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TEDxValenciaSt - Dave Hitz - Are Corporate Values Yucky?
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Dave Hitz is a co-founder and executive vice president of NetApp, Inc. But before starting his career in the computer industry, he worked as a cowboy, gaining valuable management experience by herding, branding, and castrating cattle. He is the author of "How to Castrate a Bull - Unexpected Lessons on Risk, Growth, and Success in Business." Dave... Read more

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- -: TEDxValenciaSt - Dave Hitz - Are Corporate Values Yucky?

April 19, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Dave Hitz is a co-founder and executive vice president of NetApp, Inc. But before starting his career in the computer industry, he worked as a cowboy, gaining valuable management experience by herding, branding, and castrating cattle. He is the author of "How to Castrate a Bull - Unexpected Lesso...

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- -: TEDxValenciaSt - Becca Lipon - Debunking the Myth of Pre-Adulthood

April 19, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Becca Lipon is a software engineer by day and the lead singer of the ensemble group Sinister Dexter by night. She believes that the trend of young adults waiting until their 30s to marry is a positive trend--not a negative one (as argued by writers like Kay Hymowitz)--reflecting the empowerment o...

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- -: TEDxValenciaSt - David Weekly - Go Write Some Sci-Fi!

April 19, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

David Weekly is the founder of PBWorks, a founding director of Hacker Dojo, and enjoys flying helicopters. He also likes dancing in a banana suit. David encouraged everyone to write science fiction as inspiration for technology of the future in a talk entitled "Go Write Some Sci-Fi!" About TEDx,...

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- -: TEDxValenciaSt - Edward Reines - The Magic of Appreciation

April 19, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Edward Reines is humbled by the blessings that have been gifted to him. He was raised in Great Neck, NY in a loving and tight family of seven that hit some roadbumps and bounced higher. He is an intellectual property attorney who loves his profession. He moved to San Francisco and first fell in l...

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- -: TEDxValenciaSt - Henry Oh - Inspiration from Unlikely Sources

April 19, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Henry Oh has a JD but does not practice law. He also has a guitar and actually practices that. He's done a lot of things. Some well. Some not. However, he has a curious mind and likes to think that everything is a learning experience. He's been in Asia for the past five years, founding an Interne...

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- -: TEDxValenciaSt - Sarah Gill - How to Live Life

April 19, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Sarah Gill is the creator and founder of The Inspired Cookie. She is also the author of "Beginners' Vegan Guide: Restaurants, Recipes & Resources" about incorporating a vegan, gluten-free diet into your life. Sarah spoke about how important it is to LIVE life and see each day as an opportunity to...

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- -: TEDxValenciaSt - Steve Carlson - Always Pack a Warm Lunch for the Road

April 19, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Steve Carlson is a partner of the law firm Fish & Richardson. Steve discussed the anthropology classic "The Gift" as experienced through his Peace Corps tour in the mountains of rural Morocco, as well as in the legal community of Silicon Valley. Steve shared lessons learned in the worlds of food ...

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- -: TEDxValenciaSt - Mark Christian - Long-Lived Data

April 19, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Mark Christian owns what is perhaps the largest collection of Laserdisc movies west of the Mississippi. Mark is concerned that the rapid pace of technological change (and the inherent instability of digital technology) is dooming us to a future case of amnesia about our present history. We have l...

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- -: TEDxValenciaSt - William Alsup - State of the Art 1989

April 19, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

William Alsup is an avid photographer and lover of nature. He is also the author of "Missing in the Minarets: The Search for Walter A. Starr, Jr." about the mysterious disappearance of a San Francisco attorney from a prominent family who went missing in the jagged Minarets region of the Sierra Ne...

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- -: TEDxValenciaSt - Matt Johnson - Global Migration: Humanity's Best Opportunity

April 19, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Matt Johnson wants to change the way people migrate around the world. As an economic migrant himself, he saw firsthand the gulf between the ease with which people from developed countries migrate and the difficulty, friction, cost, pain, and suffering faced by migrants from developing countries. ...

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