Andrea Kates

Andrea Kates focuses on taking business from stuck to scale, by addressing critical questions: Why don’t the best ideas become the best businesses? Why do important initiatives die on the vine? It’s because innovation gets stuck in different ways at different times, but we don't know the secret to getting unstuck at every step on the path to growth.

Andrea Kates is a former San Francisco tech CEO, Senior Fellow at The Conference Board, and Advisor to MIT’s Center for Development and Entrepreneurship. She has led innovation initiatives for companies including Ford, Fujitsu, Intel, Mayo Clinic, and Tata and advised technology + innovation startups across 5 continents. Her new book, From Stuck to Scale, integrates years of research and practical experience to diagnose exactly what it takes to help corporate teams, entrepreneurs, and ecosystem leaders succeed in bringing new initiatives all the way across the finish line. Practical tools to grow important ideas bigger and bolder.

Connect with her at andrea@andreakates.com.