Dent Reception: San Diego Comic-Con 2018

We’re excited to announce that, thanks to the support of our friends at Lockheed Martin Space, we are headed back at Stone Brewing Tap Room in San Diego to host a post-session reception and technology demo on Thursday 7/19 starting at 5:00pm PT. At the reception, registered guests will have the opportunity to meet and […]

Dent Returns to San Diego Comic Con

Following another amazing experience last year at San Diego Comic-Con highlighted by real-life Iron Man suit inventor Richard Browning and his incredible demo flight, Dent returns to San Diego this July with two inspiring panels, a one-of-a-kind reception, and a cadre of expert speakers from the MIT Media Lab, NASA, Lockheed Martin Space and more.   […]

Ignite Talks at Dent 2018

For the past four years, we’ve hosted unconference talks on the afternoon of the last day at Dent. This year, we’re going to be trying something new to bring great ideas and stories from the audience up to the stage: Ignite talks. Ignite is a great, five-minute format started in Seattle more than a decade […]

What’s The Wine Bus Schedule for Dent 2018?

At Dent each year we have a tradition of hosting a “wine bus” trip between the airport and the conference. The now famous Wine Bus to and from Dent will be running between San Francisco and Napa Valley for Dent 2018. Once we’re in Yountville, a car is an inconvenience. The town can be crossed […]

Become A Sponsor

Dent events and experiences are for people and brands acting with purpose and passion to make a difference. Does your brand help people do something amazing? Does your brand help fuel people’s passion and purpose? Does your brand help people make a difference? Dent is different, and so is your brand. Your brand might be […]

Dent at San Diego Comic-Con 2017

Want an invite to our reception featuring Richard Browning? Do not comment here, instead Go here… We are returning to San Diego Comic-Con with another set of panels, plus a reception on July 20, where we will be featuring an appearance by exosuit inventor “Iron Man” Richard Browning. Below are the panels currently slated for […]

The Evolutionary Argument for Purpose Driven Companies

In Yuval Noah Harari’s hit book Sapiens, he explains the far-reaching implications of our ability, as Homo Sapiens, to communicate about imaginary things: Any large-scale human cooperation — whether a modern state, a medieval church, an ancient city or an archaic tribe — is rooted in common myths that exist only in people’s collective imagination. […]

We’re Hiring a Director of Partnerships

Director of Partnerships Greater Seattle Area, WA 6 month full-time contract-to-hire Interested? Apply Here We are seeking a Director of Partnerships to help Dent grow and maintain a set of corporate relationships to support our conferences, dinners, experiences, and programs. Dent creates and empowers a community of people who are here to put a dent […]

Elon Musk Doesn’t Read This Stuff

Several years back I read through an answer to a question on Quora from Elon Musk’s ex-wife Justine. The question was “How can I be as great as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk or Sir Richard Branson?” Today, years after reading the answers, what stands out in my memory is the part where she […]

“Iron Man” Richard Browning to Appear at San Diego Comic-Con

UPDATE: We are currently scheduling his equipment demo for July 20, at 5:30pm near the convention center. If you are interested in being on the priority list and to be notified of specifics, please fill out this short form. We are excited to announce that noted inventor (and recent TED speaker) Richard Browning will be […]

Dent The Future Awards a Blue Origin Payload Slot in Dent:Space Competition

Space Technologies at California (STAC) Experiment to Fly in Nanolab Payload aboard New Shepard Space Vehicle SEATTLE – The Dent The Future organization announces the selection of the “STAC-DS Interstellar CubeSat Experiment” from Space Technologies at California (STAC) at UC Berkeley as the chosen microgravity experiment to fly in an upcoming launch of Blue Origin’s […]

North Coast Hip Hop Improv Comedy Troupe To Perform at Sun Valley Resort on March 20

Welcoming Dent Sponsor Vyykn

VR Panel and VRCon at San Diego Comic-Con

he Dent team is returning to San Diego Comic-Con to host three panels in the main expo hall. In addition to our A.I. and Mars panels, we are expanding on our "Building the Holodeck" VR/AR panel from last year, with an update titled "State of the Holodeck".

Adaptive leadership reveals the hidden cost of being politically correct

Adaptive leadership is a framework for practicing leadership developed by Harvard Professor Ronald Heifetz through his teaching in the early 1990s. Critical to the theory is the distinction between authority and leadership: that being in a position of authority (CEO, President, Manager) does not by definition make someone a leader. And, in fact, leadership is […]

See Creative Control and Meet Director Benjamin Dickinson at Dent 2016

On the evening of March 20 in Sun Valley, Dent conference attendees as well as local residents will get chance to screen the film and meet Benjamin Dickinson.