Andy Kessler is a New York Times bestselling author, most recently of “Eat People: And Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs.” His other books include “Wall Street Meat” and “Running Money.” After starting a career designing chips at Bell Labs, Andy worked on Wall Street for almost 20 years, for PaineWebber and Morgan Stanley as a research analyst and investment banker, and as a founder and partner at Velocity Capital serving as a venture capitalist and hedge fund manager. He writes op-eds for The Wall Street Journal and elsewhere. He lives in Northern California with his wife and four sons.
Andrew Kessler – Will Regulation Kill The Internet?
Human progress doesn’t improve because someone passes a law, Kessler believes. Silicon Valley drives progress better without government agency interference. In contrast to some other speakers, he says we shouldn’t apply antitrust law to tech companies.
Conferences
Techonomy 19
The theme for Techonomy 2019 in Half Moon Bay, California was “Reset and Restore: Governing Tech, Retrieving Ethics, and Acting on Climate.” We are in a unique period when corporate responsibility and big-picture thinking is absolutely essential.
Conferences
Techonomy 15
Technology as scapegoat has driven fears since at least the industrial revolution. That is as true as ever today, with fears of privacy intrusion, our devices inducing inattention, withdrawal from human contact into screens, job-killing robots, and innumerable business models being destroyed.
Conferences
Techonomy 14
This year Techonomy moves to the beautiful Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, November 9-11, on the cliffs south of San Francisco, near Silicon Valley.
Speakers & Participants
Techonomy 19 – Speakers & Participants
The theme for Techonomy 2019 in Half Moon Bay, California was “Reset and Restore: Governing Tech, Retrieving Ethics, and Acting on Climate.” We are in a unique period when corporate responsibility and big-picture thinking is absolutely essential.
