Jeff Hoffman
@SpeakerJeff
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Entrepreneur (https://t.co/p2EpsVYKT3, uBid com), CEO, Chairman of Global Entrepreneurship Network, Author, Motivational Speaker, Humanitarian
Joined March 2012
Just wanna say, I love football, but what LA really lost was a leader, a role model, and a man who brought his heart and soul to the whole community at a time when this world really needs it. Much respect, my friend. The cream always rises to the top. @TG3II @GeorgiaFootball.
This is Todd Gurley of the LA Rams. He's only 25. Already been to the Super Bowl. We are discussing ways to inspire and guide youth that need help. Because Todd cares. The media loves the bad athletes. But this is the real story. Let's cheer for the good guys. @TG3II @RamsNFL
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So much fun speaking live to thousands of underrepresented teenagers across the USA, along with NBA basketball superstar Kyrie Irving, at the Teen Tech Live event produced by DreamHustleCode and the amazing Ian Brock. We want our youth to own their future!
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So excited that we are giving out cash and resources to help save America's small businesses. Many thanks to mi hermano @pitbull and to our incredibly hard working teams at @HelloAlice and @unleashingideas. Check out our story on yesterday's news:.
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Honored to serve with @GwynethPaltrow, @KristenBell, @pitbull and more as we mentor small business owners in the #BusinessForAll program, brought to you by the amazing team at @HelloAlice. Small business owners apply for mentorship, grants, and more at
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Proud and excited to join the advisory board of 5ireChain, a blockchain ecosystem helping enable the 5th industrial revolution while bringing a paradigm shift from a for-profit economy to a for-benefit economy. Using technology to make lives better.
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Don't just make a dollar, make A DIFFERENCE. The harder I work, the more people I can help. YOUR SUCCESS IS SOMEONE ELSE'S MIRACLE. You don't need money to give someone your time. I spent time with entrepreneurs from Sudan, who are fighting a tough battle for a better future.
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Hanging with Pitbull at the start of July 4th week. The son of Cuban immigrants, he chased the American dream and became a Grammy-winning superstar who is now building schools for inner city kids. Making a difference is more important than making a dollar. Congrats @pitbull
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Know why I spend so much time with kids? Because children aren't born with hate. They aren't born with racism. Someone teaches them that. I want to get to them early and teach them to make their own decisions. Teach them that all of us are created equal. If you agree please share
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Writing this with a broken heart. One of my closest friends, Ian Schwarber, was found dead in his kitchen at age 38. Ian and I never said goodbye when we left. We always said "Love you, brother". Do the people in your life know how much you love them? Tell them NOW.
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Pitbull and I discussing how we can work together to keep more inner city kids in school, and teach them that education is the way out and the way up. Success isn't a destination -- it's a platform for making other people's lives better. #EveryYoungLifeMatters @pitbull
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Yeah. it's gonna be spectacular. Lol. @pitbull and I filming for a global youth takeover of the United Nations for the UN's 75th birthday next week. Making history in support of youth worldwide, filming in amazing VR/XR technology, working with #younga2020. Details coming soon!
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Prison tech! Working with these former convicts who spent years in prison and are now changing their lives by becoming tech entrepreneurs.
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Getting ready to speak at the United Nations on the topic of international cooperation and how we all work together to solve the world's problems. Will report from inside later.
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Keeping my commitment to our youth. Talking to 450 high school students at the ThinkBIG! Summit, encouraging them to dream big and own their future. Wish I had their amazing energy!
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Serving meals to the homeless at a soup kitchen. Hunger is not a third world problem. It's right here, too. In the USA. In YOUR city, People who don't know where their next meal is coming from. They need you. So make some time out of your busy day to go find them. Please.
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Live tonight on world's largest TV network (China's CCTV, 1.2 billion viewers) to discuss next US president's impact
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Honored to receive a Global Philanthropy Award for my mission to teach people how to help themselves. Here with my good friend and fellow honoree, actress Kelly LeBrock. I am humbled to receive this recognition, but it's not about me. Let's keep our focus on those who need us.
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It's official! We just launched Global Entrepreneurship Week! We will have 200 countries, 40,000 events, and 10 million people participating. Entrepreneurs are the ones who will solve the world's biggest problems. Comment if you will participate in GEW2021. #gew2021
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Racism comes from HATE. Hate comes from IGNORANCE. Ignorance comes from LACK OF UNDERSTANDING. So next time, INSTEAD OF HATING someone, TRY UNDERSTANDING THEM. Listen before you speak. Think before you act. Choose GRACE. Because LOVE and COMPASSION don't have a color.
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WE WON AN EMMY!!! I am Executive Producer of the show Success in Your City and we won an Emmy Award for our show that explores what success really means. Pic is our stars Brandon and Samantha receiving our Emmy Award. Stay tuned for info on when/where you can see it!
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Great day at the United Nations! I talked about the fact that any policies made by world leaders must truly understand the needs and lifecycle of the world's problem solvers, the entrepreneurs. We need each other, and the world needs us now more than ever.
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I'm in Greece now to be part of Disrupt Greece, with Industry Disruptors and Fortune. Entrepreneurs are key to growing the Greek economy.
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I first met Paul Allen at Yale, when he tried to convince me to join him and Bill Gates at Microsoft. Paul said something to me that forever lifted me. He said "You remind me of me". Never underestimate the power of encouraging words you can give to others. Free but priceless.
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On the set of the new show I am hosting about the journey of amazing entrepreneurs and inventors. Filming now. Details soon, I promise. :)
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The best part about hanging out with Steve Wozniak (of Apple)? Intellectual curiosity. Too many people lose their sense of child-like wonder at the world around them. Try to regain the curiosity you had when you were 5 years old. That's the key to so many fascinating discoveries
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On stage at the NextGen Summit, talking about living a life of passion and purpose, not paycheck. The amazing energy and optimism I felt from these young people literally electrified me, and filled my tank with the fuel to mentor as many of them as I can.
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With Ashton Kutcher, as we both spoke at the CitySummit. I gave a talk on using the skillset of entrepreneurship to design the life you always wanted to live. Entrepreneurship is the toolset of self-determination and change.
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In Germany to speak at the EO (Entrepreneurs Organization) Global Leadership Conference. There were 1600 entrepreneurs from 54 countries.
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Honored and humbled to receive the 2019 Commitment to Excellence Award at the City Gala. As entrepreneurs, we don't always know the answers, or whether our ideas will work, but even when I fail I always give all I have so I can go home knowing I truly did my best.
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Speaking to teachers today about evolving education to meet today's needs and helping kids plan a good life, not just a good job. Go Bees!
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Having fun with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak where we spoke to entrepreneurs at Business Rocks 2016 in Manchester
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My 2017 plan: to give love, hope, and guidance to as many young people around the world as I can. Join me in showing children their future.
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With Charles Barkley in Cleveland (NBA Hall of Fame basketball player), arguing over LeBron, Curry, and the upcoming NBA Finals (Go Cavs!).
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Girl power! Speaking at the Global Women in STEM Summit to support encouraging more women worldwide to pursue careers in science and technology. A room filled with so many amazing women, and such great energy.
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I'm in Vietnam now working with entrepreneurs at Startup Vietnam and Surf Danang. The ecosystem here is really growing. Come visit!
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Teaching reading skills to kids at an inner city school in Brooklyn. Education is the key to so many things. This little man stole my heart.
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Honored to be in Saudi Arabia to sign the GEN Saudi Arabia Agreement on behalf of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, now in 170 countries.
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Humbled to receive a Lifetime Achievement award for business leadership and philanthropy from the LA Tribune. People always talk about exit strategies, but the only exit that counts is leaving the world a better place than you found it. Thank you @MoeRockOnline & @AxelTillmann
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What a night. Just became the first person in America to receive the international GOOD Fellow Award (Global Order of Outstanding Disruptors) from the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Inc. for my work disrupting the way philanthropists give back around the world. One human family
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Making friends in Thailand reminds me that dollars and deals don't bring you happiness. People do. Love is the only global currency.
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I sent a wheelchair to Africa. It did not cost much but it changed a boy's life. Now his mother and sister take him everywhere. Ben says that just knowing someone cares means as much as the wheelchair itself. You don't have to be rich to make a difference. You just have to care
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Working on a big baseball deal with Derek Jeter. As amazing as Derek was as a baseball player, he's a Hall of Fame human being first.
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Travel is the fatal enemy of prejudice. When I travel, I always sit with people that are not like me, which I am about to do here. Try it!
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I took this pic on the coast of West Africa, on my way to dinner. Sometimes we forget to see the simple beauty all around us, just like we fail to see the good in people sometimes too. Slow down. Put away your devices. Look around, and find the joy all around you.
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Its's not a badge of honor to work 24x7. It's a missed opportunity. What are you working so hard for if you don't take the time to enjoy it?
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Yes I'm with Boy George He's making a comeback and I was really impressed. But more importantly he told me he was bullied for years because he is "different", Enough already. Let's all agree in 2019 to STOP BULLYING Take a stand. Speak up. Let people live with dignity.
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This was my surprise lunch date. She sat at my table and we are holding hands, laughing. Open your heart, you'll be amazed at what comes in.
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Entrepreneurship does not just mean tech. This is my tour of Main Street Gourmet in Ohio, an incredible success story. Victory is sweet! :)
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I studied Artificial Intelligence when I was a student at Yale, and now it's here. I actually had a chat with this guy, and he wants your job. But fear not -- technology will let us elevate human beings to work on things that actually matter.
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Sharing stories with my friend Brian Smith, founder of UGG Boots, who turned a $500 loan into a billion dollar brand. Brian's story is one of commitment and passion and overcoming obstacles. I love it when the underdog wins big. :) Have you ever worn UGGs?
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I'm in the beautiful country of Slovenia, getting ready to mentor entrepreneurs at CEED (Center for Entrepreneurship Executive Development)
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With Daymond John from Shark Tank, as we are both speaking at the conference. Daymond and I both loved the energy and commitment of the attendees at this event.
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We are all ONE BIG HUMAN FAMILY. I am onstage in Istanbul at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC 2018), where we have an incredible 170 nations in attendance. My clothes were a gift from the African nation of Niger. TOGETHER we can make life better for so many people.
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With football legends Jim Brown and Ray Lewis as our inner city jobs program just created another 2,300 jobs. We will do this city by city.
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On my way to Saudi Arabia to sign an agreement for Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) at meeting of Trump and the King of Saudi Arabia.
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In Africa, down in Angola, with our GEN Angola team (Global Entrepreneurship Network), mentoring kids. Intelligence is equally distributed across the globe. Opportunity is not. We are teaching people how to create their own opportunities.
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Mentoring session! Talking startups with entrepreneurs from Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Nigeria, Curacao, and Bonaire. Love this!
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Breakfast with @stevewoz (Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak) in Saudi Arabia as we get ready to launch our Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2022. Entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders from over 100 countries here. So honored to serve as Chairman of @unleashingideas
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With my longtime friend, Evander Holyfield, former Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World, as we discuss the future of boxing, sports, and the power of entrepreneurship.
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Took a selfie with the Prime Minister of Thailand. With Jonathan Ortmans, as we are launching GEN Asia (Global Entrepreneurship Network).
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This pic is from my last trip to India. We must work together all over the world to raise a generation of children who don't see race or gender or ethnicity. We need to teach them to lead with love. Children are born pure, then adults ruin them. PLEASE let's agree to change.
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In Indonesia, giving the closing keynote speech at Coinfest Asia. Many thanks to Staynex, the next gen travel and Web3 company where I serve as lead advisor. Travel is a huge global industry that is constantly evolving.
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My New Year's resolution? Let's make sure ALL women everywhere are given a voice, the chance to use it, and all the opportunities they deserve. I'm here with Leeza Gibbons, former TV host of Entertainment Tonight and Extra!, and a great voice and role model for so many women.
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World Cup time! Talking strategy, sports, and entrepreneurship with FC Barcelona star Martin Braithwaite (yes that's Messi with him!). Martin also plays for his home country Denmark, who has qualified for the World Cup! Congrats @MartinBraith
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Today I am in Bangkok, Thailand. Why? Because we can't stop until the number of entrepreneurs is greater than the number of world problems.
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Humbled and honored to receive this award from @MarcAnthony and Henry Cardenas for my philanthropic and humanitarian work globally. Thank you to Maestro Cares for an incredible night, including this fun backstage selfie with Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan. Amazing night!
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Meeting with entrepreneurs across Australia, via EO (Entrepreneurs Organization). Busy schedule but found time to chat with kangaroos and koalas. :)
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Trying to inspire young minds to go out in the world and get an epic life, not just a paying job. We need to raise our kids to do both. I'm soaking up the energy of youth at Lynwood High School where I am speaking as part of the Dare2Dream program. #YoungLivesMatter
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Excited to announce the launch of a new fund to buy professional sports teams (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL). First fund will be $800 million. Will introduce follow-on funds to invest in tech and entertainment. Interested investors can reach out to me directly.
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I'm in Ethiopia, visiting schools and speaking to students, entrepreneurs, and African women's groups. Also speaking and judging at Pitch Ethiopia, thanks to the US State Department, the US Embassy in Ethiopia, and our African hosts. Africa is like a second home to me.
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Fun day talking entrepreneurship with college students, high school students, and middle/lower school students at the Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards (GSEA) sponsored by EO (Entrepreneurs Organization).
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Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and I are talking about the fact that no matter how talented or smart you are, you'll never achieve success if you don't work harder than everyone around you. Gold medals aren't given for potential -- they're given for RESULTS.
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Entrepreneurship knows no gender or boundaries. Working here with Iranian women in technology and business. Persian purveyors of progress!
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Honored to join the board of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN), with 160 countries, 20,000 partners and 10 million people worldwide.
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Your career accomplishments will define WHAT YOU DID. But your legacy will define WHO YOU ARE. And that's what matters most. My friend @AustinEkeler led the NFL in touchdowns, but will be known for the LIVES HE CHANGED. Your life should be bigger than just what you did at work
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Mentoring and speaking to over 150 Turkish high school students, along with entrepreneurs from across the globe as part of the US State Department's GIST program. Entrepreneurship is the new diplomacy.
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Spending time with Theodore Roosevelt, grandson of US President Teddy Roosevelt, listening to great stories of his life and childhood.
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The founder of YouTube, Steve Chen, and I are talking about the lessons learned from launching startups. I made a commitment to giving back by sharing everything I've learned with as many people as I can to help other people achieve their own goals and dreams. The ripple effect.
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To all who serve, in any country, THANK YOU. And your families. We salute you. We respect you. And we appreciate you. YOU are the reason I am free to do what I do every day.
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Received a special recognition award for my work with entrepreneurs worldwide from EBAN. But the best reward is just being around all of you
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Girls in tech! Let's level the playing field. Talking to high school girls about careers in tech and STEM fields, thanks to the leadership of Takoi Hamrita who stepped up to bring more women to the table.
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I love the Kauffman Foundation! Gave a talk there about entrepreneurship as a tool for global change, alongside Kauffman VP Victor Hwang.
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I'm in Albania today mentoring entrepreneurs. It is my core belief that to make the world a better place, unleash an army of entrepreneurs.
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What a fun and impactful mastermind retreat in Punta Cana with @iamspectacular and Jamee DeSouza for the Spectacular Academy. I love leading mastermind groups when the goal is to achieve your highest potential personally and professionally. Let's go!
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Yes, it's getting Hot in Herre. :) Talking entrepreneurship with Nelly (Grammy-winning recording artist). He has succeeded in both fields.
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It's Black History Month, I'm talking with two of the gang members who negotiated the historic gang truce between the Bloods and the Crips.
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In Singapore to speak on innovation and the future of business and retail to a global group at the Sabre STX conference. The future of business and retail is exciting, and I teach innovation tools and techniques to those who want to win. :)
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Fine line between commitment and insanity, Lol. I am on a trip meeting with entrepreneurs in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, and the Philippines, back to back. I keep saying I'll sleep when I'm old, but now I'm old and I still never sleep. Oh well.
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As a board member of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, I am thrilled to announce that we have entrepreneurs here from 170 countries!
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I'm really enjoying this trip to Saudi Arabia. Trump got a medal. I'd be happy right now with a Diet Coke.
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Recently spoke to over 600 students at 1LifeFullyLived conference, on how to live their best life. Our topic was Dream It, Plan It, Live It!
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Deeds are greater than words. When many small businesses, especially minority owned, were dying during pandemic, and our team at Hello Alice and Global Entrepreneurship Network decided to give them cash, I asked my friend @pitbull to help and HE SHOWED UP. #LessTalkMoreAction
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Mentoring entrepreneurs (and the occasional bunny) in the British countryside at our Unreasonable Impact partnership between The Unreasonable Group and Barclays. It's so humbling just to be around such passionate and committed people.
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Getting ready to take the stage to give the keynote speech at Synapse Summit. 7,000 people attended this great event, with so many entrepreneurs and business leaders gathered in one place discussing innovation, startups, and so much more. #SynapseSummit
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THIS is why I can never "retire". As long as there is even one more hungry young mind to feed, we can never stop. Last week we held TechSlam in Phoenix with over 250 kids to inspire them to pursue careers in tech and create a better life for themselves and everyone around them.
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The quality of your life is determined by the quality of the people in it. Never forget that people matter most. Money comes and goes, but true friends don't. I am so blessed and thankful that the work I do creates lifelong relationships for me. That's true wealth, not dollars.
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Speaking in London at Unreasonable Impact World Forum with Barclays. We are showcasing world-changing entrepreneurs from all over the planet
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At the White House to launch the National Week of Making with a Presidential proclamation from President Obama.
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