Leticia Gasca

Author, entrepreneur
Leticia Gasca is co-founder of the movement Fuckup Nights and Executive Director for the Failure Institute, the first think tank in the world devoted to studying business failure and the reasons behind it.

Why you should listen

From a very young age, Leticia Gasca was committed to making the world a better place. When she was only 20 years old, she represented Mexico at the United Nations during the 62nd Session of the General Assembly.

In 2014, Gasca was recognized as a Gifted Citizen for leading one of the 30 most innovative projects in the world, and in 2015, she was awarded as Woman Entrepreneur of the Year. 

More recently, Gasca was featured by OZY Magazine as a "Rising Star" and by The Economist as one of the "Voices from 2040." She is the author of the book Surviving Failure and a columnist at several newspapers and magazines.

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Ideas from the intersections: A night of talks from TED and Brightline

June 12, 2018

At the intersections where we meet and collaborate, we can pool our collective wisdom to seek solutions to the world’s greatest problems. But true change begs for more than incremental steps and passive reactions — we need to galvanize transformation to create our collective future. To celebrate the effort of bold thinkers building a better […]

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TED en Español: el primer evento de oradores TED de habla hispana

April 29, 2018

El 26 de abril tuvo lugar el primer evento de oradores de TED en Español, presentado por TED en su oficina de Nueva York. El evento, completamente en español, contó con ocho oradores, una presentación musical, cinco cortometrajes y 13 charlas de un minuto dadas por miembros de la audiencia. El evento en Nueva York […]

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TED en Español: TED’s first-ever Spanish-language speaker event in NYC

April 29, 2018

Thursday marked the first-ever TED en Español speaker event hosted by TED in its New York City office. The all-Spanish daytime event featured eight speakers, a musical performance, five short films and fifteen one-minute talks given by members of the audience. The New York event is just the latest addition to TED’s sweeping new Spanish-language […]

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