Hugh Molotsi

I had the privilege of attending MLT's 10th Anniversary Celebration in New York City.   MLT (Management Leadership Tomorrow) was created by John Rice as a program to help minorities prepare and get accepted into top rated business schools.  Today MLT provides programs to address different career levels from college, through MBA prep, to Executive mentorship.  The celebration itself was a blast.  I got to meet so many accomplished people from various walks of life, listened to inspiring speakers including Susan Rice, and led a session on how to make innovation a competitive advantage for your career.  Here are a few photos from the event. With John Rice, MLT founder. With Pat Wadors (Head of Talent for LinkedIn), Mark Taguchi (MLT West Coast Managing Director), and Sherrie Gong Taguchi (Stanford Director of Programs). Yours truly.

See photos from this year's "A Taste of FLY", a fundraiser for Fresh Lifelines for Youth that was held at the beautiful Thomas Fogarty Winery in Woodside.  Our celebrity chef was Tal Ronnen of LYFE kitchen.

I had the pleasure of participating in the White House Business Council Startup Global Design Workshop today in the Indian Treaty Room at the White House.  As part of the president’s National Export Initiative (NEI), the administration is encouraging US businesses to export their products and services to global markets.  Startups are seen as particularly a big opportunity because even though they create jobs and spur innovation, only about 1% export their offerings and of that 1%, over half only export to one country. The Startup Global Design Workshop was an innovative approach to finding solutions to how we could help more startups export their offerings.  Working with the Department of Commerce, the workshop brought together startup founders, innovators from the private sector, and public policy leaders from the government to develop 20-30 testable ideas.  Intuit was asked to facilitate the workshop given our special relationship with startups and our ...