http://www.ted.com Bored in school, failing classes, at odds with peers: This child might be an entrepreneur, says Cameron Herold. At TEDxEdmonton, he makes the case for parenting and education that helps would-be entrepreneurs flourish — as kids and as adults. Filmed in Edmonton, Canada.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10
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Capturing carbon to grow (literally) green fuel. How the founders at Pond Biofuels ignored the experts and built a business on cleaning up big industry using the same stuff that grows in your swimming pool. Steve Martin and Terry Graham talk about how they created an integrated process for the removal of CO2 from industrial emissions. And it all started with a coffee cup of green goo.
Doug Richard is the founder and chairman of Library House and one of the original Dragons in the BBC 2’s Dragons’ Den. An experienced entrepreneur and investor in the technology and software sectors, both in the US and in the UK, Doug is highly respected for his no nonsense style and understanding of the secrets of raising finance for new businesses.
Eben Pagan, Founder of The Altitude Training Program, shares techniques on how to gain more freeedom in your life and business. For more information and more free training videos, go to www.getaltitude.com
Tina Seelig of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program addresses the question of whether innovation and entrepreneurship can be taught to students. This is part of the Winter 2007 series: Technology: Change and Challenge.
Global Entrepreneurship Week unveiled.
Presented to Mr. Robert L. Luddy, Founder and President of Captive-Aire Systems, Inc., Friday, March 2, 2007. Includes remarks from Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., Mark Thornton, Tom Woods, and Mr. Luddy. The Ludwig von Mises Entrepreneurship Award is given annually to the businessperson exhibiting entrepreneurial success and devotion to the free-market ideal.