30 April
2014
Stanford MediaX Conference
“Well Being and Productivity in a Globally Interconnected World” Talks by academics and industry professionals covered how we’re coming closer to the vision of the personal infosphere. Research themes addressed how these new capabilities contribute to well-being and productivity. There was a particular emphasis on sensors, security and self-tracking initiatives.
30 April
2014
Tour of Stanford
Faculty and alumni of Stanford have founded companies including Google, Hewlett-Packard, Nike, Sun Microsystems, and Yahoo! $2.7 trillion in annual revenue is generated from former Standord staff and Alumni. This is equivalent to the 10th largest economy in the world. Stanford is also one of the highest producers of members of the United States Congress.
30 April
2014
Liberty Rally
Last week US Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee joined with Governor Sarah Palin (and 3000 of their closest Oklahoman friends!) to rally in support of US Senate candidate T.W. Shannon. I’ve had a fair bit of experience with political events, so this was an opportunity for me to really contribute. And I’ve learned from […]
29 April
2014
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce
Meeting with Jilka Pollack, Director of Membership & Communications at the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce.
29 April
2014
ScriptRock raised $1.2M
ScriptRock is cloud-based configuration management helping enterprise users track and control system configurations to guarantee reliability and security. Originally based in Sydney, ScriptRock landed $1.2 million in a seed funding round led by Facebook board member, PayPal co-founder and technology startup investor Peter Thiel. It was the first time he had backed an Australian company. […]
29 April
2014
Pitch and Demo Day 2014
Over the weekend I went to the Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs pitch and demo day where new businesses averaging $50k to $250k annual revenue are looking for venture capital between $1-3 Million. The six businesses who pitched were: 1. SportsLab: A system incorporating wearable tech to measure university athlete metrics. There was actually a quarterback in […]
29 April
2014
Staying in the heart of Silicon Valley.
I’ve been lucky enough to board with Mark Howard and his wife in the heart of Palo Alto, Silicon Valley. Mark is the Senior IT Project Manager for California’s third largest non-profit health care provider. Mark has over 10 years experience in financial services in UK & Australia. In Sydney, Mark worked for the Commonwealth […]
29 April
2014
Welcome to San Francisco
San Francisco (Spanish for “Saint Francis”) was founded on June 29, 1776, by Spanish colonists after establishing a fort and mission near the Golden Gate. The city went through rapid growth in 1849 due to the California Gold Rush. As did hopeful workers flock to the western coast city to mine, scores of ‘techies’ now […]
29 April
2014
Oklahoma update
I think it’s time for an update from Oklahoma! It’s a bit of a long story of how I’ve found myself in the Sooner State. It all started last year when I was attending the Campaigns & Elections Art of Political Campaigning conference in Washington DC where I connected with one of the guest speakers […]
28 April
2014
Tasmin Trezise – Introduction
The Enid Dowling Foundation was founded to honour Enid Dowling OBE and her tireless work in encouraging young people to achieve their leadership potential in professional and public service. At the 2013 LNP Convention I was lucky enough to be named an inaugural bursary recipient. I’m departing for San Francisco on the 24th of April […]