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Collaboration, Sharing And The New Entrepreneur

When you think about entrepreneurship, who do you admire?

Names likes Richard Branson, Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos come to mind. They are awesome. Their work is inspiring, creative and important. What do you think about Twitter? As powerful? As impressive? As life-changing? It’s a tough call. Regardless of your stance, Ev Williams and Jack Dorsey get a lot of the accolades and attention. A while back, I had the chance to share the stage and spend some time talking to Biz Stone (who is one of the co-founders as well). What’s immediately noticeable is his passion for creativity, asking questions and his humor. All of that comes through brilliantly in his first book, Things a Little Bird Told Me – Confessions of the Creative Mind (we also share the same book publisher). Stone went on to found two other startups that have been garnering a significant amount of attention: Medium and Jelly. In this short, under twenty minute, conversation with Charlie Rose, Stone covers a myriad of interesting concepts and stories that every marketer should pay attention to.

Tweet, tweet, tweet… this is Biz Stone…

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.