USC's Tom O'Malia
Hear the stories of the well known successes like Salesforce.com and MySpace, and some not so well known; it's all part of the ongoing legacy of USC's Entrepreneurship program. My guest is Tom O'Malia, Director of the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. Currently rated #1 in the nation by Entrepreneur magazine, Tom has reason to brag.
Get Tom's book, The Entrepreneurial Journey, through Brandywine Publishing.
Show #166 (51:37)
Comments
Frank,
great interview. I hope you enjoyed talking to Tom O'Malia as much as I enjoyed listening to the podcast. Its a pleasure to hear two of the most generous and helpful people I've met, together.
Thanks,
Andy
Posted by: Andrew Meyer | August 7, 2008 01:14 PM
I just listened to the Tom O'Malia interview and was reminded I was overdue to thank you for making available interviews with such interesting and accomplished people. One thing though; I've long heard the mantra that it is the team that is invested in--not the idea. Just yesterday I happened to hear another interview with Tom Perkins (http://www.venturevoice.com/ show # 47), and was really surprised to hear Perkins say that KPCB invests in an idea, and then builds a team around it. It seems to me that there must be at least a very few great ideas that hold such promise for society that a way should be found to make them work.
Regards, David Hurwitz
Founder-in-progress, www.DeeperDebates.com
Frank replies: Thanks for the comment. Greg's interview with Tom Perkins continues to haunt me, too. I try to reason it away by thinking, 'if I had all the resources of an HP, then I wouldn't care about the people either'.
Posted by: David H. | August 7, 2008 04:08 PM
As a 32 year old father of 4, travelling businessman, and CEO/Founder of CabDaddyGPS (a new Dallas based LBS tech startup), I have to commend you for such a great show. Anything that I can do to learn more about this process is invaluable to me. I travel 100% and cannot fathom spending one second of my time on business when I am home with my wife and children. So I really appreciate what you are doing and do feel that it is an asset to both sides of the playing field.
Posted by: Sam H. | August 8, 2008 09:25 AM
I'm one of your Australian listeners and I enjoy the show.
I thought you might be interested in this:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/13/y-combinator-to-offer-standardized-angel-funding-legal-docs/
Posted by: Andrew S. | August 13, 2008 12:12 PM
Frank: the show with the head of entrepreneurship of USC is the most useful show ever... perfect, concise story telling of what it takes in real-time.
Posted by: Lou V. | August 15, 2008 05:49 AM