"Throughout his three-decade career here at the University of Waterloo, Larry Smith has inspired legions of students to take up the mantle of economics with his passionate and homespun tales of economic wizardry. A renowned story-teller, teacher and youth leadership champion, Larry has also coached and mentored countless numbers of students on start-up business management and career development strategies.
Having taught introductory microeconomics, macroeconomics and entrepreneurship classes, he recently celebrated assigning his 29,000th grade earlier this year.
Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award, Larry has also coached several of his former students to help them position and develop their businesses, the most famous of which is Research in Motion (RIM), maker of the revolutionary BlackBerry wireless mobile smartphone. Larry also sits on the advisory panels of start-ups to provide his guidance on financing and negotiation with investors and venture capitalists.
http://www.tedxuw.com/speakers/larry-smith/ "
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rbarBrilliant. Now to show this to all my childbearing friends....
kymbosThat was about as sanctimonious as every other speech I've seen on this topic.
I thought he was going to dispell the myth of passion = great career with some empirical data, but alas, no.
notarobotThanks for making me feel like crap with all those "unless" thoughts! *promote
siftbotPromoting this video back to the front page; last published Friday, June 8th, 2012 3:56pm PDT - promote requested by notarobot.
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