# Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders — Stanford

> Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL) is a Stanford Technology Ventures Program seminar and public media series, published through eCorner. It gives students, founders, educators, and curious listeners free access to talks about building organizations, making decisions, and learning from setbacks.

- **Headquarters:** Stanford, United States
- **Products:** Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders seminar, Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders podcast, ETL videos and transcripts, ETL Looks Back
- **Notable:** 500+ educational institutions use ETL content, according to STVP’s 2025 annual report., The broader eCorner YouTube channel exceeded 100K subscribers in STVP’s 2025 annual report., The seminar archive documents speakers in autumn 1997, including William Perry and John Morgridge.

## Products & services

- **Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders seminar** — Stanford speaker series associated with MS&E 472; historical organizer archive documents talks by autumn 1997. Exact founding year is not established.
- **Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders podcast** — Free audio episodes published through eCorner and available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify; Apple lists activity from 2005.
- **ETL videos and transcripts** — Full talks, topic clips, and available transcripts for public learning and teaching through eCorner and YouTube.
- **ETL Looks Back** — Archive selections published to the podcast feed during the 2024 pause in new episodes.

## Achievements

- 500+ educational institutions use ETL content, according to STVP’s 2025 annual report.
- The broader eCorner YouTube channel exceeded 100K subscribers in STVP’s 2025 annual report.
- The seminar archive documents speakers in autumn 1997, including William Perry and John Morgridge.
- A special 2025 ETL conversation with Sergey Brin served as the Stanford School of Engineering Centennial capstone.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Adam Nash (Daffy) - Making Great Products was published October 8, 2026, as a video and podcast; the full talk runs 46:26.
- **2026-06** — Ryan Nece (Next Legacy Partners) - Learning from Achievement and Adversity was published June 3, 2026.
- **2026-05** — Jake Miller (Fellow) - Designing Products Around Customer Experience was published May 27, 2026.
- **2025-12** — Sergey Brin (Google & Alphabet) - Google Origins and AI Futures was published December 12, 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://stvp.stanford.edu/ecorner/podcasts
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stanfordtechnologyventuresprogram/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ECorner
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ecorner
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- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stanford_stvp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StanfordTechnologyVenturesProgram

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