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Nine TED talks every entrepreneur should watch

Itโ€™s a list that includes an Australian author, a former United States federal prisoner, a CEO of a multinational consumer goods company, a Harvard business school professor, a millionaire entrepreneur and more. These nine TED talks are sure to inspire, stimulate and generate thought about how to successfully run a business. Theyโ€™re a must watch […]
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Nine TED talks every entrepreneur should watch

Itโ€™s a list that includes an Australian author, a former United States federal prisoner, a CEO of a multinational consumer goods company, a Harvard business school professor, a millionaire entrepreneur and more.

These nine TED talks are sure to inspire, stimulate and generate thought about how to successfully run a business. Theyโ€™re a must watch for SMEs and entrepreneurs. ย 

1. The failurist: Markus Zusak

This oneโ€™s a little bit different. Markus Zusak isnโ€™t a businessman โ€“ heโ€™s an author, but he details an important subject many in the business world have to confront: failure.

The Australian writer is best known for his novels The Book Thief and The Messenger, but in this TED talk he explains how his personal failures cultivated motivation, and how his failures and humiliations made success feel so much better.

Zusak discusses his original failures, first as a child, then as an adult, which helped propel him to success. It was his original failures that gave him the motivation to do so much better; this is perhaps someone everyone in the business world can learn from.

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