Business Innovators (Video)

66 teams competed in the UC Davis 2014 Big Bang competition. Aspiring entrepreneurs were awarded cash prizes aimed at helping get ideas from academia into the real-world market.

Series: "UC Davis Graduate School of Management's Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series" [Business] [Show ID: 28366]

The Atlantic’s Steve Clemons joins Paul Jacobs, the executive chairman of Qualcomm, Greg Lucier, board chairman of the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and US Rep. Scott Peters (D) for a discussion on how all levels of governments can better support the technology sector and what San Diego could do to become a global destination for increased innovation, capital, and talent. The event, sponsored by UC San Diego Extension and CONNECT, is inspired by the late Duane Roth, in tribute to his commitment to understanding the critical ways in which policy, industry, and innovation intersect. Series: "STEAM plus MORE" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 27683]

Brett Queener started his career at salesforce.com in 2003 and has been involved in executive leadership roles in the products, sales, operations, and finance organizations. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 27837]

Seeking legendary surf breaks along with a great education, Nick Woodman (Muir ’97) enrolled at UC San Diego with the goal of graduating with a degree that would prepare him for a career in finance or maybe even law. What he got instead was a degree in visual arts, a wife he met in class and a dream job as founder and CEO of the world’s fastest growing camera company, GoPro.

Join GoPro’s Nick Woodman as he reminisces about his days at UC San Diego and describes how he’s leveraging his passions and perseverance into growing a multi-billion dollar company. Series: "The Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID: 28380]

Kaiser Permanente Chairman and former CEO George Halvorson offers his vision for building the culture of an organization using the model he implemented at Kaiser Permanente. Series: "Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies" [Health and Medicine] [Business] [Show ID: 28230]

Alison Bauerlein, Brenton Taylor and Byron Myers founded Inogen to improve the life of Mae, a beloved grandmother, and the millions of individuals like her using supplemental oxygen therapy. In 2001, as students at the UC Santa Barbara, the trio received first place honors at a business plan competition sponsored by the Technology Management Program. Subsequently, Mae was presented the first Inogen One in October 2004 and they knew immediately that they'd done something right. Her reaction? "Better than anything I could have ever hoped for." Today Inogen is committed to improving the lives of millions of oxygen therapy users like Mae worldwide. Ali, Brenton, and Byron have been recognized as Entrepreneurs of the Year [Ernst & Young], 30 Under 30 Coolest Entrepreneurs in America [Inc. Magazine], 40 Under 40 [Pacific Coast Business Times], among other awards. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Business] [Show ID: 28040]

Julie A. Freischlag, MD, Vice Chancellor for Human Health Sciences Dean of the School of Medicine, UC Davis, on leading to effect change. Series: "UCSF Vascular Surgery Symposium" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28201]