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Who would have thought that UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Speaker Series would generate nearly 23 million hits\/views? Certainly not I when I took over the program five years ago. <\/p>\nWho would have thought that UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Speaker Series would generate nearly 23 million hits\/views? Certainly not I when I took over the program five years ago. <\/p>\n
The speaker series, which is part of the University’s Technology Management Program<\/a>, has attracted an impressive cadre of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and philanthropists, including: Peter Levine<\/a> (Partner, Andreessen Horowitz), Dan Engel<\/a> (sold one of his companies to Google), Dan Burnham<\/a> (CEO Raytheon), Tracy DiNunzio<\/a> (CEO, Tradesy), George Powell<\/a> (Founder, Skate One Corp, discovered Tony Hawk), Jim Zarley<\/a>, (CEO, ValueClick) and Kirsty Spraggon<\/a> (Host of KirstyTV).<\/p>\n Our high viewer engagement encouraged us to morph to an interview format in which my students and I ask our guests questions. This conversational approach has proven more entertaining than the conventional “speaker behind a lectern” methodology, which has further increased our viewership. The series is reaching nearly 6 million global viewers annually, many of whom are downloading the free episodes via iTunes.<\/p>\n I have enjoyed all of our speakers and have been honored to share the stage with them. From dozens of fantastic talks and interviews, I have selected five that were especially impactful and continue to be widely watched, month after month.<\/p>\n Bob Wood – Public Servant CEO & Mentor Extraordinaire<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n “Your friends see you as you are. A mentor see you in your potential, sees who you could be.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Bob Wood has been a mentor to dozens of professionals during his long career in public service. Despite retiring several years ago, he continues to provide guidance to young (and not so young) professionals.<\/p>\n As noted in You’re Never Too Old (Or Too Successful) For A Mentor<\/a>, Bob has become not only my mentor, but also my friend. Thus, I was honored when Bob agreed to share his insights regarding mentorship with my entrepreneurial students. Watch Bob share his insightful mentorship lessons<\/a>.<\/p>\n Barrie Bergman – Founder & CEO Of Record Bar (Second Largest Record Chain in U.S.) and Founding Chairman of Bare Escentuals<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n “My experience is that successful people are successful at home and… in business.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Barrie Bergman is a humble, self-made man who realized early in life that being nice provides a significant business advantage. Barrie, along with his lifelong wife and business partner Arlene, epitomizes the American Dream.<\/p>\n From a single used record store, Barrie and Arlene grew Record Bar into the second-largest record chain in the U.S., with over 200 locations. The Bergmans sold the chain for approximately $100 million.<\/p>\n After taking a multi-year victory lap, Barrie and Arlene purchased Bare Escentuals out of bankruptcy. They eventually turned the failing, four-store cosmetics chain into a global, public company. Learn how Good Guys Finish First<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mark Templeton – CEO, Citrix Systems<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n “If you set out to make a fortune, you probably won’t. If you set out to make a difference in the world, you will and you might make a fortune.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Mark Templeton knows a bit about success and what it takes to reach the top of one’s industry. He began his career at Citrix as a middle manager in its Marketing Department, eventually rising to the ranks of CEO. He was later fired from this role, only to be re-hired as CEO a couple years later. During Mark’s tenure, Citrix has grown from 50 employees and a few million dollars of revenue, to a company of over 10,000 employees, generating revenue in excess of $3.1 billion.<\/p>\n Mark’s talk has been accessed nearly 700,000 times, making it one of the TMP’s most popular videos to date. Learn how Success Isn’t What Happens To Other People – It Can Happen To You<\/a>.<\/p>\n Marten Mickos – CEO, Eucalyptus Systems (sold to HP) and CEO, MySQL (sold to Sun Microsystems)<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n “I think entrepreneurship is ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Becoming a successful entrepreneur isn’t… about your skills or your abilities or your DNA, it’s about what you refuse to give up on – what you will keep doing until you succeed.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Marten Mickos has enjoyed a celebrated entrepreneurial career. As an early executive at MySQL, he helped build the company into the world’s most used open source database. MySQL was eventually acquired by Sun Microsystems for $1 billion.<\/p>\n Marten’s next venture was Eucalyptus Systems, which he successfully led for several years and eventually sold to HP. Learn how Marten went from a “serially unsuccessful entrepreneur” in Finland, to one of the most respected CEOs in Silicon Valley<\/a>.<\/p>\n John Ferriter – Real Life Jerry Maguire, Top Hollywood Agent<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n “I answer the phone and the woman says, ‘Hi… I need the most mature person you have who can deal with difficult people.’ And in one of those ‘How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying’ moments, I (said) ‘His name is John Ferriter and I will send him over right now.’ (applause) That was the first job I got for somebody. That job lasted nineteen and a half years.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n With no industry connections or family ties, talent agent John Ferriter applied basic entrepreneurial principles to reach the pinnacle of Hollywood’s elite. He became the agent for a number of celebrities, including: Jerry Garcia, Dr. Drew, Carson Daily, Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla, Tom Green, Dick Clark, Keanu Reeves and Ryan Seacrest.<\/p>\n His also an award winning Producer of a number of successful reality TV shows, including: Fear Factor, Biggest Loser and Project Runway. Watch John describe his surprising Hollywood journey<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can also follow John on Twitter @johngreathouse<\/a>, and check out his hands-on startup blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Who would have thought that UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Speaker Series would generate nearly 23 million hits\/views? Certainly not I when I took over the program five years ago. 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