{"id":1066,"date":"2011-04-28T00:42:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T21:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2013-08-26T18:19:35","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T23:19:35","slug":"tedxdeadsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/tedxdeadsea\/","title":{"rendered":"TEDxDeadSea 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"colorbox-1066\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TEDxDeadSea_Logo_reasonably_small.jpg\" align=\"right\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Just a quick note: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/tedx\" rel=\"follow\">TED<\/a> is coming to Jordan in the form of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tedxdeadsea.com\/\" rel=\"follow\">TEDxDeadSea<\/a> this Saturday (April 30, 2011), at the Kempinski Hotel in (cue tautology) the Dead Sea, Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been honored with the opportunity to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tedxdeadsea.com\/?p=1350\" rel=\"follow\">speak at this event<\/a>, and will be discussing my take on entrepreneurship and some of the obstacles of running an international company from the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to all the exciting speakers and performers that will be at TEDxDeadSea and would love to meet anyone interested in engaging in some quality, thought-provoking talk! In the meantime, you can follow me <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mqudsi\" rel=\"follow\">@mqudsi<\/a>, NeoSmart Technologies at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neosmart\" rel=\"follow\">@neosmart<\/a>, and TEDxDeadSea at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TEDxDeadSea\" rel=\"follow\">@TEDxDeadSea<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a quick note: TED is coming to Jordan in the form of TEDxDeadSea this Saturday (April 30, 2011), at the Kempinski Hotel in (cue tautology) the Dead Sea, Jordan. 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