Tyler Olsen started our day with his keynote
The Challenges with Inspiring Innovation that Nobody Talks About
A few of his first jobs include:
Fixing Computers
The first time he got paid was at the age of 12 with brownies for fixing computers of people he knew.
Digital Photography
He went to events, took pictures, and sold them for $5 piece.
Mailbox Painting
He put fliers in mailboxes to let people know that for $50 he would paint their mailbox.
Tyler learned early on that GPA and learning don't always go together. As a student who skipped 1/3 of all his college classes, it didn't deter his entrepreneurial mindset he is doing good now. For him, LEARNING IS IMPORTANT and GPA wasn't.
Being active and building relationships online made sense to him early on, so he started a business.
We started to see this trend early on in his keynote.
The Lesser Known Stories within Innovation
He flipped the stories he told, started with the great things that happened, then shared what he learned through breaking rules. Sales tax, illegal activity ($5,000 per occurrence) for putting fliers in mailboxes, resident life polices, can't solicit students or teachers. He broke rules and caused chaos.
Tyler posed a series of scenarios and asked us how we would respond. Not to show if we think right or wrong but to connect real scenarios to successful businesses, some that have come out of Minnesota. A few include http://www.dabombfizzers.com/ and Jawed Karim .
Know anyone with this mindset?
Here are a few organizations they should know about:
Minnesota Cup
Startup Weekends
Startup Weekend EDU - I attended a few years ago and created Ermarie.
Read more about it from my blog post.
Here are a few organizations they should know about:
Minnesota Cup
Startup Weekends
Startup Weekend EDU - I attended a few years ago and created Ermarie.
Read more about it from my blog post.
A top take away. Mindset. How do you overcome obstacles in your way? Checkout my blog post here about my keynote at the TIES Summer Institute to learn more about my experience.
Well look who made an appearance at the #TIESInstitute18 keynote with @mrskalthoff its #Easton! pic.twitter.com/gjc4R55EKh— πΏππ«π π½π‘ππ£ππππ§π (@000Dave) July 25, 2018
Breakout Sessions
Session 1 - Unplugged with me!
Dig into my unplugged resources at http://goo.gl/ekM8EW
Sharing learning from my #unplugged session at @bestprepmn #tiw18 Join me tomorrow for a #plugged session where we will dig into @codeorg @ScratchJr @scratch @microbit_edu @trinketapp https://t.co/rJOAP4W7HT #mncodes #csforall #kidscancode #csk8 @ThinkFun @danshapiro pic.twitter.com/jV8WSCNWLf— Angie Kalthoff (@mrskalthoff) August 1, 2018
Session 2 - Google Drawings with Jocelynn Bucketin
Follow her on Twitter https://twitter.com/MJjbuck for great education related tips!
Look Into
- Think and Grow Rich a book that Tyler Olsen shared in his keynote
- Famous Hacker Kevin Mitnick has written a few books and here are a few he recommends In between the Wires, The Art of Invisibility
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