Our Amazingness Class at Shenkar, 2020

Your first set of e-books are here! Thanks Elbar!

And your second set of books, right here! Thanks again, Elbar!

And here are your “Ten Things you didn’t Know”, thanks once again Elbar….

Our amazing class yearbook! Are we all on board?

We had TEDxShenkarCollege on May 24th and TED Circle on June 10th…

We practised storytelling….

We talked about entrepreneurship, the future and start-ups with Richard Lucas, Sridhar Iyengar, Dr. Alon Amit, Hagai Cohen, Jeff Pulver, Guy Pross.

How do you define success?

1. The ability to overcome challenges
2. Achievements
3. Fortune
4. Fame and recognition
5. Love
6. Legacy
7. Influence and importance to society
8. Innovation
9. Self esteem
10. Uniqueness
11. Expectations

Successful people? What can you learn from them? Who should we be adding to the list? Should we take anyone off the list?

1. Andy Warhol
2. Leo Rothstein
3. Vincent Van Gogh
4. Winston Churchill
5. Charles Darwin
6. Marie Curie
7. Emilia Earhart
8. Roni Ross
9. Oprah Winfrey
10. Steve Jobs
11. John Lennon
12. Yechiel Eckstein
13. David Rosenberg
14. Lior Manor
15. Randy Pausch
16. Walt Disney
17. Frank Lloyd Wright
18. Marissa Mayer
19. Barack H. Obama
20. Franz Kafka
21. Rodriguez (Sugarman)
22. Angela Merkel
23. Henry Ford
24. Isaac Newton
25. Indira Gandhi
26. Coco Chanel
27. Mao Zedong
28. Golda Meir
29. Genrich Altshuller
30. Leonardo Da Vinci
31. Galileo Galilei
32. Francis Crick
33. Hayyim Nahman Bialik
34. Hussein Bin Talal
35. Jeff Pulver
36. Albert Einstein
37. Shimon Peres
38. Elon Musk
39. Paris Hilto
40. Richard Branson

41. Bill Gates

Some ideas meanwhile:

Follow your passion. It’s not just about the money. Volunteer!

Be curious. Opportunity is everywhere. Especially now.

Ask. If you don’t ask, the answer is no (Jeff Pulver).

Find a mentor. A friend. A partner who complements you.

Volunteer. A lot.

Say “nananbanana” to your tormentor

Change environments

Fail often. Fail elegantly.

Learn new, ‘useless’ skills

Tell your story – Create your own ebooks! Here’s how (opposite page)

Combine boxes in unexpected ways (thinking between boxes)

Check out your ideas and prototypes with real people, preferably potential users

Here is our ebook on being different. We talked about things that are going change after the pandemic. I say almost everything will change!

Richard Lucas stressed the importance of checking whether the need you are addressing is a real need. “Find real people to check it on,” he says. His motto, “Have Fun. Make money. Be useful.” Have you checked out his blog?

Richard believes in showing up very early for events, classes, etc. Do you?

Interview!!! This is worth watching from 4:08. What feedback to you have on the interview, the interviewer, the guest, the content? What can you learn from Amir Shevat? You can follow the coming interviews here. You can contact Michael Mattias, he is a personal friend. You can follow upcoming interviews here.

Mel tells a story