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Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Jensen Huang (NVIDIA) - Vision Matters

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

Business, Life Lessons, Creativity, Startups, Strategy, Thought Leadership, Education, Stanford University, Leadership, Challenges, Journey, Culture, Etl, Innovation, Founders, Stanford, Entrepreneurship

4.5740 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2009

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of NVidia, discusses the importance of having a big vision when starting a new venture. He says that you should not be daunted when others, including early customers, don't share your vision because they don't share your world view. Huang's vision for NVidia involves building a culture of innovation, with the conviction that if you aren't reinventing yourself then you are slowly dying. This culture cultivates risk-taking and, therefore, fosters a tolerance for failure.

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0:43.3

know, five or six years.

0:45.3

It is my extreme pleasure to introduce our guest today.

0:48.3

We have Jensen Huang, who is the co-founder of NVIDIA.

0:51.3

And I want to tell you 18 years ago, he was sitting in your seat.

0:55.0

He was an MS student, a master's student here in electrical engineering. Only two years after he graduated, he founded the company.

1:02.0

And he has been the president, CEO, and a member of the board of directors since its inception.

1:07.0

One of the most wonderful things about having him here today is our kickoff of spring quarter is also the incredibly generous donor to the School of Engineering.

1:15.6

The new building that you see going up just outside is going to be named the Wank Building.

1:20.6

And he gave $30 million to name that building.

1:24.6

So hopefully 18 years from now, you guys will be doing the same. So without further ado, we have Jensen Wayne. Thank you.

1:31.3

Thank you, Tina. I gave my last

1:39.3

pennies to Jim Plummer to build that building. I am now officially broke.

1:47.0

So instead of giving you a company presentation today, what I thought I would do is just have a

1:53.9

conversation with you. You know, at any time, if you have a question, if you would like to change

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