Why I’m Making a Big Bet on Sustainable Food
The venture capitalist and Cisco's former CEO makes the case for investing in an industry that's projected to grow sharply in the next year.
John Chambers
How Should Business and Tech Reset + Restore Itself?
We asked some of our community’s smartest minds – including some of the people who'll be at our next retreat – to answer this big, complicated question. Here’s some of what we found.
3 Urgent Principles for Future-Proofing Infrastructure
Improving America’s physical and digital infrastructure must be treated as a matter of national security, writes Cisco’s former chairman and CEO.
The Return of John Chambers (Who Loves Insect Meat)
John Chambers, an industry great, has joined us two years running, and returns to Techonomy this fall. He's an insect meat investor, a proponent of tech in France and India, and he worries about long...
John Chambers Preaches the Gospel of Startups
In a talk at Techonomy 2018, John Chambers championed startups as the future of American business and called for a national tech policy to encourage entrepreneurship and bridge the growing digital divide.
We Love Big Questions. It’s the Answers that are Hard.
Tech moves quickly. For most of us, understanding our own behavior and motives as citizens, friends, and consumers can’t even catch up to the reality of our 24/7 immersion in our smartphones. Today's bizarre reality...
Four Techonomists You’ll Meet at our November Conference
What will our November flagship event be like? Here are four innovative thinkers who will speak at our conference in Half Moon Bay, California- a Wall Street giant, a pioneering journalist, a robotics legend, and...
John Chambers: Make Every State a Startup State
In a fiery discussion at Techonomy 2017, Cisco executive chairman John Chambers warned that the United States had lost its innovative edge to other nations and called for a national digital agenda.
Techonomy 2015: Human Values in An Age of Tech
The transition to a technologized and interconnected society is challenging for everyone, everywhere. As we gain new efficiencies and capabilities, we still need to keep amity and constructive human interaction as our supreme priority. But...
