Highlight Midwest keynote anecdotes: Simon Kuo
Typo fixed on 11/10 at 1:35
The 2009 edition of Highlight Midwest ended with a set of keynote presentations from leaders of innovative companies in each of the event's three core cities: Kansas City, Des Moines and Omaha. These keynotes were my "highlight" of the day and I found them to be informational, identifiable, and even inspiring. I've pulled anecdotes from each of them and will be presenting them here throughout the week.
The first was by Simon Kuo, the CEO of Kansas City-based LightThread, LLC. LightThread describes themselves as a "strategy, social media and web development company."
Simon's talk hinged on the lessons he's learned as both a scientist and an entrepreneur in the Midwest. The result was five ideas that he's gleaned through his experience in leading LightThread from launch to profitability in less than one year:
- Big companies vs. small companies
- Keep costs low
- Being right vs making the right decision
- Prioritize don't bureaucratize
- You don't have to be risk averse
Check out the video below to view Simon's keynote anecdote from Highlight Midwest Des Moines.
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It really is too bad that Simon's opening statement was not caught on video. Probably the funniest line of the day.
I believe it was something along the lines of "Hola, I'm Senor Chang". It was pretty good.
Yes, It was the first line from this Community clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9XPhLTEQL8
Thanks, Simon, for the great laugh.
@Kenneth - Thanks for finding that clip.. I was struggling to remember where I had heard that line! So funny..
Hey thanks for the comments--I'm glad you enjoyed it! It was the most humorous scene I've seen in a while involving an Asian on television going against stereotypes so I had to use it!