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Straight Talk

 

Learn first-hand from leading experts why ideas matter, which ones matter most, and how they help us succeed. 

Hear what leading inventors, entrepreneurs, creators, executives, educators and celebrities are saying.

   QuickTakes:   What leaders are saying
                           about why ideas matter

A Path to the Future

Arlyne Simon is a Solutions Architect for Intel’s Life Sciences Group who invented a blood test transplant rejection in cancer patients.

She has designed syringes, supercomputers, and ultrasound machines. Her children’s book series, “Abby Invents,” is widely read and loved.

Competitive Advantage

Dan Brown is a successful entrepreneur, award-winning inventor, educator and innovation advocate.

He is named inventor on more than 100 U.S. and international patents and winner of 10 international design awards. He teaches at the Segal Design Institute, Northwestern University and is a Fellow in the National Academy of Inventors.

Thinking Required

Jonathan Taplin is a celebrated author, movie producer and former Director of the Annenberg Innovation Lab at USC.

He developed the first video streaming-on-demand platform and produced Martin Scorsese’s first feature film, “Mean Streets,” starring a young Robert DeNiro. 

A Path to the Future

Arlyne Simon is a Solutions Architect for Intel’s Life Sciences Group who invented a blood test transplant rejection in cancer patients.

She has designed syringes, supercomputers, and ultrasound machines. Her children’s book series, “Abby Invents,” is widely read and loved.

Competitive Advantage

Dan Brown is a successful entrepreneur, award-winning inventor, educator and innovation advocate.

He is named inventor on more than 100 U.S. and international patents and winner of 10 international design awards. He teaches at the Segal Design Institute, Northwestern University and is a Fellow in the National Academy of Inventors.

Thinking Required

Jonathan Taplin is a celebrated author, movie producer and former Director of the Annenberg Innovation Lab at USC.

He developed the first video streaming-on-demand platform and produced Martin Scorsese’s first feature film, “Mean Streets,” starring a young Robert DeNiro. 

Thinking Required

Ideas not Material Things

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Robert Greene is the author of New York Times bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The Laws of Human Nature, and most recently, The Daily Laws.
 

In addition to having a strong following within the business world and a loyal following in Washington, DC, Greene’s books are hailed by everyone from war historians to the leading songwriters and musicians, including Jay-Z, Drake, and 50 Cent.

A Path to the Future

Tiffany Norwood is a serial entrepreneur, creator and inventor, who was named the prestigious Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year.

 

One of the earliest successful black women entrepreneurs, she established the first of seven startups as a teenager and helped to raise $670 million to fund digital satellite radio. A lifelong learner, Tiffany holds an MBA from Harvard.

Freedom & Rights

Adam Mossoff is Professor of Law at George Mason University. Professor Mossoff is one of the leading experts on the history of innovation and has been invited to testify several times before the Senate and the House on.

 

He is a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, where he chairs Hudson's Forum for Intellectual Property and is a member of the CIPU board of directors. Earlier in his career he pursued a Ph.D. in philosophy at Columbia University.

Building Bridges

 

Ideas are the foundation that civilization and  economies are built on.

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The ability to share ideas, inventions and creative expression openly, without fear they will be stolen or misunderstood, is part of an American tradition written into the U.S. Constitution. 

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Ideas are for building upon. 

 

  

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