EXPONENTIAL CENTER

A WiFi pioneer works to make engineering and technology more inclusive and diverse.

How does a tech company founded in the era of floppy disks and hand-packaged software thrive as the market leader for 36 years?

Big Government in the History of Silicon Valley

What can women who thrive in the competitive, male-dominated world of Silicon Valley venture capital teach us in the meantime? Plenty.

What is the difference between a manager, a coach, and a leader? Can one person be all three?

William Draper III, C. Richard Kramlich, and Franklin “Pitch” Johnson discuss highlights and challenges of their careers and legendary…

According to Reid Hoffman, growing fast is more important than being first.

When TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque and Floodgate venture capitalist Ann Miura-Ko joined forces, they reimagined community

New series “Women’s Work: Perspectives on Gender in Tech” promotes conversation and positive change

Alphabet’s John Hennessy & Lumi Labs’ Marissa Mayer discuss leadership stories and advice from Hennessy’s new book “Leading Matters”

Leading venture capitalists Carmen Chang & Hans Tung on Chinese history and culture, cross-country deals, big companies, and current trends

Make no mistake: these entrepreneurs are noteworthy for their success and impact by any measure. They are also both women.

These entrepreneurs embody another element of the secret sauce of Silicon Valley and perhaps the most enduring — an insatiable curiosity.

Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Cindy Cohn, Allegis Capital’s Jean-Louis Gassée & LSE Professor Judy Wajcman with Journalist John Markoff

Troublemakers: The Story of Silicon Valley’s Coming of Age — Historian Leslie Berlin in Conversation with CHM’s Marguerite Gong Hancock

Google Cloud Senior Vice President Diane Greene in Conversation with the Exponential Center’s Marguerite Gong Hancock

Calico CCO Daphne Koller and GoldieBlox Founder Debra Sterling in Conversation with the Exponential Center’s Marguerite Gong Hancock

“Silicon Valley is not a place. It’s a state of mind. It can be everywhere. It can uplift everyone.“ — John Doerr

The roots of today’s Silicon Valley sprouted long before Google’s algorithms, Apple’s two Steves, or Fairchild’s chipmeisters.

The event took on the tone of an informal gathering around the fireplace, rather than a scripted discussion of successes and failures.

“If necessity is the mother of invention, scarcity is the mother of innovation,” said Hanna.