The Secret of How to Think Like an Entrepreneur | Amy Wilkinson | TEDxPaloAltoSalon

everywhere we look the world is changing with technology with political systems even the way we interact with each other how do you not only survive but thrive in a world of change what's the secret sauce of Silicon Valley we're here at the epicenter people are trying to figure that out so I believe the secret is to think like

an entrepreneur I had the great privilege to interview some of the most successful entrepreneurs people like Elon Musk building SpaceX and Tesla the founders of Spanx LinkedIn 23andme companies like Airbnb I'm constantly asked everyone comes up and says who's your favorite entrepreneur and the answer might surprise you my favorite entrepreneurs are Nadine in red this is

my almost 101 year old grandmother and her one two hundred and six year old boyfriend red okay so why why you know why are they my favorite entrepreneurs because they're curious they're constantly learning they're constantly questioning they're overcoming setbacks and they really believe tomorrow will be better than today yes my grandmother has

some aches and pains I mean she's a hundred she's breaking triple digits yes she's retired so she had a career as a nurse and yes she's left the home where she raised her four children and yes she lost her partner her husband after 62 years but she's not complaining and she's not complacent you know she's

challenging the status quo and looking for something better she's a shining example of thinking like an entrepreneur you know she could have thought she was too old to venture out she could have stayed in a retirement center watch TV stayed with the people around there had meals delivered to her room but instead