presentations
Uncommon Sense - live @ WDS
Story of what made my little business succeed. Great audience and cameras.
The Meaning of Life
Let’s just figure out the meaning of life in under 20 minutes.
Next Bank Asia: Disrupting Banking
Addressing a room of bankers in Singapore about eliminating friction and serving tech entrepreneurs.
Uncommon Sense
All of my business advice for entrepreneurs. A quick summary of almost everything I’ve learned. One of my most popular talks. This is the talk that conferences paid the big bucks to have me do in-person. But I don’t like repeating myself, so I hit record in the studio to share it for free. It’s split into 8 parts, one subject each.
Anything You Want cartoons
Philosophies on life and business. Chapters from my first book turned into short little animations. By Marvin Te from Plainly Simple Studios.
Why You Need to Fail
The importance of failure - for effective learning, growth mindset, and quality through experimentation.
TEDxNUS - 9 stories in 18 minutes
9 short stories to a TEDx crowd at the National University of Singapore.
The Art of Profitability
Examples of 8 profit models from the book “The Art of Profitability”
Keep your goals to yourself
Psychology tests show that announcing your goals makes you less motivated to accomplish them.
Rails Conf Keynote
Short stories about programming, accents, quirks, delegating, confabulation, instinct, etc.
Successful SxSW: the Tao of the Conference
Advice for musicians on how to get the most out of the SxSW Music Conference.
Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy
First follower. How to start a movement. My most popular talk.
The opposite may also be true
Japanese addresses, Chinese doctors, Nigerian music, and an upside-down map.
Berklee College of Music keynote
6 things I wish I knew the day I started Berklee. Lessons apply to other aspects of life, too.