SILICON VALLEY INNOVATION

Moderated two panels at the Annual Meeting of the Silicon Valley Chapter of LES (Licensing Executives Society). The first was with Sarah Guichard, Vice President, Acquisitions at RPX and Murray Vince, Senior Director, Strategic Business Development at Intellectual Ventures. Responding to the question whether patents mattered to investors, they discussed the state of technology valuations and how patents can favorably affect the value of startups and mature companies. The seco

Attended The Intersection at Google. The Intersection bills itself as a one-day gathering of innovative thinkers, designed to stir your creative imagination, vision and action-planning strategies. It brings leading innovators from a number of fields to share their thoughts about up-and-coming trends in personal, team and organizational creativity, as well as social impact. It certainly does. Among the speakers: Randy Haykin Founding Partner, Gratitude Network Evan William