UPDATE: 5 bonus winners!! Five folks have won a free download of Secrets from Silicon Valley featuring Reid Hoffman, Tim Ferriss, Guy Kawasaki –all who have profoundly influenced my career– plus many other great business minds. Congrats to:
Nelson Mouellic
Bob Fisher
Brian Bulemore
Rodrigo Figueras
Tony DiMaggio
Winners: email production@chasejarvis.com to claim your prize.
AND… Tune in LIVE RIGHT NOW. Guy Kawasaki is coming up next.
UPDATE: Huge thanks to the 500 or so of you who took the time to submit your amazing stories in entry — and for a contest that just ran for a few hours. The winner is Jose Rosado. I’ll be flying Jose a few thousand miles, but it’ll be worth it. And he’s promised to pay it forward. ALSO: watch this space/blog post and my twitter facebook G+ as over the next 2 days we will be awarding Runner Up Prizes — the $99 dollar video download (or streaming) of the entire event — to several of you who entered. HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!!
This is another one of those gigs where I pinch myself – getting to work alongside some of the best creative entrepreneurs in the world – AND… Here’s a kicker: I want you and a friend to join me for FREE.
For one lucky winner + friend, I’ll pick up airfare, a room for 2 nights and 2 VIP tickets to attend the entire 2-day event below… plus time for us to hang out and drink beer together when I’m not MC’ing the event… The event starts TOMORROW! PLUS WE’RE LIVE STREAMING THE ENTIRE EVENT. Read on for details + how to enter…
Transform your business with Secrets from Silicon Valley.
This event is more than a year in the works, thousands of hours of work from some very talented people, and more than a few sleepless nights on my own part. We are opening our San Francisco based creativeLIVE studio TOMORROW and the very first broadcast is one you don’t want to miss. I’ll be hosting and it’s going to deliver a punch of insider, unprecedented information from some of the world’s smartest people.
Just as Hollywood implies celebrity, Silicon Valley is synonymous with creative innovation. Attracting the greatest business minds in the world, SV is the world’s startup epicenter. This broadcast offers you direct access to the pioneering minds behind this powerful community. Whether your business is just you or employs fifty people, you’ll learn how to survive, grow, and thrive directly from entrepreneurs who have done it. Do you want to learn from LinkedIn’s founder Reid Hoffman and ask about his secrets to success? Tim Ferriss? Guy Kawasaki? Chris Guillebeau? You’ll hear from them and many more. I know I’ve learned a thing or two from these people I call friends, but knowing what I know about how valuable their secrets have been, I would have given a limb to be able to ask them questions years ago.
If you win the contest below, you can attend in person, but even if you don’t win, you can still get the entire knowledge base by >>> RSVP’ing right here under ‘sign up’ <<<< and then tuning in live. All this access… No travel. Ability to ask questions. Totally free. If you miss the live broadcast or want to watch it again, you will be able to purchase the full event, just like creativeLIVE always works.
Here’s how you can enter to win t to join us in San Francisco. It’s easy.
First, you must RSVP/sign up at this event link here.
Second, just answer the question: Why do you want to join me at the event? Let me know in the comments below and I’ll pick a winner based on how compelling your answer is!
If you think of something better to say or something to add to your original comment, feel free to enter again or add whatever you want to say in another comment. We’ll trace your answer back to you.
Lastly. This contest is worldwide. If you need to miss thursday, we can fly you in for friday, etc. and please note****THIS CONTEST ENDS AT 6PM pacific time TODAY. Winner will be announced this evening VIA MY TWITTER, FACEBOOK AND G+ ACCOUNT. Due to tight timeline, we must hear back from you within 60 minutes so we can hop on the phone and work out logistics for your travels. So make sure you are watching!
Official Rules HERE.
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Who: You, Me, and 15 of the world’s most creative entrepreneurs
What: a LIVE, interactive broadcast of Secrets of Silicon Valley from creativeLIVE
When: This Thursday and Friday, June 20-21 (Detailed schedule below)
Where: tune in to www.creativeLIVE.com/live
Here is the list of experts scheduled to give Master Classes, and the topics they will teach. Hope to see you there -physically or virtually.
Reid Hoffman, Founder LinkedIn & Ben Casnocha, entrepreneur (The Start-up of You)
Tim Ferriss, New York Times bestselling author (Solving your Business Problems)
David Goldberg, CEO Survey Monkey (The Art of Asking a Question)
Chris Guillebeau, New York Times bestselling author (The $100 Startup)
Pamela Slim, Business coach and author of Escape From Cubicle Nation
Megan Smith, VP of Google[x] (Networks Effects: 21st Century Collaboration and Opportunities)
Guy Kawasaki, New York Times bestselling author (The Art of Enchantment)
Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin (How to Sell Your Company without Selling Your Soul)
Sarah Leary & Nirav Tolia, Co-founders of Nextdoor (Look Before you Leap: How to Evaluate a Business Idea)
Spencer Rascoff, CEO of Zillow (Lessons from 15 Years in Tech)
Toni Schneider, CEO of WordPress (Managing a Distributed Workforce)
Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk (How to Get More Done)
Niniane Wang, CTO of Minted (Creating a Great Website on a Budget)
When you tune in, you’ll hopefully learn some valuable lessons and skills. I know I will!
Contest Details:
1) Official Rules HERE.
2) Prize: Airfare for 2, 1 room for 2 nights and 2 VIP tickets, combined value $2,000 US
3) Contest starts: June 19, 2013 11am PDT
4) Contest ends: June 19, 2013 6pm PDT
5) Notification: Winner will be announced the evening of June 19, 2013 PDT via Chase Jarvis Facebook, Twitter and Google+ and the winner MUST respond within 60 minutes because of the short timeline or we will have to choose the next winner.
6) How to enter for a chance to win:
_Go to link in the text above and RSVP to sign up for the broadcast
_Answer the question in the comments below: Why do you want to join me at the creativeLIVE event?
7) Our team will determine the winner based on how compelling your reason for wanting to attend is.
hi chase & the silicon valley/cL team!!
i would love the opportunity to travel to san francisco and be a part of the live audience for “secrets of silicon valley”! i’ve been dreaming of running a full-time wedding photography business for years now, and in the past year i’ve started my business and got the ball rolling! however as a full-time graduate student, over time i somehow put my true goals for the future on the back burner. i realized this in the past few months and am reorganizing my priorities and my life to better reflect where i want to be. i know that not only the knowledge i would gain from hearing all of these experts speak, but also the experience of being there in person would help give me the extra push i need to take my business to the next level. i’m a *huge* fan of creativeLIVE & it would be wonderful to be able to contribute as a part of the audience! plus, hanging out in the downtime doesn’t sound too bad either! lol.
thanks for your generosity & for sharing your knowledge!! i know you’ve changed many people’s lives (including mine!). =)
My brain is yearning for some learning, and meeting the great minds of the Bay,
also I am super geek when it comes to photography DIY gear.
so I will not be boring you on your flight. I speak four languages, got various technical degrees, etc. etc.
It would be amazing if you choose me on this trip bro.
Because spontaneity is the ultimate freedom; a chance to surprise yourself and create unimaginable, fun and exciting works.
Because I’ve never been to Silicon Valley and that provides me the ultimate opportunity to make of it what I can.
Because the amount of people I’ve met with three capital letters in their job description number approximately zero.
Because I’m young, free and enthusiastic with an eye for the unusual, the emotional, the aesthetic.
Because I appreciate the person across the table as well as the beer upon it.
Because I woke up this morning not expecting it.
Everyone has passion, everyone begins with drive, ever now and again we need a little push. Hello, Chase. My name is Chelse and it would be an honor to join you for this event! I am currently struggling to find a balance in doing what I love (photography) and doing what I have to do. I honestly believe this workshop will give me the information, answers, I need to survive as a fellow creative. =] Please, give me the opportunity. Thank you for CreativeLive! Thank all of you! It really has made a difference.
F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “I’m not sure what I’ll do, but- well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.” When I left my six-year career as a classroom teacher to attend graduate school at the University of Washington for digital media, I had absolutely no idea why I felt such a strong pull to disrupt my life. Almost a year later, I have begun to find some answers to that pull: I’ve had an internship turn into a new career path and a deep intrinsic drive planted in my soul to become a creative innovator in the Ed-Tech industry.
Recently someone asked me what I wanted to do with my life and while I do not have my entrepreneurial plans concretely mapped out yet, I do know one thing; I want to lead. And I don’t just want to successfully lead; I want to authentically lead.
Winning this contest would allow me a once in a lifetime opportunity to pick the minds of individuals who can help shape my energy and imagination. These individuals can teach me about asking the right questions, selling my ideas, and following my entrepreneurial spirit. These individuals would provide me with the growth of new ideas and fresh thinking; something that Charlene Li points out in her book, Open Leadership, works to solve everyday problems. If the current state of our K-12 education system isn’t an everyday problem, then I don’t know what is!
To me, being an authentic leader means remaining flexible, open, aware, and creative. Sitting down with the industry leaders at “Secrets of Silicon Valley” would provide insight into how I, as an authentic business leader, can create common purpose supported by collaboration principles, continue to learn from the outer edges of my company, and share my gained knowledge with future employees; all in a transparent environment that fosters united determination.
Today’s digital era can be fraught with change and uncertainty and the K-12 education sector is not immune to this. My ability to learn and adapt faster than any of my competitors in the Ed-Tech industry will give me an edge and I know that being present at “Secrets of Silicon Valley” will push me one step closer to being the quickest learner and adapter.
So, while I may not be the picture you have in your head of a future entrepreneur you’d like to sit down and have a beer with, I firmly believe that diversity brings new perspectives to old ideas. My eager mind, open point of view, and unprecedented energy have all helped me find success thus far in my life and I am confident they will continue to do so as I embark on my journey of innovating and impacting school systems with digital media use. The chance to be physically present at “Secrets of Silicon Valley” in San Francisco will be one more step in the right direction for me to follow the advice of St. Catherine from Sienna: “Be who you were created to be, and you will set the world on fire.”