Steve Blank
Author, educator, serial entrepreneur, Startup Weekend

Author, educator, serial entrepreneur, Startup Weekend

The Richard L. Bready Artistic Director, Trinity Repertory Company

Author "Bend Not Break", Founder and CEO, Geomagic

Food geek, DIY enthusiast; Director of Applied Research, Modernist Cuisine

Author and Co-Founder, Rose Park Advisors

President, The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership

President, Southern New Hampshire University

Founder and CEO, Maiers Educational Services

CEO & Co-Founder, The Future Project

Professor of Innovation and Design, New School

Photographer & Educator

Cofounder, CEO, Editor, Atavist

Arts Advocate and Model, The Big Bad Lab, Elite Model NYC

Disruptor, Mills-Scofield, LLC

Principal/founder, JazzCode Inc.

Founder and CEO, Anatomical Travelogue, Inc.

President and Chief Executive Officer, LIVESTRONG

Founder & CEO, Maiyet

Editor, Author, Columnist

Author, Information Architect
The BIF Summit is a national gathering of amazing people driven by their passion, creativity and smarts to create value in entirely new ways. A two-day storytelling jam, peppered with tales of personal discovery, innovation and transformation, the Summit provides participants with the space to be crazy, get inspired and collide with unexpected collaborators.
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