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Innovation Uncensored 2012: San Francisco
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Innovation is at the core of everything we do. Every day on our website and in each issue of the magazine, we delve into the new ideas and radical creativity that are rippling across every industry, measuring their impact to determine how and why they matter.
Today at Innovation Uncensored San Francisco, we turn that coverage into a real- world conversation, where the people on the pages come to you and share what they know. And that’s what makes this event different.
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Technology, business, and innovation converge in California!
Join us as Fast Company brings you live updates from Innovation Uncensored 2012 in San Francisco.
We'll bring you the inside story throughout this exciting day of interviews and live storytelling with thought-leaders such as Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, AirBnb CEO Brian Chesky, Fuck Cancer CEO Yael Cohen, Man Made Music founder Joel Beckerman, San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, and Cirque du Soleil CEO -
Rehearsals, done! Excited to MC @fastcompany #IU12 tomorrow in my old SF hood! #nobhill pbs.twimg.com
by ambermac via twitter 11/8/2012 2:52:40 PM -
Amber Mac will launch the festivities this morning when she delivers the opening remarks at Innovation Uncensored San Francisco!
The term "social media guru" gets thrown around a lot and is usually meaningless, but Amber is a true social networking expert who knows how helps others navigate the intersection of business and technology with style and savvy. She's shared her advice with Fast Company readers on many occasions: check out her her top productivity apps , her LinkedIn etiquette rules, and her tips for making email suck less.
You can chat with Amber all week in our online Generation Flux salon! -
Backstage at #IU12, where the magic happens! pbs.twimg.com
by Robert Safian via twitter 11/8/2012 4:16:01 PM -
Excited to be at Fast Company's Innovation Uncensored this morning #IU12 instagr.am
by SarahFKessler via twitter 11/8/2012 4:51:12 PM -
Warming up! #IU12 @ Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium instagr.am
by pcasaubond via twitter 11/8/2012 4:51:45 PM -
Final prep with @rsafian fastcompany for #IU12 in SF! instagr.am
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San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee kicked off the second San Francisco Innovation Uncensored conference with an inevitable reference to the Giants: “I like doing things the second time around. Like the World Series.” He says technology companies in San Francisco employee 36,639 people.
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San Francisco's Mayor Lee: "I learn so much on my tech tour Tuesdays."
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San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee, the first Asian American mayor in the city's history, has hit the stage at Innovation Uncensored.
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SF Mayor Edwin Lee favors the anti-Vegas approach: what happens in here shouldn't just stay in SF. Should spread worldwide. #IU12by ChuckSalter via twitter 11/8/2012 5:12:08 PM
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Robert Safian, Editor-In-Chief of Fast Company, has taken the stage at Innovation Uncensored!
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"Generation Flux, the people best able to cope with change. Not an age demographic but a mindset." --Robert Safian #IU12by David Kippen, PhD via twitter 11/8/2012 5:19:18 PM
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Web 1.0 was a premonition , not a mirage - Robert Safian #iu12by marklewis_sf via twitter 11/8/2012 5:20:00 PM
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Fast Company Editor Robert Safian kicks off Innovation Uncensored by reminding us that we live in an age of flux. In this time of chaos, innovation means embracing the possibilities of adaptation.
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To succeed in the age of flux, Robert Safian says to be as fluid as the world's best soccer players.
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The next speaker, Brendan Boyle, is a partner at IDEO and has built some amazing products and experiences for kids. He also teaches a class at the Stanford d.school that is all about play.
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IDEO's Brendan Boyle: "Most people think the opposite of play is work. I think it’s boredom."
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by owenthomas via twitter 11/8/2012 5:33:00 PM
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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has taken the stage for a conversation with Ben Horowitz, Co-founder and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz.
Costolo spends his free time engaging in light hobbies, like performing improv comedy and serving on President Obama's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.
Meanwhile, Horowitz' Andreessen Horowitz has raised over $2.7 billion in three years and has invested in over 150 tech companies including Facebook, Foursquare, GitHub, Pinterest, and Twitter. Horowitz serves on the boards of Skype, Okta, Nicira, and Proferi. He ranked 8th on Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People In Business list this year and raised $15 million for Rap Genius. -
If you are getting this tweet, you can thank the guy on the right in this photo. He's the CEO of Twitter. #IU12 pbs.twimg.com
by Todd Cyphers via twitter 11/8/2012 5:46:44 PM -
Ben Horowitz: The #1 problem with new managers is they have an idea of what a manager is and try to be that instead of themselves. #IU12by SarahFKessler via twitter 11/8/2012 5:47:47 PM
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"The best advice for managers: be the person you want to work for." @bhorowitz to @dickc, at @fastcompany #IU12by jeffchu via twitter 11/8/2012 5:51:44 PM
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"What's more valuable, tweets or code? The solution is messy," says @dickc. "We're all looking for elegance."
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Dick Costolo: Managing by trying to be liked is the path to ruin. You can be empathetic, you just can’t be sympathetic.
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This conversation about management reminds me of this recent Fast Company article, "How To Manage When You Hate Being A Manager".
Totally believable stat: "In a 2011 Berrett-Koehler survey of 150 leaders, 68% of managers confessed they really don't like being managers." -
by Robert Safian via twitter 11/8/2012 6:08:28 PM
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Fascinating conversation on management between Twitter CEO Dick Costolo and Andreessen Horowitz Co-founder Ben Horowitz. "You gain confidence in the decision you make by communicating the context in which you made it." - @dickc
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(Above: Aaron Levie, CEO of Box)
Roy Bahat, chairman of OUYA, has taken the stage to moderate a conversation about upending traditional business practices with Second Life founder Philip Rosedale, Mightybell founder Gina Bianchini, and the CEO of Box, Aaron Levie.
Levie was selected one of Fast Company's Most Creative People last year and was recently the subject of the November 2012 Fast Company cover story, The Secrets of Generation Flux. -
Good discussion about the value of being a "big company."
Mightybell founder Gina Bianchini calls valuing your company based on its headcount"the kiss of death" and compliments Facebook on keeping its headcount low relative to its impact.
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In the company of the future, Coffee & Power co-founder Philip Rosedale says, management doesn't need to take a traditional structure. Lower level employees can take on more risk because communication is so constant that it's easy to see what everyone is doing.
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Provocative idea from @philiplinden: create a "market" for leaders within a firm, where the best plans collect followers. Whoa. #IU12by jeffchu via twitter 11/8/2012 6:27:03 PM
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aaron levie: think about problems the way they SHOULD be solved rather than how they HAVE been solved. @3minnovation #iu12by jess via twitter 11/8/2012 6:43:41 PM
