If You Really Want to Change the World by Henry Kressel

He also advises them on the framework and practice for successful innovation. Norman works with entrepreneurs, startups, research institutes, and major companies to create breakthrough ventures or products. In addition, he has received RCA Laboratories’ highest honor, the Sarnoff Award. In 2000, Norman and his team won an Emmy Award for outstanding achievement in technological advancement relating to the development of HDTV. He was also a visiting scholar at Stanford University, an invited member of the mathematics department of the Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton, New Jersey, and a mathematics professor at the State University of New York at Albany. Siri has become a worldwide phenomenon, establishing the breakthrough market category of virtual personal assistant.īefore joining SRI, Norman was vice president of the Mathematics and Computer Science division at RCA Laboratories and Sarnoff Laboratories. Henry Kressel and Norman Winarskytechnologists, inventors, and investors with stellar track recordsprovide a guide for those who wish to create a market-leading company that will have a real impact: a disciplined and staged approach they have.

He was a cofounder and board member of Siri, which was spun out from SRI in January 2008 and acquired by Apple in April 2010. If You Really Want to Change the World is about helping entrepreneurs find true north. He has been a board member or board adviser to many of these companies. Norman helped create and build companies in areas ranging from artificial intelligence, natural language, and computer vision, to medical devices, robotics, and nanotechnology. Norman is also a lecturer at Stanford University, and co-author with Henry Kressel of 'If You Really Want to Change the World A Guide to Creating, Building, and Sustaining Breakthrough Ventures', published by Harvard Business Review Press.

He has been a founder and leader of SRI’s venture strategy and process, which has resulted in more than seventy ventures worth over $20 billion, including companies such as Nuance, Intuitive Surgical, and Siri. He is past President of SRI Ventures at SRI International, a world-leading research institute founded by Stanford University in 1946. Norman Winarsky is a venture advisor, lecturer, author, and angel investor.

If You Really Want to Change the World by Henry Kressel