David Orban, Managing Advisor Beyond Enterprizes

David Orban was an early adopter of Bitcoin in 2010 and Ethereum at its launch in 2014. He is the Managing Advisor for the blockchain advisory firm, Beyond Enterprizes. Orban serves on the Faculty of and acts as Advisor to the Singularity University, at the NASA Research Park. He is the author of Something New, on artificial intelligence, available in English, Italian, and Spanish. As a speaker, Orban has given over 100 talks worldwide. He is a mentor for the Thiel Fellowship, a Scientific Advisory Board Member for the Lifeboat Foundation, and an Advisor to the Institute of Ethics and Emergent Technologies. He was the Chairman of the Board, and is an Advisor to Humanity+, promoting scientific advancement and emerging innovation for social impact. David Orban’s personal motto is “What is the question I should be asking?” to help build a better world.

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Creativity in Business

Creativity is usually not  much of a requirement in big corporations – they have systems to squash that!  However it is critical in startups especially at the outset.  Creativity is not just painting pictures or playing music or writing poetry but is actually about self expression i.e. expression from the heart.  It comes in many forms dependent only upon the creator’s talents.  I remember years ago when educating myself about pitching for venture, that I read somewhere how venture capitalists are often attracted to the creativity & passion of a lot of entrepreneurs.  Generally these are qualities that are not as common amongst venture capitalists.

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