They Make Me Smarter

They Make Me Smarter

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 they create? What makes them happier? We're looking for 'out of the box' thinkers and doers who can inspire our strategies to get things done more creatively and efficiently.

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August 17, 2017 16 mins
The Future of Autonomous cars and Robotics with Varun Jain interviewed by Sylvie Gendreau for They Make Me Smarter at Startupfest
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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...
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Interview-2 with Philippe Telio, The Founder of Startupfest-TFS005 by They Make Me Smarter Podcast
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Interview-1 with Philippe Telio, The Founder of Startupfest-TFS004 by They Make Me Smarter Podcast
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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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Learn the 21st century skills with Robert Pragai, a creative expert in problem-solving.
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The conversation with Robert took almost three hours, from which I edited three episodes of 20 minutes. The first one is about his life story from which we learn how our personality and the events of our life can help us to draw a learning path to grow. The second episode, Make The Problem Visible, is about the new skills we need to learn to survive and succeed in today world. Finally, the third episode, What happens when you fail,...
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