TED Talks Every Soon to be Entrepreneur Needs to Watch
The TED Conferences have been attracting the world’s elite thinkers, researchers, and entrepreneurs since its founding in 1984. With the proliferation of video streaming technology, “TED Talks” with famous businessmen, authors, and more have become incredibly popular.
Must Watch Ted Talks for Entrepreneurs
Tickets to a TED Talk can cost several thousands of dollars (the money goes to support future conferences and speakers) and are highly coveted. Being asked to present a TED Talk is a huge honor that can greatly increase exposure for nonprofits and otherwise unnoticed scientific research. (We should know as Lemonade Day founder Michael Holthouse gave a TED Talk in 2008.)
Here are a few more amazing TED Talks for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Navi Radjou: Going to the Extreme
An innovative business can quickly crash and burn or become an industry giant. For every Google there’s an Alta Vista. In his amazing TED Talk, Navi Radjou discusses unique ways to tackle obstacles regardless of the circumstances. Whether in the third world or in the middle of a hurricane, create problem solving can save lives or make money.
Rory Sutherland: Lessons from an Ad Man
Businesses need customers. At some point, this means that businesses will use advertising. Part art and part science, advertising can make or break a company. Rory Sutherland is a lifelong “adman”, one of the people that help companies create slogans and marketing campaigns. Through renowned ad agency, Ogilvay & Mather, Sutherland has helped companies like Microsoft achieve their sales goals. This excellent TED Talk is just one of three that Sutherland has delivered. In it, he discusses the unique perspective advertising has given him about entrepreneurship.
Watch Rory Sutherland's TED Talk
Seth Godin: Getting Your Ideas to Spread
Seth Godin is probably one of the most famous “marketing philosophers” alive. Over a multi decade career, Godin has been an entrepreneur, internet marketer, public speaker, and more. A website he created in 1995 drew participation from American Express, H&R Block, American Online, among others. He sold the company just three years later for more than $30 million to Yahoo! Godin is also given multiple TED Talks and this one focuses on getting ideas to spread. How do organizations, governments, or companies get an idea to take hold? This great Talk looks at effective strategies for spreading your message.
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The TED Conferences have been attracting the world’s elite thinkers, researchers, and entrepreneurs since its founding in 1984. With the proliferation of video streaming technology, “TED Talks” with famous businessmen, authors, and more have become incredibly popular.
Must Watch Ted Talks for Entrepreneurs
Tickets to a TED Talk can cost several thousands of dollars (the money goes to support future conferences and speakers) and are highly coveted. Being asked to present a TED Talk is a huge honor that can greatly increase exposure for nonprofits and otherwise unnoticed scientific research. (We should know as Lemonade Day founder Michael Holthouse gave a TED Talk in 2008.)
Here are a few more amazing TED Talks for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Navi Radjou: Going to the Extreme
An innovative business can quickly crash and burn or become an industry giant. For every Google there’s an Alta Vista. In his amazing TED Talk, Navi Radjou discusses unique ways to tackle obstacles regardless of the circumstances. Whether in the third world or in the middle of a hurricane, create problem solving can save lives or make money.
Rory Sutherland: Lessons from an Ad Man
Businesses need customers. At some point, this means that businesses will use advertising. Part art and part science, advertising can make or break a company. Rory Sutherland is a lifelong “adman”, one of the people that help companies create slogans and marketing campaigns. Through renowned ad agency, Ogilvay & Mather, Sutherland has helped companies like Microsoft achieve their sales goals. This excellent TED Talk is just one of three that Sutherland has delivered. In it, he discusses the unique perspective advertising has given him about entrepreneurship.
Watch Rory Sutherland's TED Talk
Seth Godin: Getting Your Ideas to Spread
Seth Godin is probably one of the most famous “marketing philosophers” alive. Over a multi decade career, Godin has been an entrepreneur, internet marketer, public speaker, and more. A website he created in 1995 drew participation from American Express, H&R Block, American Online, among others. He sold the company just three years later for more than $30 million to Yahoo! Godin is also given multiple TED Talks and this one focuses on getting ideas to spread. How do organizations, governments, or companies get an idea to take hold? This great Talk looks at effective strategies for spreading your message.
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