Steve PapaSerial / Parallel Tech Entrepreneur

Pulling the String of Innovation

Only the Entrepreneurs are Sane!The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

Are Entrepreneurs Crazy?The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. - George Bernard Shaw

“Those crazy entrepreneurs taking risk”

Perseverance, Not Crazy"I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance."--Steve Jobs

"Continuous effort--not strength or intelligence--is the key to unlocking our potential."--Winston Churchill

"It's hard to beat a person who never gives up."--Babe Ruth

Inspiration v. InnovationInspiration is an instantaneous idea or framing of a

problem

Innovation is the process of perseverance that has inspiration milestones along the way aka “Pulling the String”

Pulling the StringJourney that includes innovation and ultimately

company building

Pivoting, execution, implementation are all part of the process

Perseverance meets inspiration….

EarlyEndecaString…

Early Akamai String“A server producing bit is not different than a T-1

producing bits”

$2B revenue today

Shoobx“I would not like to be the CEO getting dozens of emails

every quarter from investors asking for information”

Clear Ballot“Why is voting such a mess in the US?”

Parallel Wireless

Parallel Wireless“Future of the small cell is the Macro”

“Moore’s Law makes it so”

State of the art?

Or grad studentproject?

Fostering InnovationExposure to problems creates inspiration

Draw on diverse expertise – thus not so unreasonable

Intellectual curiosity – love the process even more than the destination, mentors can make it contagious, only way to persevere

Thank you

Steve PapaCEO Parallel Wirelessspapa@parallelwireless.com