Thought Leader Interview: Judy Estrin on the Innovation Gap in Silicon Valley and Beyond . . .
By Tom Foremski - August 28, 2008
Here is my recent interview with Judy Estrin, former CTO at Cisco and one of Silicon Valley's most successful serial entrepreneurs. She has been concerned about the topic of innovation for many years because we aren't making the investments needed--in Silicon Valley and as a nation.
She says that the explosion of Web 2.0 type innovation is masking a large problem.
She has a new book on this topic: Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy
We spoke for about 90 minutes, here is a highly edited version of that conversation.
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http://www.theinnovationgap.com/
By Tom Foremski - August 28, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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Comments (2)
Hi - The article about innovation reminded me of the lack of it when we explored the production of tempeh (and we ended up with the only two patents since tempeh was made in the late 60's)
The problem we have faced since then with the media is with the control that big industry exerts and we have trouble getting exposure. When we contact soy related media and they discover we use "organic" beans, they find excuses not to publish since most of their support comes from the ag.chemical companies.
So - we wonder how one can ever be known by potential entrepreneurs?
Posted: September 7, 2008 5:54 AM
Excellent interview, and I think that Ms. Estrin is really onto something with respect to companies losing their long-term focus in order to meet shareholders quarterly expectations.
We're very excited to be hosting Judy here at the University of California, Santa Barbara early next week.
Posted: October 24, 2008 4:26 PM