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"Entrepreneur and investor David Cohen is used to picking his favorites.  As the founder and CEO of startup accelerator TechStars, he has invested in over 150 companies, which have collectively raised over a quarter billion dollars in capital and employ over a thousand people.\nWhen we asked David if he'd be interested in sharing his favorite TEDTalks, he jumped at the opportunity.  Below are six talks and the reasons why he chose them.\nKen Robinson says schools kill creativity\n\n\"Entrepreneurship is fundamentally creation. I think we need to expose kids to the ideas of creativity and entrepreneurship at a much younger age. I've spent a bunch of time talking about startups in middle school (you can find links on my blog) and it amazes me how excited they get about the ability to create their own futures and companies.  Startups don't conform, they create.\"\nSteve Jobs: How to live before you die\n\n\"Such a poignant talk. When we find success, we too easily forget that all we amass in this life is only useful in this life. Live before you die, because you're going to die, and you have no idea when it's going to happen. Retirement is a false construct. Live and work and enjoy now, while you can. The future may never come.\"\nPattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense\n\nCarter Emmart demos a 3D atlas of the universe\n\"I've always been fascinated by space and the universe.  My favorite book is \"Pale Blue Dot\" by Carl Sagan. I remember vividly the passage in the book about the satellite passing Saturn looking back at Earth, which was nothing more than a tiny pale blue dot in a streak of light. Every war we've fought, every birth and death, every startup that succeeds or fails - it all happens on that tiny speck. And that distance is relatively small. The expanse of space is truly mind boggling.\"\nStephen Hawking: Questioning the universe\n\n\"Stephen Hawking is one of the great thinkers of our time. Enough said.\"\nJohn Underkoffler: Pointing to the future of UI\n\n\"I'm an investor in John's company, Oblong. I believe we will soon move past the captive interfaces of mice, keyboards, and even touch. John is leading the way.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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