Julie Meyer is one of the leading champions for entrepreneurship in Europe. With over 20 years investment and advisory experience helping start-up businesses, she is the well known founder & CEO of Ariadne Capital, co- founder and Managing Partner of the Ariadne Capital Entrepreneurs Fund, founder of Entrepreneur Country and co-founder of First Tuesday. Julie has added a successful media career to her business commitments, recently joining BBC's Online Dragon's Den, in addition to her regular contributions to Business Week, Computing, FT Digital Business & Spectator Business. She sits on the Boards of INSEAD, Medikidz, Vestergaard Frandsen and Jellybook. In 2011, she was asked to be on the Secretary of State's Entrepreneurs Panel and the Secretary of Health's Innovation Panel. In 2012, Julie was honoured to receive an honorary MBE, for her 'services to entrepreneurship'. Credits: Camerawork: Nathan Rae & Team - http://nathanrae.co.uk/ Post production: Elliott Wragg - https://twitter.com/EIliott Audio restoration : Jorge Polvorinos - http://jorgepolvorinos.wordpress.com Head of IT and Design: Vlad Victor Jiman - https://twitter.com/VladJiman Intro: Mike Wood - www.completeedits.co.uk https://twitter.com/completeedits

Dr. Randal Pinkett is a serial entrepreneur who started his first company while an undergraduate at the University of Rutgers. He is now Chairman and CEO of BCT Partners a company he also founded. Randal was named the winner of NBC's hit reality television show, "The Apprentice", with Donald Trump. In this TEDxJamaica talk he describes the necessity of an entrepreneurial approach, in all endeavours, in order to successfully compete in a global economy characterised by fundamental changes in technology that have altered, and will continue to alter, the rules of the game.

Joe is the founder/CEO of bosiDNA.com, featured in the Wall Street Journal for its breakthrough technology and award-winning accelerator. Entrepreneurship has given us Edison and Ford, Branson and Jobs. But has entrepreneurship seen its best days? We'll learn why its best days are still ahead -- and how a breakthrough discovery about entrepreneurial behavior is unlocking entrepreneurship's greatest potential around the globe. A serial entrepreneur himself, Joe has started, grown and exited three companies of his own and invested in over 20 growing startups. He is author of Entrepreneurial DNA: The Breakthrough Discovery That Aligns Your Business to Your Unique Strengths (McGraw Hill 2011). He has been featured on FoxNews, CBS, NBC, CNN, ABC, WGN and numerous nationally syndicated radio shows on topics related to entrepreneurship and small business growth. Joe also serves as an advisor to entrepreneurship programs domestically and around the world. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Max believes that one can acquire success through entrepreneurship and that education is not necessary the right way for everyone. After dropping out of high school and starting a supply company to the petroleum sector, Max has become one of the most successful young entrepreneurs in Norway. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Guy Kawasaki at TEDxBerkeley 2014: "Rethink. Redefine. Recreate." His talk is titled "The Art of Innovation." Guy Kawasaki is a special advisor to the Motorola business unit of Google. He is also the author of APE, What the Plus!, Enchantment, and nine other books. Previously, he was the chief evangelist of Apple. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Marcus Whitney is a technology entrepreneur who cut his teeth in Nashville, Tennessee. He learned his craft as an early employee at Emma and has gone on to be a co-founder of Barcamp Nashville, Jumpstart Foundry, Moontoast, and SouthernAlpha. Marcus went from being a college dropout waiter knowing no one in Nashville to a cornerstone of Nashville's tech and startup community, by lying...to himself. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

The talk is about the subject of entrepreneurship, and the concept of effort and significance. The talk seeks to understand the balance between success and effort, asking the question of whether the amount of effort exerted into work can be directly proportional to the success achieved for that amount of effort. The speaker seeks to unpack the true purpose and reason why effort should be applied in the pursuit of education, business, entrepreneurship etc. Janco Olivier is a 3rd Year Student at the University of the Free State and an aspiring Entrepreneur who has the ambition of making a huge impact in the South Africa. Based in the City of Bloemfontein, he believes that entrepreneurship is one of the solutions for solving the ailing local economy. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

What if we stopped coming up with excuses and started doing something to solve the big problems around us? Henrik Scheel asks students this question and brings them on a transformational journey where they adopt the entrepreneurial mindset and practice the skills to solve great challenges. Through StartupExperience, Henrik teaches students to build their creative confidence and learn to see opportunities where other people see problems. Henrik began his career in Denmark where he founded two companies during his engineering studies. After having worked in a creative capacity for several international corporations he became increasingly passionate about solving social problems through entrepreneurship and has spent the last three years working in the field. He now lives in San Francisco but spends most of his time traveling to expand the program through partnerships with governments, NGOs, and corporate non-profits.

Taking control of our personal finances can feel overwhelming -- but it doesn't have to be. Thasunda Duckett shares how to minimize shame around money and start having honest conversations about how to save. The Way We Work is a TED original video series where leaders and thinkers offer practical wisdom and insight into how we can adapt and thrive amid changing workplace conventions. (Made possible with the support of Dropbox) Visit https://go.ted.com/thewaywework for more!