Great Big Story is a division of CNN that creates micro-documentaries and short films about noteworthy people, projects, fascinating science, and origins of amazing things. The thesis of Great Big Story is to cinematically
present
to the viewer amazing things from around the world. CNN reached out to me in 2018 and asked I would be open to them doing a documentary about me and the creation and impact of the GeoOrbital wheel. The video that they put
together
after only a few days of shooting is amazing!
Check out the Great Big Story YouTube channel for amazing cinematic storytelling about the world that we all share.
ABC’s SHARK TANK needs no introduction. Since it premiered in 2009 it has been the top forum to showcase entrepreneurs and emerging companies. The show features a panel of celebrity investors (the SHARKS) and
airs
during primetime on one the world's top TV networks, it is often considered a top honor to be selected and aired. Many of the ideas and are cutting-edge and SHARKS pride themselves on providing honest, and often brutal feedback
making the show extremely popular and entertaining to watch.
In 2017 was honored to have the opportunity to duke it out on primetime TV with the SHARKS in the TANK – and I think I held my own. Two of the SHARKS
ended
up buying multiple products form us and Kevin O’Leary and I met up for a while after the show aired and really dove in on the most pressing topics
affecting
innovation today.
The Edison Awards are sometimes referred to as "The Oscars of Innovation" and are given annually in the name of Thomas Edison, one of the best-known inventors in history. The Edison Awards “symbolize the
persistence and excellence in innovation …. award winners represent game-changing products, services and excellence and leadership in innovation,” and are judged by a panel of more than 3,000 of the world’s leading executives.
The video that I included was filmed before I was announced as a winner of a Gold Edison Award (the top honor), and beating out several household names for innovation and excellence.
The Discovery Chanel is another household name that is available in 409 million households worldwide. It mainly provides documentary television programming focused primarily on popular science, technology, and history. Amazingly
they found my company while we were still completely bootstrapped, and in “stealth mode,” we desperately needed to sell our first Securities and were just starting to present the GeoOrbital wheel to a very select group of investors.
Somehow,
the Discovery Channel found out about us getting ready to launch and reached-out, asking to be the very first to air us to the world.
Within a week, they had a 7-person video crew at our temporary prototyping space and
began filming. This was the first time that we were on TV, and the wheels that you see are very early prototypes that made it through many more iterations before being released to the public. To this day it is a mystery how the
Discovery Channel found out about us.
The IDE Conference is a celebration of innovation-driven entrepreneurship, which brings together hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors, academics, and members of the technology community. The 2018 Conference
occurred
in Bangkok, Thailand as a collaboration between the MIT Enterprise Forum and the Thai Chamber of Commerce.
I was invited to keynote at the “Think Big Act Small” symposium to talk about invention and how all of us
can
change the world with our thoughts if we are able to get into the right state of mind. This video is an excerpt of my longer talk about creating a framework for building comfort with your inherent ability to invent.