Will Barkis

Head of Grand Challenges and Ecosystem Development at LG NOVA. Formerly at Orange, Mozilla, National Science Foundation, Stanford. He/him.

[Will Barkis @willbarkis]

Come one, come all!

Join us at LG NOVA's Innovation Festival, Sep 6-8 at the Craneway Pavilion.

Register here: https://t.co/5wfYnC2oCp

[Will Barkis @willbarkis]

Interesting perspective on Apple Vision by @benthompson https://t.co/llr1EuJbNF

[Will Barkis @willbarkis]

This is to honor my first scientific mentor, Ben Barres; an amazing scientist, mentor and human being:

Please join me and watch the trailer here:
I just backed ASK THE QUESTION on @Kickstarter https://t.co/Yc2vo8XxBL

[Will Barkis @willbarkis]

Too funny!

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Denmark's public transit agency has made the greatest transit advertisement of all time. No notes. (Din Offentlige Transport)

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

Well, this is interesting:

In NYC, a new bill would invite residents to submit photos of cars blocking bike lanes, schools, and sidewalks -- and then receive 25% of each $175 ticket.
https://t.co/nIQePqvTlz

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

WATCH: The most amazing thing about this remarkable car commercial, is that it didn’t seem to realize, or didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn cars. HT @javiermalagon

[Peter Yang @petergyang]

I am the documentation

[Will Barkis @willbarkis]

Is this for real? Could be a great way to increase density in parking lots if there was a layer of scheduling/intelligence that could be coordinated for a good user experience -- i.e. like a robot valet essentially

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

Want!

[Will Barkis @willbarkis]

@Entrepreneurs: DUE 10/6

LG NOVA is looking for startups with whom we can build co-create, commercially accelerate, potentially invest (~multiple millions) & globally scale businesses to make “Life’s Good” for people, their communities and the planet.

https://t.co/8ONOzCiOfQ

[Will Barkis @willbarkis]

Andre Iguodala and Gaby Novakovic from gener8r just had an amazing fireside chat on VC and innovation at the #LGNOVAInnovationFestival

[Will Barkis @willbarkis]

https://t.co/0hgHv39ggN

[Launch House 🏠 @launchhouse]

female founders make the world go round

kicking off #LAtechweek in style

[Picard Tips @PicardTips]

Picard management tip: Results are more important than protocol.

[Squawk Box @SquawkCNBC]

"The reason I started @SerenaVentures is because I feel like the venture capital ecosystem really needs an inclusive player, and a player with a platform to make the necessary intact change at scale," says @SerenaWilliams on raising $111M inaugural fund.

[Biobot Analytics @BiobotAnalytics]

Biobot at the White House! It’s incredible to see the enthusiasm and support for wastewater epidemiology. A huge honor and milestone for our team and founders @MarianaMatusG @NewshaGhaeli

[Will Barkis @willbarkis]

Friends, please share widely: invitation to LG NOVA's Innovation Festival, Sep 7-8, no cost to participate: https://t.co/OLG7XTPoMn

[NYT Climate @nytclimate]

$369 billion. Here are 7 key provisions in the climate bill. https://t.co/ndmlKfv6JU

[NYT Climate @nytclimate]

The climate and tax package will invest billions of dollars to ramp up renewable energy technologies and encourage people to switch to eletric vehicles and electric appliances. Here’s a look at some of the key provisions in the bill. https://t.co/I7JEo8ZLvY

[Will Barkis @willbarkis]

“… It could scarcely be otherwise, since it is to history that we owe our frames of reference, our identities, and our aspirations.”

[Will Barkis @willbarkis]

“… On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do. …