AAA Tracy Isacke

At the knowledge frontier

As I prepared my 2016 predictions column, I found myself thinking about remarkable new technologies I learned about this year and decided to focus on how “frontier tech” industries are poised to change our lives. Frontier tech is a catchy name for the emerging wave of industries, or reinvention of industries, made possible by the… Continue reading At the knowledge frontier

Seeing innovation where it happens

Last month, I joined corporate innovation leaders from Dell, Honda, SanDisk, Citrix, Hyundai, LG, Sony, Samsung, Salesforce, Uber and investors from Silicon Valley and Europe to hear pitches from 60 startups. Our keynoter speakers were technology evangelist Guy Kawasaki and Oracle executive Luke Kowalski. But this event was a far cry from your typical tech gathering in… Continue reading Seeing innovation where it happens

Taking the entrepreneurial spirit to the global level

When Muhammad Yunus, Nobel prize-winning founder of the global microfinance movement, spoke at a Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) event in June, he delivered a short yet powerful message – everyone is an entrepreneur. Later in the month, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell met at a San Francisco startup incubator, along with other… Continue reading Taking the entrepreneurial spirit to the global level