4. “We have to create companies that we
want to work for so that we can create
a world that we want to live in.”
- DAN LYONS
Author of the New York Times best-seller book
Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
Session | Disrupted: Ending Bro Culture and Bias in Startup-Land
5. “Encourage feedback
and candor
and listen
with the intent
to understand,
not to respond.”
KIM SCOTT
CoFounder & CEO, Candor Inc
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Session | Radical Candor: How to Say What You Really Think
7. “If something unexpected happens, for good or for bad,
that’s the market speaking to you, telling you
something you don’t know. Savor surprises.”
SCOTT COOK
Founder & Chairman of Executive Committee, Intuit
Session | Make Your Ideas Matter
10. “The next time you think
you’re shy, ask yourself ‘Did
you decide this or did someone
else decide this for you?’”
LAURA JONES
VP Strategy Director, BAVLab-A Y&R
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Session | Get Loud Ladies: Using Your Voice to Get Ahead
11. “If women do push back [on salary
negotiation], they apologize. Men
don’t apologize for asking.”
STACEY REDMAN
VP of Human Resources, Autodesk
Session | Short Changed: Why Women’s Salaries Fall Short
14. Goals
“Anchor yourself
in the confidence that you have value.
When you start from there,
it’s trial and error for everyone,
regardless of if a disability is present.”
BRITTANY DÉJEAN
Founder of AbleThrive
Session | Don’t Dis My Ability: Universal Inclusion
21. “Most of the founders I’ve seen have
something about their idea that
transcends the initial product.”
MIKE MAPLES
Managing Partner, Floodgate
Session | Make Your Ideas Matter
22. Goals
“If you’re ever car-jacked in the middle of nowhere, hooded guys steal
your car, steal your wallet, steal your phone, everything out of your pocket,
what do you do? You go to the local pizza store, order delivery, and hitch
a ride with the delivery boy back to your house.”
JAMES ALTUCHER
Host, The James Altucher Show
Session | Outthink the Future with Just 10 Ideas a Day
On thinking outside the box...
24. Session | Hiring Sucks, but It Doesn’t Have To
“We work on building a workplace where
people want to stay. When people do leave,
it’s because it’s their personal desire for
change and development outweighs our
ability to provide it for them.”
ANNIE RIHN
VP Recruiting, Zillow
25. Goals
“We don't have a lack of creativity, we have a lack of
people who champion. Once you have the insight,
what do you do with it?”
ADAM GRANT
Professor & Author, The Wharton School
Session | Interactive Keynote: Adam Grant
26. AGENDA
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