Do you know many people who had planned the best things that happened to them? For most of us, golden opportunities are seen as an unexpected reward. Luck is important, of course, but what is luck? As they say, serendipity pays visits to open and prepared minds. Defeats and successes are not so different. What is important is how we cope with the situation to turn it to our advantage. At The New School of Creativity, we are curious about human beings: How they learn? How do they think? How...
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Jump into the future with Varun Jain interviewed by Sylvie Gendreau for They Make Me Smarter

Aug 17th, 2017 4:19 PM

The Future of Autonomous cars and Robotics with Varun Jain interviewed by Sylvie Gendreau for They Make Me Smarter at Startupfest

Varun Jain interviewed by Sylvie Gendreau for They Make Me Smarter

Aug 8th, 2017 6:41 PM

Varun Jain is the Head of Early-Stage Fund of Qualcomm Ventures. In this episode, he shares what was disruptive for the last three years in the autonomous vehicles. Varun leads Qualcomm Ventures' Early Stage Fund, focused on Seed and Series A opportunities in IoT, AI, Robotics and AR/VR. In 2017, Varun Jain was recognized as one among the global top 20 Rising Stars in the corporate venture industry by Global Corporate Venturing. In this episode, he told us how Qualcomm Ventures became the third investor in Cruise, the startup sold to GM for over 1B$ seventeen months ago.

Interview-2 with Philippe Telio, The Founder of Startupfest-TFS005

Jul 12th, 2017 4:37 PM

Interview-2 with Philippe Telio, The Founder of Startupfest-TFS005 by They Make Me Smarter Podcast

Interview-1 with Philippe Telio, The Founder of Startupfest-TFS004

Jul 9th, 2017 9:17 PM

Interview-1 with Philippe Telio, The Founder of Startupfest-TFS004 by They Make Me Smarter Podcast

What happens when you fail? Interview of Robert Pragal by Sylvie Gendreau, TFS003

Jul 6th, 2017 12:15 AM

Robert meets a lot of people these days who got discouraged when thinks don't work out. They expect that everything they do will work out right away. NO, NO, NO, he said! Failure is the only way to learn.

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