― Gilles Deleuze,What is the Creative Act
“
A creator only does what
they absolutely need to do.
There has to be a necessity,
otherwise there is nothing
at all.
“
― Steve Jobs
Ifyou haven't found it yet, keep
looking. Don't settle. As with all
matters of the heart, you'll
know when you find it.
And, like any great relationship,
it just gets better and better as
the years roll on.
$60 billion
Ad TechE-commerce & Retail Tech AI (excl. infra & chips)
$
$ $
$83 billion
$185 billion
$475 billion
* Crunchbase, CB Insights, Stanford AI Index, OECD & Tsinghua AI Index, Retail Dive, Retail Tech Investment Tracker, PitchBook, Bain, Marketing Week, AdExchanger,
Digiday, S&P Global Market Intelligence
Cumulative (2000-
2025) VC investment
by industry
All investment
(incl. state,
PEs, corp)
16.
“
― Steve Jobs
Themost powerful person
in the world is the storyteller.
The storyteller sets the
vision, values and agenda of
an entire generation that is
to come.
20.
Likelihood of highincome (US)
* Calculated as a ratio between income potential and likelihood of success (career stability)
** Bureau of Labour Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Indeed, Glassdoor
Surgeon / Anesthetist 9
Corporate lawyer 7.2
Anesthetist nurse (CRNA) 7.2
Software engineer / Data scientist 5.6
Audiologist 3.6
Careers with the highest risk-adjusted income score (RAIC) *
Tech entrepreneur 3.3
Government official 3.2
24.
• Double-entry bookkeeping
•Bills of exchange & letters
of credit
• Merchant law (limited liability,
investment partnerships, etc.)
• Government bonds
• Cross-border trade & currency
(e.g. Florin)
• New dyeing techniques (deep
crimson, multi-stage dyeing, etc.)
• Patterned fabrics (use of drawlooms)
• Marzipan & candied fruits
• Clear glass (”Cristallo")
• Eyeglasses
• World map
Product innovations
Business innovations
“
― Nikola Tesla
Thedesire that guides me in
all I do is the desire to
harness the forces of nature
to the service of humankind.
30.
“
The secret tosuccessful hiring is this:
look for the people who want to change
the world.
― Marc Benioff
Obviously, everyone wants to be
successful, but I want to be looked back
on as very innovative and ultimately
making a big difference in the world.
― Sergey Brin
It's not the technology that changes the
world. It's the dreams behind the
technology that change the world.
― Jack Ma
There are lots of bad reasons to start a
company. But there’s only one good,
legitimate reason, and I think you know
what it is: it’s to change the world.
— Phil Libin
People who are crazy enough to think
they can change the world, are the ones
who do.
― Steve Jobs
Teenagers’ dream careers(US)
* “What Do U.S. Teens Want To Be When They Grow Up?”, Statista, October 2023
Professional athlete Doctor
YouTuber/streamer Actress
Musician Musician
Professional gamer Artist
Doctor YouTuber/streamer
12%
11%
6%
6%
5%
13%
11%
9%
7%
6%
MALE
FEMALE
34.
• Founder ofFreelance Programmers
in 1962 (listed in 1996 as Xansa)
• One of the first software-only
startups
• Pioneer in remote & part-time work
• 99% of the first 300 employees
were women
• Made 70 women employee
millionaires
Stephany (Steve) Shirley
• Founders ofBioNTech (2008)
• Key discoveries in therapeutic
use of mRNA
• “Project Lightspeed” –
development of Covid-19 vaccine
in 10 months
• 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine
• Late stage programs in oncology
(cancer cure)
Özlem Türeci & Uğur Şahin
Editor's Notes
#15 Nvidia / market cap: 4.32 T, vesting period: 4 years, turnover rate: 2.7%
Tesla / market cap: 1.29 T, vesting period: 10 years, turnover rate: 44%
