{"id":1081,"date":"2011-05-30T00:58:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T21:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2016-05-14T20:31:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T01:31:25","slug":"tedxdeadsea-everyday-inspirations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/tedxdeadsea-everyday-inspirations\/","title":{"rendered":"TEDx Talk: This is stupid, there has to be a better way!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bPwgkf1aZ9I&#038;list=PL1BD3B8C6DBCAE08F\" rel=\"follow\">my talk<\/a> at TEDxDeadSea last month is now available on the TEDxTalks channel at YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>The premise is finding new ideas for startups and &#8220;entrepreneurships&#8221; based on the concept of &#8220;this is stupid, there has to be a better way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bPwgkf1aZ9I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A copy of my talk at TEDxDeadSea last month is now available on the TEDxTalks channel at YouTube. 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