Kevin travels often and when he does, he frequently has the opportunity to interact with local kids. In this video, he speaks with the children from the atacama7.com group of entrepreneurs in Antofagasta, Chile. The video is in Spanish*, but you can see how well Kevin connects with the kids, even if you don’t speak the language.
*Translation coming soon!
Emprendedores del Futuro – Kevin Koym from JuanLeonel on Vimeo.
Of all the books I have read (and there have been many) this list encompasses the thirty-six that were most life-changing for me. If you’ve read any of them, please let me know what you thought of them. From the list, which are you inspired to read first?
On January 19, 2016, Kevin spoke at the Co-Founder Meet-Up hosted at the Capitol Factory in downtown Austin, TX. You can see a video of the presentation on Kevin’s YouTube channel or read an edited version here.
“My name is Kevin Koym. I’m the founder of Tech Ranch. I like to have a really interactive style. We only have a few minutes to talk, so I’m going to try to be brief, but I want to challenge you to a couple different ideas.
Here’s a great article of 6 things that help being productive. I find this list od link insightful = especially #4 – spending more time eliminating distractions versus just working faster.
via 6 Subtle Things Highly Productive People Do Every Day – Business Insider.
Seth Godin recently shared a short blog post about challenging conventions. As innovators, we’re challenging convention all of the time… yet we must be consciously clear which conventions that we’re intending to challenge, and do this with a designer’s eye. This is a great admonition- be careful to not break all of the eggs to make an omlette, only the eggs that you’re intending to do so, and that are needed to do so.
Challenging conventions is precisely what makes your thing new. Hence unconventional. The difficulty comes when you challenge conventions and defy expectations that you weren’t planning on upsetting. The inadvertent skipping of what we expect causes you to frustrate us, or to appear as an uncaring, unprepared amateur, or both.