David Rowan: A healthy disregard for the impossible
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Channel: INKtalks · 2013 · Science & Technology
http://inktalks.com What do disruptive entrepreneurs who are solving the world's toughest challenges have in common? WIRED UK editor David Rowan breaks down for us the mindset that sets them apart.Watch to know what people like Elon Musk, Larry Page, and Peter Diamandis do differently to achieve seemingly impossible feats. ABOUT INK: INKtalks are personal narratives that get straight to the heart of issues in 18 minutes or less. We are committed to capturing and sharing breakthrough ideas, inspiring stories and surprising perspectives--for free! Watch an INKtalk and meet the people who are designing the future--now. http://INKtalks.com ABOUT DAVID ROWAN: David Rowan is editor of the UK edition of WIRED magazine, which won 2009 Launch of the Year at the British Society of Magazine Editors Awards. He writes the monthly "Digital Life" column in GQ magazine, and the "Tech Traveller" column in Condé Nast Traveller. His recent speaking engagements have taken in Amsterdam, Dubai, Geneva, Moscow and Shanghai, on topics ranging from the future of luxury brands to the new rules of business in a mobile-internet age. Recent media appearances include BBC Newsnight, BBC Breakfast News, Radio 4's Today Programme and Channel 4 News. He has edited The Guardian's websites, made TV films for Channel 4 News, and written long features for The Telegraph Magazine, Sunday Times Magazine and The Observer.
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