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I recently became a father (11 November 2012 at 11pm) and I am passionate about family and building communities. I believe entrepreneurial thinking has the ability to dramatically change our communities, our cities and our environment. I founded EntrepeneursNT to encourage entrepreneurial thinking in the Northern Territory of Australia, to help individuals and groups put their ideas into action. Entrepreneurial thinking can change the world, in fact it has been doing it for centuries. So that is what I want to do: change the world by encouraging entrepreneurial thinking by connecting people, sharing stories and acting on ideas. Every venture, no matter how small, is worthwhile.

Location:
Australia, Darwin
Current organization:
entrepreneursNT
Past organizations:
Odduo, Department of the Chief Minister, Northern Territory Government
Gender:
Male
I am:
Blogger, Connector, Entrepreneur, Finance professional, Idea generator, Lawyer, Public servant, Social entrepreneur, Technologist, Writer/Editor
Associations:
People Sharing Ideas Inc, Darwin Beefsteak and Burgundy Club
My website links:
My page, Public Service Live, Entrepreneurs NT
Universities:
Charles Darwin university, Australia
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I'm passionate about

Public Service, Volunteering, family and communities and entrepreneurial thinking.

An idea worth spreading

Content creation, rather than consumption needs to be encourage more in our society. To this end, the ability to program, to understand and write code enables people to create content in the digital world. Programming is an international language and i want to see more people being given the chance to understand, learn and apply their ideas to programming.

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  • A comment on Conversation: What is for you the SPIRIT of ENTREPRENEURSHIP??

    Feb 15 2011: Curiosity. My experience with entrepreneurs is that that they like to know how things work or what people think. But is also about doing. Entrepreneurs do.

  • A comment on Conversation: Should anyone be able to upload their TEDTalk to TED.com?

    Feb 15 2011: In looking at this issue, I think you need to recognise that this could not in fact be anyone. The TEDx program for example limits sponsorship from organisations who deal in:
    *Weapons/ammunition
    *Tobacco/cigarettes
    *Adult-oriented products/services.
    It would be a step backward to allow uploads by individual or groups sponsored by these groups or putting messages that advocate their products or messages. In a situation where anyone can upload, there would need to be a base level of curation - there would be some rules and someone applying the rules.

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