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"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
— Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs & Bill Gates – Historic Joint Interview
D5 Conference 2007

Steve Jobs & Bill Gates – Historic Joint Interview

A rare joint interview with Apple's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates discussing their rivalry-turned-friendship and how their shared vision drove the personal computing revolution.

TechnologyComputingLeadership
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Muhammad Yunus – Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship
Democracy Now! 2017

Muhammad Yunus – Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus explains how microcredit and social business serve as powerful tools to fight poverty and enable entrepreneurship at the grassroots level.

Social ImpactMicrofinancePoverty Alleviation
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Jimmy Wales – Building Wikipedia and Democratizing Knowledge
How I Built This 2018

Jimmy Wales – Building Wikipedia and Democratizing Knowledge

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales recounts how he built the world's largest online encyclopedia as a nonprofit venture that fundamentally changed how knowledge is created and consumed.

Open SourceKnowledgeInternet
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Elon Musk – A Future Worth Getting Excited About
TED 2022

Elon Musk – A Future Worth Getting Excited About

Elon Musk shares his vision for how radical innovations in electric vehicles, space travel, and brain-computer interfaces can help tackle humanity's grand challenges.

SpaceClean EnergyInnovation
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Airbnb's Joe Gebbia & Brian Chesky – Reimagining Hospitality
How I Built This

Airbnb's Joe Gebbia & Brian Chesky – Reimagining Hospitality

The Airbnb co-founders recount how their once-crazy idea of renting airbeds in strangers' living rooms grew into a global platform that disrupted the hotel industry.

TravelSharing EconomyPerseverance
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Jack Ma – Alibaba and the Rise of E-Commerce
WEF Davos 2015

Jack Ma – Alibaba and the Rise of E-Commerce

Alibaba founder Jack Ma shares his journey from humble beginnings to building a tech empire that transformed global trade, emphasizing leadership, perseverance, and vision.

E-commerceGlobal TradeResilience
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