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Linda Zhang: Why schools should teach entrepreneurship

Linda Zhang says she knows how to get students excited about learning: Wrap their lessons in real-world problems they want to solve.
https://www.ted.com/talks/linda_zhang_why_schools_should_teach_entrepreneurship

Majora Carter: 3 stories of local eco-entrepreneurship

The future of green is local. Majora Carter tells three inspiring stories of people who are saving their own communities while saving the planet.
https://www.ted.com/talks/majora_carter_3_stories_of_local_eco_entrepreneurship

Xiaowei R. Wang: Why entrepreneurship flourishes in the countryside

"To see and understand the countryside is a crucial part of moving towards a more livable future for everyone," says coder, artist and organizer Xiaowei R. Wang. They've observed that some of the most careful, thoughtful innovation is happening in the world's rural communities, like Chinese chicken farmers using biometrics tracking and blockchai...
https://www.ted.com/talks/xiaowei_r_wang_why_entrepreneurship_flourishes_in_the_countryside

Giulia Enders: The surprisingly charming science of your gut

Ever wonder how we poop? Learn about the gut -- the system where digestion (and a whole lot more) happens -- as doctor and author Giulia Enders takes us inside the complex, fascinating science behind it, including its connection to mental health. It turns out, looking closer at something we might shy away from can leave us feeling more fearless ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/giulia_enders_the_surprisingly_charming_science_of_your_gut

Robin Chase: Excuse me, may I rent your car?

A decade ago, Robin Chase founded Zipcar in the US, now the largest car-sharing company in the world. Now she's exploring the next level of car-sharing: Buzzcar, a French startup that lets people rent their own cars to others. The details are fascinating (how does insurance work, exactly?), and the larger vision (she calls it Peers, Inc.) points...
https://www.ted.com/talks/robin_chase_excuse_me_may_i_rent_your_car

Myriam Sidibe: The simple power of hand-washing

Myriam Sidibe is a warrior in the fight against childhood disease. Her weapon of choice? A bar of soap. For cost-effective prevention against sickness, it’s hard to beat soapy hand-washing, which cuts down risk of pneumonia, diarrhea, cholera and worse. Sidibe, a public-health expert, makes a smart case for public-private partnerships to promote...
https://www.ted.com/talks/myriam_sidibe_the_simple_power_of_hand_washing

Emma Bridgewater: How an entrepreneurial potter helped restore beauty to a city

At 23-years-old, Emma Bridgewater boldly launched her new ceramic company in Stoke-on-Trent, a city with rich ceramic traditions but a present that resembled Detroit. She tapped into the dwindling yet still vibrant reservoir of skills and traditions still residing in the city and is now at the center of an economic and cultural renaissance. Emma...
https://www.ted.com/talks/emma_bridgewater_how_an_entrepreneurial_potter_helped_restore_beauty_to_a_city

Mohamed Ali: The link between unemployment and terrorism

For the young and unemployed in the world's big cities, dreams of opportunity and wealth do come true -- but too often because they're heavily recruited by terrorist groups and other violent organizations. Human rights advocate Mohamed Ali draws on stories from his native Mogadishu to make a powerful case for innovation incubators for our cities...
https://www.ted.com/talks/mohamed_ali_the_link_between_unemployment_and_terrorism

Ernesto Sirolli: Want to help someone? Shut up and listen!

When most well-intentioned aid workers hear of a problem they think they can fix, they go to work. This, Ernesto Sirolli suggests, is naïve. In this funny and impassioned talk, he proposes that the first step is to listen to the people you're trying to help, and tap into their own entrepreneurial spirit. His advice on what works will help any en...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ernesto_sirolli_want_to_help_someone_shut_up_and_listen

Ashwini Anburajan: How cryptocurrency can help start-ups get investment capital

We're living in a golden era of innovation, says entrepreneur Ashwini Anburajan -- but venture capital hasn't evolved to keep up, and start-ups aren't getting the funding they need to grow. In this quick talk, she shares the story of how her company became part of an entirely new way to raise capital, using the powers of cooperation and cryptocu...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ashwini_anburajan_how_cryptocurrency_can_help_start_ups_get_investment_capital

Jessica Jackley: Poverty, money -- and love

What do you think of people in poverty? Maybe what Jessica Jackley once did: "they" need "our" help, in the form of a few coins in a jar. The co-founder of Kiva.org talks about how her attitude changed -- and how her work with microloans has brought new power to people who live on a few dollars a day.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jessica_jackley_poverty_money_and_love

Ahmad M. Hasnah: Rethinking education and celebrating the Arabic language

The pandemic has deepened the need to rethink education. In conversation with TED Global Curator Bruno Giussani, Dr. Ahmad M. Hasnah of Qatar Foundation discusses an educational model from Doha, Qatar that informs the global needs of students and shares insight into the newly launched TEDinArabic (بالعربي TED), a global platform for thinkers, r...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ahmad_m_hasnah_rethinking_education_and_celebrating_the_arabic_language

María Teresa Kumar: How the new generation of Latinx voters could change US elections

A historic number of Latinx voters participated in the 2020 US presidential election, including a record number of young people casting their ballots for the first time. Civic leader María Teresa Kumar takes a look at the issues closest to youth Latinx voters, including health care, climate equity and racial justice, and considers how this growi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/maria_teresa_kumar_how_the_new_generation_of_latinx_voters_could_change_us_elections

Arthur Brooks: A conservative's plea: Let's work together

Conservatives and liberals both believe that they alone are motivated by love while their opponents are motivated by hate. How can we solve problems with so much polarization? In this talk, social scientist Arthur Brooks shares ideas for what we can each do as individuals to break the gridlock. "We might just be able to take the ghastly holy war...
https://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_brooks_a_conservative_s_plea_let_s_work_together

Jeff Skoll: My journey into movies that matter

Film producer Jeff Skoll (An Inconvenient Truth) talks about his film company, Participant Productions, and the people who've inspired him to do good.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_skoll_my_journey_into_movies_that_matter

Joy Buolamwini: How I'm fighting bias in algorithms

MIT grad student Joy Buolamwini was working with facial analysis software when she noticed a problem: the software didn't detect her face -- because the people who coded the algorithm hadn't taught it to identify a broad range of skin tones and facial structures. Now she's on a mission to fight bias in machine learning, a phenomenon she calls th...
https://www.ted.com/talks/joy_buolamwini_how_i_m_fighting_bias_in_algorithms

Ron Eglash: The fractals at the heart of African designs

'I am a mathematician, and I would like to stand on your roof.' That is how Ron Eglash greeted many African families he met while researching the fractal patterns he'd noticed in villages across the continent.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ron_eglash_the_fractals_at_the_heart_of_african_designs

Juliana Rotich: Meet BRCK, Internet access built for Africa

Tech communities are booming all over Africa, says Nairobi-based Juliana Rotich, cofounder of the open-source software Ushahidi. But it remains challenging to get and stay connected in a region with frequent blackouts and spotty Internet hookups. So Rotich and friends developed BRCK, offering resilient connectivity for the developing world.
https://www.ted.com/talks/juliana_rotich_meet_brck_internet_access_built_for_africa

Ray Kurzweil: A university for the coming singularity

Ray Kurzweil's latest graphs show that technology's breakneck advances will only accelerate -- recession or not. He unveils his new project, Singularity University, to study oncoming tech and guide it to benefit humanity.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ray_kurzweil_a_university_for_the_coming_singularity

Rebeca Hwang: El valor de nuestra diversidad interna

Rebeca Hwang nació en Corea, se crió en Argentina y fue educada en los Estados Unidos. Como alguien que ha vivido identidades cambiantes, Hwang afirma que, aunque a veces sea desafiante, tener una identidad diversa en realidad es una ventaja. En su charla comparte cómo la diversidad interna de sus identidades le permite establecer conexiones con...
https://www.ted.com/talks/rebeca_hwang_el_valor_de_nuestra_diversidad_interna

P.J. Parmar: How doctors can help low-income patients (and still make a profit)

Modern American health care is defined by its high costs, high overhead and inaccessibility -- especially for low-income patients. What if we could redesign the system to serve the poor and still have doctors make money? In an eye-opening (and surprisingly funny) talk, physician P.J. Parmar shares the story of the clinic he founded in Colorado, ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/p_j_parmar_how_doctors_can_help_low_income_patients_and_still_make_a_profit

Devita Davison: How urban agriculture is transforming Detroit

There's something amazing growing in the city of Detroit: healthy, accessible, delicious, fresh food. In a spirited talk, fearless farmer Devita Davison explains how features of Detroit's decay actually make it an ideal spot for urban agriculture. Join Davison for a walk through neighborhoods in transformation as she shares stories of opportunit...
https://www.ted.com/talks/devita_davison_how_urban_agriculture_is_transforming_detroit

Teddy Cruz: How architectural innovations migrate across borders

As the world's cities undergo explosive growth, inequality is intensifying. Wealthy neighborhoods and impoverished slums grow side by side, the gap between them widening. In this eye-opening talk, architect Teddy Cruz asks us to rethink urban development from the bottom up. Sharing lessons from the slums of Tijuana, Cruz explores the creative in...
https://www.ted.com/talks/teddy_cruz_how_architectural_innovations_migrate_across_borders

Jorge Soto: The future of early cancer detection?

Along with a crew of technologists and scientists, Jorge Soto is developing a simple, noninvasive, open-source test that looks for early signs of multiple forms of cancer. Onstage at TEDGlobal 2014, he demonstrates a working prototype of the mobile platform for the first time.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jorge_soto_the_future_of_early_cancer_detection

Elizabeth Strickler: NFTs, the metaverse and the future of digital art

In need of a brief yet illuminating lesson on the obsession with NFTs? Elizabeth Strickler breaks down the acronym and explains the fundamentals of non-fungible tokens, sharing how these digital assets are changing the landscape for artists and content creators looking to cash in on their creations -- in and out of the metaverse.
https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_strickler_nfts_the_metaverse_and_the_future_of_digital_art

Shaffi Mather: A new way to fight corruption

Shaffi Mather explains why he left his first career to become a social entrepreneur, providing life-saving transportation with his company 1298 for Ambulance. Now, he has a new idea and plans to begin a company to fight the booming business of corruption in public service, eliminating it one bribe at a time.
https://www.ted.com/talks/shaffi_mather_a_new_way_to_fight_corruption

Brittany K. Barnett: The creativity, innovation and ingenuity languishing in US prisons

The freedom journey doesn't end when someone is released from prison. In many ways, it begins. Attorney and entrepreneur Brittany K. Barnett fights to free people from prison and champions restoring and nurturing the creative ingenuity of justice-impacted people. She shares stories of the innovation languishing in America's prisons -- and a visi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/brittany_k_barnett_the_creativity_innovation_and_ingenuity_languishing_in_us_prisons

Cameron Herold: Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs

Bored in school, failing classes, at odds with peers: This child might be an entrepreneur, says Cameron Herold. In his talk, he makes the case for parenting and education that helps would-be entrepreneurs flourish -- as kids and as adults.
https://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_herold_let_s_raise_kids_to_be_entrepreneurs

Tina Seelig: The little risks you can take to increase your luck

Luck is rarely a lightning strike, isolated and dramatic -- it's much more like the wind, blowing constantly. Catching more of it is easy but not obvious. In this insightful talk, Stanford engineering school professor Tina Seelig shares three unexpected ways to increase your luck -- and your ability to see and seize opportunities.
https://www.ted.com/talks/tina_seelig_the_little_risks_you_can_take_to_increase_your_luck

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Women entrepreneurs, example not exception

Women aren't micro--so why do they only get micro-loans? Reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon argues that women running all types of firms-- from home businesses to major factories-- are the overlooked key to economic development.
https://www.ted.com/talks/gayle_tzemach_lemmon_women_entrepreneurs_example_not_exception
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