For the past couple weeks, I’ve been immersed in projects and events related to social media and entrepreneurship: Crisis Commons’ Haiti efforts (affectionately referred to as “Geeks Without Borders”), Twiistup in Los Angeles, and Social Media Week San Francisco in San Francisco. I’ve been fortunate to learn from thought leaders and connect with innovators with wisdom to share on a bewildering range of topics – enough material for at least a dozen blog posts. There’s been so much to ponder that I’ve had trouble distilling it down to discrete topics to write about in blog-sized chunks until now.
On Tuesday, as part of Social Media Week, I visited the Autodesk Gallery for a panel discussion entitled “The Next Challenge For The Crowd: Quickly Build Real, Hard, Complex Shit That Matters (Like Cars).”
With a title like that, I was not about to miss it. The Rally Fighter parked out front (right around the corner from a Tesla roadster, natch) foreshadowed the fascinating discussion inside. Many of the ideas which had been swirling around in my head for the past week coalesced in this vibrant 90-minute conversation with Jay Rogers, CEO and co-founder of Local Motors; Marten Mickos, former CEO of MySQL; and Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired, moderated by Matt Johnston. [cb type=”person”]Marten Mickos[/cb]
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