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Inspiring genius in us all<\/h1>\n

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If ever there exists someone to inspire the inner genius in us, it is Robert (Bob) Duggan. Bob lives his life in a\u00a0genius\u00a0way. He has taken chances in the plural, succeeded, learned, pivoted back and forward, and continually asked the tough questions critical to success in life and business. But to understand who he is and his approach with Genius Inc., Bob will tell you that the words that describe the concept of genius and how they are defined truly matter. New understandings precede novel considerations as well as bold action.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen we look at the origin of the word genius, we see that genius is a compound word, the prefix \u2018gen\u2019 and the suffix \u2018ius\u2019 translates into an innate, inborn, inherent characteristic. Imagine if everyone you knew was just a little more genius. Next imagine everyone on the planet\u20148 billion+\u2014 a little more curious, more honest, more willing to take chances to experience losses as important as learning moments.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\u2014 Bob Duggan<\/h3>\n

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Drive, hard work, and curiosity<\/h2>\n

The son of a well-educated European immigrant industrial engineer father and University of Nebraska graduate nurse mother, Bob learned the value of hard work from his parents. He grew up as the third of five children in a lower-middle-class household in Silicon Valley. While his family often scrambled at month\u2019s end to pay the bills, Bob had a front-row seat to the emerging world of high technology and innovation that would change our world. Little did he know the impact he too would make on technology innovations that would serve as the gateway to the Internet, or breakthrough cancer drugs, or robotic-assisted surgeries. But first came getting an education and accumulating knowledge, learning as much as he could, feeding his curious mind.<\/p>\n

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Drive, hard work, and curiosity<\/h2>\n

The son of a well-educated European immigrant industrial engineer father and University of Nebraska graduate nurse mother, Bob learned the value of hard work from his parents. He grew up as the third of five children in a lower-middle-class household in Silicon Valley. While his family often scrambled at month\u2019s end to pay the bills, Bob had a front-row seat to the emerging world of high technology and innovation that would change our world. Little did he know the impact he too would make on technology innovations that would serve as the gateway to the Internet, or breakthrough cancer drugs, or robotic-assisted surgeries. But first came getting an education and accumulating knowledge, learning as much as he could, feeding his curious mind.<\/p>\n

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Knowledge<\/h2>\n

After graduating cum laude from St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California, Bob attended the University of California at Santa Barbara and then UCLA, majoring in business and economics. While at UCSB, his enthusiasm for investing began in a corporate finance class. He also met his mentor, Herbert C. Kay\u2014a Wharton Fellow and acclaimed Stanford alumnus. Under the guidance of Kay, Bob completed a full-time, three-year apprenticeship during which his roots as a venture capitalist took hold with the invaluable assistance from his UCSB fraternity brother and longtime business associate Reece Duca.<\/p>\n

Courage and devotion to goals<\/h2>\n

Daring to do things others might find impossible or not see as a real opportunity, Bob has remained tenaciously devoted to his goals in every aspect of his life. He knew what he wanted and was ready to go for it. He had the drive to focus on his future success and keep going.<\/p>\n

Fast forward five decades, Bob has played instrumental roles in founding and growing startups. He has created profitable business ventures and turned around failing ones. His success has included the \u201cCookie Muncher Paradise Bakery\u201d (greatly assisted by his brother in law and former captain of the US volleyball team) that started with one location and grew to 70 locations in 10 states; Sunset Designs, founded by a fraternity brother Tom Cundith, a manufacturer of stitchery and needlepoint kits for young women emulating what they saw their grandmothers do with their leisure time; Computer Motion, established by several UC Santa Barbara engineers, one of the earliest robotic surgery device ventures that later merged into Intuitive; Computer Machinery, the world\u2019s third Ethernet company which was spun out from top UC Santa Barbara engineers working on a DARPA funded ethernet grant.<\/p>\n

Body age is not something to which Bob pays much attention. At 65 Bob was, as its largest and most active shareholder, handed full control of the Board of Directors and executive management team of the public company Pharmacyclics Inc. Along with a top executive from Computer Motion, Dr Maky Zanganeh, they led a head turning and most astonishing re invigoration of Pharmacyclics. In 2015, 7 years post his assumption of responsibility Pharmacyclics was acquired by AbbVie Inc for $21,000,000,000. Yes, $21 billion in stock and cash. To this day the turnaround from close to bankruptcy and a $10 million valuation at a price of $0.67 per share, to ultimate acquisition of Pharmacyclics remains one of Silicon Valley\u2019s top entrepreneurial success stories.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s key to his success? He believes it\u2019s the many geniuses he has encountered and worked with over the years coupled with a strong urge to apply their genius traits and make a difference for the betterment of all mankind.<\/p>\n

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“Surfing is the most blissful experience you can have on this planet, a taste of heaven.”<\/h3>\n

\u2014 John McCarthy, Irish pro surfer<\/h4>\n

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Bob\u2019s essential joie de vivre, dynamic energy, philosophy on life<\/h2>\n

A lifelong commitment to excellence can encourage lifelong success as well as lifelong joy\u2014and it has for Bob.<\/p>\n

Growing up near the Pacific waves on the coast of California inspired one of Bob\u2019s greatest passions: surfing. His love of surfing has taken him on adventures in some of the most beautiful parts of the world. For Bob, surfing is also a family affair. His children have often accompanied him, learning early surfing skills starting as young as age three. Riding the best waves requires patience, persistence, dynamic energy, optimism, and the essential joie de vivre. And these are the characteristics that make Bob quintessentially Bob.<\/p>\n

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Robert Duggan\u2014timeline of key accomplishments<\/h2>\n

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