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.
If I win, since my guest is already in town, can we rent a 1600 series Leprecon theatrical lighting controller for my job so my L2 can do my job while I’m gone? That would be rad.
Why pick me? Because I would literally try to run there from Austin if it meant I could be there. Don’t think I would make it in time though.
I’m 24, and I own my own door to door Home Automation sales company. I figured out my last year of college that I wanted to own my own business, so I took 51 credits that year in order to finish up my degree ASAP. Midway through that year I started my own Home Automation company in order to build up capital so I could travel and then be able to start another company that could have a chance of changing the world.
I’ve got about one more year of doing this and then I will be ready to continue on to the next venture. I just recently moved my business to Austin to be in an exciting place where things are changing rapidly. I would love to come to San Francisco and meet numerous people who’s words and moves I’ve been following for years and see their ideas and energy in person!
I was 7 years old when my mom brought me to the US. We were undocumented. For the last 23 years I have lived in the US hiding in the shadows because of the fear of deportation. I was blessed to have taken up photography in recent years, because unlike other jobs/professions where one has to prove if you are legally allowed to work or not. Photography has helped me immensely, from the simple fact that I don’t have to prove a legal status in the US to be able to provide the photos my customers hire me for.
Fast forward….in 2012 President Obama declares that kids who came into the US before they were 16 years of age, who also – graduated from HS, have no criminal background, are self-sufficient (photography!!) and are under 31 years (just barely!) could apply for a work permit, a SSN, DL etc…! WOW!!!! I got lucky to be able to apply for the permit and now I can not wait to show people what kids like me (D.R.E.A.M.E.R.S) can actually bring to the economy, infrastructure, and culture of this great country.
So by choosing me, you are all showing your support of the American Dream, and isn’t that the point of the seminar?
To better one’s self? To improve? To grow?
I bet in the majority of companies that are being represented at that seminar you have a substantial amount of people from other countries that are here to live that dream.. to do the $100 start up (Chris Guillebeau), to work at companies like Google/Apple/Oracle all in the Silicon Valley.
Great minds. Americans. Immigrants.
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)
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)
All these guys ^… they were all once “The Little Guy”.
Hope you choose me.
Signed,
The Little Guy.
My older brother’s a dang good photographer. We currently live together in South Korea (from Oregon). I’m a filmmaker and he is an english teacher/aspiring photographer. Biggest trouble is: he suffers from depression. He would LOVE to be a full-time photographer, but whenever he reaches out…the doubts and depression and fear grab onto him and drag him back. I think this opportunity could truly rejuvenate his creative spirit…(not to mention my own)…and energize him to press on. It would be stellar to bring him to an amazing place where he can hear and learn from the best minds of today. Plus, I’d love to hear about your Kilimanjaro Journey in person.
잘 가요!
-S from Korea,
I’ve been struggling to launch a business for the last year and the materials produced by both the Creative Live team and Chase’s blog have helped really mold my approach for my next attempt.
Dealing with chronic pain and managing one’s life to the point of starting your day on a solid baseline can be excruciatingly difficult. It’s moments like those days where the pain is unbearable that you can barely leave the house, that Creative Live has really been a blessing for me. Being able to learn at my own pace and push through the down moments and having the information stick has meant everything to me.
You want a compelling answer? How about never giving up. See, I’ve already won. Being able to watch this from home tomorrow means I’m going to gain knowledge that will explode the work I’m putting in right now.
Being with you all in the studio just means I get a chance to say “Thank You” face-to-face. I’m looking forward to the material in any case.
Thanks again,
–Carlos