everyday person.”May 27, 2018May 27, 2018
Valentine QuadratSusan Orlean, Author of “The Orchid Thief,” on Traveling with a PurposeSusan Orlean, New Yorker staff writer and the author of The Orchid Thief, spoke at National Geographic about her experiences “Way off the…May 20, 2018May 20, 2018
Valentine QuadratinOrigami InnovationsOn IDEO’s early days and the importance of prototypes, a conversation with Dennis BoyleIn September 1975, Dennis Boyle went for an appointment to the office of Professor Robert McKim, head of Stanford’s Product Design group…Mar 21, 2018Mar 21, 2018