Career Advice: Follow Your Passion and Come to the Bay Area!

Lecture Description

Francis urges inspiring entrepreneurs to follow their passion.  He comments on how difficult it is to follow a social cause in a society based on capitalism.  The Bay Area is unique in its climate of venture capitalism and risk-seizing attitude.

Course Index

1. Don Francis's Mission - Kids and Kids' Health
2. Vaccines Have a Social Problem!
3. A Tale of Two Markets for AIDS Vaccine (Developed vs. Developing World)
4. The Vaxgen Story
5. Bush and 9/11 Put AIDS on the Back Burner - And a New Social Venture is Born
6. Intellectual Property Issues Between Vaxgen and the New Social Venture
7. Non-profit vs. Free Market: The Gates Foundation Changes the Game
8. Is HIV Vaccine Possible?
9. Career Advice: Follow Your Passion and Come to the Bay Area!
10. Alliances and Collaboration