With Coursera, Daphne Koller and co-founder Andrew Ng are bringing courses from top colleges online, free, for anyone who wants to take them.

Thinking startup? David S. Rose's rapid-fire TED U talk on pitching to a venture capitalist tells you the 10 things you need to know about yourself -- and prove to a VC -- before you fire up your slideshow.

How can an established company maintain a startup mentality? Intrapreneur Shoel Perelman argues that first it must retain its internal rebels. To do so, Perelman suggests a system inspired by online dating that matches rebels from big companies with small companies that need their skills and keeps the entrepreneurial spirit alive in the biggest ...

Startup names may be a dime a dozen, but most founders still agonize over what to call their dream. Are they right to invest so much energy and time -- or would any random string of letters be fine? If anyone knows the answer, it’s Jonathan Nelson, who created the startup incubator Hackers/Founders (aka H/F). Based in Silicon Valley but busy ...

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...

"The Pitch Coach" David S. Rose is an expert on the business pitch. As an entrepreneur, he has raised millions for his own companies. As an investor, he has funded millions more.

Rebeca Hwang is co-founder and managing director of Rivet Ventures, investing in solutions for women and empowering their choices.

A self-described "human Venn diagram," Christina Wallace has crafted a career at the intersection of business, the arts and technology.

TED Fellow Matilda Ho is shaping the startup landscape to create more sustainable food systems in China.

As the CEO of MIT-inspired WiTricity, Eric Giler has a plan to beam electric power through the air to wirelessly power your laptop or recharge your car. You may never plug in again.

Melinda Epler works with the tech industry to solve diversity and inclusion together.

Lalitesh Katragadda builds tools that help groups of people compile information to build something greater than the sum of its parts. His latest fascination: collaborative maps.

An internet infrastructure maven and activist, Omar Ahmad was the mayor of San Carlos, California.

Todd Humphreys studies GPS, its future, and how we can address some of its biggest security problems.

Richard Browning is the founder of human propulsion technology startup Gravity, which has invented, built and patented a personal flight system.

About this event: TEDGlobal Live Simulcast @ TigerLabs startup incubator

Andy Yen is building an encrypted email program that lets everyone benefit from private communication.

Aaswath Raman is a scientist passionate about harnessing new sources of energy, mitigating climate change and more intelligently understanding the world around us -- by better manipulating light and heat using nanoscale materials.

Sanjay Dastoor is the co-founder of Boosted Boards, a startup that aims to build the world's lightest electric vehicles.

Through his startup Rainforest Connection, Topher White transforms used cell phones into guardians of the rainforest.

Rodrigo Canales wants to understand how individuals influence organizations or systems--even those as complex as the Mexican drug cartels.

About this event: TEDxRaval (March 3, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain) will host over 100 members of the digerati interested in up-and-coming trends in technology and innovation. Learn from the leaders of technology startups and companies as they share best practices, growth strategies and stories of disruptive product development. Who should attend? Both men and ...

Whether she’s inventing satellite radio, developing life-saving drugs or digitizing the human mind, Martine Rothblatt has a knack for turning visionary ideas into commonplace technology.

As "Captain of Moonshots" for X, Astro Teller oversees the secret projects that could reshape our lives in coming decades.

Romain Lacombe creates technology to track and forecast air quality levels in real time.

TED Fellow Suzanne Lee is a fashion designer turned biofabrication pioneer who is nurturing a global community of people growing their own materials.

Majd Mashharawi leads a startup that makes bricks from recycled local materials -- and employs women in the Gaza Strip.

Natalie Fratto invests in underestimated startup founders and writes about how technology shapes the world around us.

Matt Mills comes from Aurasma, a startup that makes augmented-reality technology for mobile phones.

Dr. Dana Kanze is an assistant professor of organizational behavior at London Business School, where she applies behavioral insights to understand sources of labor market inequality.