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.
I’m an older woman with a fresh college degree looking to find a way to use the untapped potential of the force that women in my stage of life can be for creating beauty and good in the world. I want to help other women who have raised their families use their talents and abilities to make the world a better place. I would spend the time listening and absorbing every bit of information I could to “become the good I wish to see in the world”.
Tim, Chris, Pamela and others have been a huge influence in my decision to get out of the cubicle and live life a little less conventionally. Since the beginning of the year I’ve been (willfully) living out of my vehicle, traveling across the West Coast, climbing, hiking, and exploring the great outdoors. In that time, I’ve rediscovered my creative energy, namely through writing and photography, and am trying to inspire others to get out there to see and experience the world instead of watching their life pass by from behind a desk!
Why do you want to join me at the creativeLIVE event? Each interaction a person has with the people of shared common interests but different location strengthens the entrepreneurial community as a whole. Living in BFE Montana and maintaing the drive to create, pursue ideas, and grow my community take interaction with people in other markets. A person is only as good as those he spends time with and if we intend to spread entrepreneurship and excellence people like myself need to stay in our communities and not flock to central hubs, but draw from them.
@lifelikestartup
Hello,
My name is Amar, and I love entrepreneurship. I want to attend for the simple reason of helping my parents and myself to get out of the rat race that is perpetuated by our culture, and deliver true value to society by using my ideas, not my time. My parents raised me on welfare, and taught me the value of hard work. Because their sacrifices, I applied myself and got a full scholarship to UC Berkely’s Haas School of Business.
My mother is a teacher, and my father doesn’t have a college degree, and works at a call center. Without a plan for their future, I want them to enjoy the fruits of the education and opportunities they weren’t able to have. With your help, I can solidify my business plans, and seek mentorship to be successful, and hopefully mentor future generations.
Thanks for your time,
Amar
Top 5 reasons you should pick me…
1. I live in AZ and it’s hotter than #$!*% right now. Don’t believe me? Check my instagram feed. (foskett creative) I just attempted to fry an egg on the sidewalk in front of my house. (As an added bonus a flight from AZ to SF is much cheaper for your wallet, so you should like that!)
2. My husband an I are really fun to be around. We are polar opposites which make conversations really interesting! I run Foskett Creative Photography and he runs Vortex Cinema Production. We frequently debate the importance of Photographers versus Videographers…. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face and guaranteed to need help with our business plans.
3. I REALLY hate the business side of things. I am passionate about photography… business practices… not so much… If I won the lottery I would still shoot weddings… but I would let someone else handle the business side of thing. I just want to create images, not business plans. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
4. You should pick me because I never refuse an opportunity to try something new. It’s a personal policy of mine. Whether it’s to ride a bull, take photos from a cherry picker or eat some strange new food… I believe you should never turn down and opportunity. No matter how scared I am, I just may like the experience. If I don’t, then I just got to know myself a little bit better. (but please don’t ask me to bungee cord jump, I would have to agree and I really don’t want to!)
5. Pick me out of pity. I really would like to beat my husband. He NEVER lets me win at anything. If you pick my comment as more compelling then his, I will have at least one win under my belt. (after 10 years of marriage!) I would really like to win at something!