What careers did you imagine for yourself when you were in grad school? When I was little, my mom said, "John K!" (My dad was Big John, I was John K.) "You'll make a...
What advice would you give to your 16-year-old self? It is hugely helpful to love what you do and to do something that you're interested enough in that you can keep doing it forever and not...
One question I've asked a lot is, "What is a big challenge you want to overcome, something in your life that you want to do?" because that tells me a lot about that person,...
What job that does not exist today do you think will be one of the world's "top 10" jobs in 10 years? Well, right now, the thing that scientists and I think a lot of...
Ah, thankfully novelist was my number one, took a while though. Again, I worked for a couple decades nearly, and at some point it really wasn't my goal to become a novelist anymore. I loved my...
When Tenrehte was first getting off the ground, we entered our prototype PICOwatt into a competition associated with CES, Consumer Electronics Show, the world's biggest industry trade show....
If I could meet me when I was 16, I think the first thing that I would say is that it is so tempting to do something for somebody to get them to like you. Don't. Really be mindful that you are...
There are a lot of ideas that I'm passionate about. Um, and I spoke at the Institute about one I'm particularly passionate about, and that's empowering people and, in fact, to...
What book are you reading right now? So, the book that I'm reading right now is called <em>The Giver</em>, and that is actually, interestingly, it's a book...
I probably first wanted to be an actor but knew the household I lived in, that probably wasn't going to be respected, so that kind of just stayed in my head. And then I liked the idea of being...