The first word processer, the first smartphone, the first car, the first plane, it has this connotation of a breakthrough investigation thats in essence a quantum leap. And my book is about how we as a society need to be innovating more and how the really significant innovations that move the dial are these breakthrough zero to one companies. Host is Silicon Valley a zero to one, does that have a zero to one mindset . Guest theres, theres definitely Silicon Valley at this point is the center of innovation in the u. S. , and i would argue the center of innovation globally. Its, there are certainly a number of companies that have involved significant break throughs, i would say google, amazon, facebook are significant ones in recent years, apple with the iphone. Theres always a bias to make things very incremental. Successful companies in cig con valley are all Silicon Valley are all zero to one companies. Most Companies End up being much less valuable. The tenth solar panel company, tha
Into volunteering, lets persuade them with a very specific benefit. Our volunteering as a pathway to employment that was released this report released last year has given us some very good news. If you are unemployed and youre looking for work and volunteer, you increase the likelihood of gaining a job about 27 . If you dont have a high school diploma, that likelihood raises up to 51 . If you live in a Rural Community and looking for woerk, you increase the likelihood about 55 . Because so many of our young people in the age group of 18 to 24 are looking for work, in fact, theyre in the bracket with the highest unemployment rates of any age group, we need to find ways to get them connected to jobs. And i think with this case study, now, that luring them in through the volunteering is a really good way to do so. Its going to help them but also the communities they served. More hands and hearts to help those that serve. So thats the case. How do we do it . The president s task force on e
His family established the award to recognize an outstanding veteran who defines their citizenship through service to our country both in uniform and beyond. I cannot think of anyone who could better fit that than our honoree and keynote speaker today. Please welcome general stanley mcchrystal. I grew up in the rangers, and the board was first used in the rangers. And its interesting because theres a great story about where it came from because all rangers walked around saying hoowa the whole time. And he was in second ranger battalion and the story is that the battalion landed, it was very difficult, they were getting shot up and then general norman koda walked along the beach and he needed people to start moving inland no matter how difficult it was going to be. And hep went to an organization and said, which unit are you guys from . Young sergeant looked up and said, sir, were the rangers. And he says, okay, rangers lead the way. And the young man looked up, who, us . You spend a li
Theyre ready to go. At fontanelle family wineries, theyre expecting the first batch p grapes tomorrow. At this point last week, they had no idea how that would even be possible. Like jenga pieces after a bad fall, the winery cellar left a mess last sunday. Today, nothing broken in sight. The cellar is back to working order. Not completely organized yet. But were getting there. Outside the winery, today harvest equipment stands ready for grapes. Last week at this time nothing but controlled chaos as everyone simultaneously cleaned. The transformation required 16hour days and an entire team of friends, family, employees and volunteers. I think the adrenaline and the enthusiasm of everyone that was in here pitching in made it go very fast. Along the way, gary fontanelle a discovered good news. The damage wasnt as bad as first thought. Were looking at a half a Million Dollars in damage as opposed to a million. They found what they needed time and time again. We found signs of generosity al
The cost of college combined with advancements in technology will lead to a fundamental transformation of our Higher Education system in the near future. Well, thanks and let me 2nd youre welcome to this great audience and our speaker and panel. The 1st thing i should say about kevin carey, probably the most important thing is that he is a graduate of the university of new york no doubt is at the root of much or all of his success. You can read about some of that success in your program, so i we will briefly recap his rise from being a state budget analyst in indiana washington policy analyst to education analyst who very quickly joined the top tier of education writers around the nation. He has written for the Washington Monthly the chronicle of Higher Education, and education, and many other publications. He now has a regular gig at the new york times. He makes his professional home at the new America Foundation and directly Education Policy Program there. Of course, the author of te