presentations

Uncommon Sense - live @ WDS

Length: 40 minutes. Date: 2015-07

Story of what made my little business succeed. Great audience and cameras.
The Meaning of Life

Length: 19 minutes. Date: 2014-05

Let’s just figure out the meaning of life in under 20 minutes.
Next Bank Asia: Disrupting Banking

Length: 16 minutes. Date: 2012-05

Addressing a room of bankers in Singapore about eliminating friction and serving tech entrepreneurs.
Uncommon Sense

Length: 47 minutes. Date: 2011-08

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

Length: 16 minutes. Date: 2011-07

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

Length: 15 minutes. Date: 2010-12

The importance of failure - for effective learning, growth mindset, and quality through experimentation.
TEDxNUS - 9 stories in 18 minutes

Length: 22 minutes. Date: 2010-10

9 short stories to a TEDx crowd at the National University of Singapore.
The Art of Profitability

Length: 27 minutes. Date: 2010-09

Examples of 8 profit models from the book “The Art of Profitability”
Keep your goals to yourself

Length: 3 minutes. Date: 2010-07

Psychology tests show that announcing your goals makes you less motivated to accomplish them.
Rails Conf Keynote

Length: 44 minutes. Date: 2010-05

Short stories about programming, accents, quirks, delegating, confabulation, instinct, etc.
Successful SxSW: the Tao of the Conference

Length: 5 minutes. Date: 2010-03

Advice for musicians on how to get the most out of the SxSW Music Conference.
Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy

Length: 3 minutes. Date: 2010-02

First follower. How to start a movement. My most popular talk.
The opposite may also be true

Length: 2 minutes. Date: 2009-11

Japanese addresses, Chinese doctors, Nigerian music, and an upside-down map.
Berklee College of Music keynote

Length: 10 minutes. Date: 2008-09

6 things I wish I knew the day I started Berklee. Lessons apply to other aspects of life, too.