Innovation at Scale | Sean O’Sullivan | TEDxAsburyPark

Create, don’t innovate
From Tech CEO to freelance war journalist
His identity is fuller/more complete by putting himself around uncomfortable situations and by helping others in chaotic situations.
His connection to others in devastating
circumstances made his identity richer.
Reminding us of the foundational need for community.
It is our duty in life to do more than just enough
Creating identity by navigating in and out of chaos/success.
Sean O’Sullivan is managing partner of SOSV, the world-leading “Accelerator VC.” With $300 million assets under management, SOSV backs more than 150 startups annually through its accelerators.
Sean got his entrepreneurial start in 1985 as a founder of MapInfo, bringing street mapping technology to personal computers. MapInfo went on to become a $200 million public company with over 1,000 employees worldwide.
A major promoter of economic and social development, he founded JumpStart International, a leading humanitarian engineering organization based in Baghdad, which operated throughout Iraq during the post-war period of 2003-2006.
As Chairman of the Irish Entrepreneurship Forum and founder of Open Ireland, he is a leader and influencer of Irish government policy in fueling economic growth and recovery in the Technology sector. Sean was a regular investment panelist on the popular RTÉ TV show Dragon’s Den, and occasional columnist for the Sunday Business Post.
Sean holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Masters of Fine Arts in Film Production from the University of Southern California.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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A humble TED Talk about how ideas can become reality. Never stop thinking. Never let failure halt your movement.

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This talk is yet another proof of how humanity is, and how we can become alive after getting out of the comfort zone. So relevant to real world no matter where we live. We can all do little part.

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Beautiful.

[@BillBenzon]

Yeah, Sean! (I worked for him when he was running MapInfo. He quit to form a rock and roll band, Janet Speaks French.)