Think Like an Entrepreneur: From Crisis to Opportunity | Cary Singleton | TEDxPepperdineUniversity

Society's reluctance to discuss personal finance hinders our ability to become financially competent," says Cary Singleton, co-founder of the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship. In this passionate talk, Cary shares the innovative approach the Foundation is taking with its new, free digital channel, Million Stories, which harnesses the power of entertainment to captivate, educate and inspire a whole generation to become entrepreneurs/CEOs of their lives. Cary Singleton, Vice President/Director at the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship. The foundation is dedicated to encouraging financial competence using the compelling power of entertainment. Their initiatives, the Million Stories Media channel and Venture Valley esports-style entrepreneurship game, will help generate a national conversation that sparks a movement, empowering their audiences to gain the skills to manage their financial futures with confidence-and think like entrepreneurs. Cary was fortunate to grow up in an entrepreneurial family who encouraged innovation and creative problem-solving. Her multiple careers have included designing and building custom homes, marketing consultation, manufacturing, and business leadership. She was previously active on boards of local and state organizations in Arizona, Oregon and California relating to housing (Habitat for Humanity & National Association of Home Builders), mentoring (Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Tucson Children’s Museum, Paxis/Peacebuilders Violence Prevention), and various arts organizations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@ryangroves5858]

"It's cool to be an entrepreneur, but it's not cool to talk about money." Absolutely brilliant thoughts. Thank you!

[@gwendolynvillar3196]

Amazing! Thank you so much Cary and the Singleton Foundation for all that you do to help people!

[@ciciselfcare]

She is so inspiring! 🎉

[@TheStunningEntrepreneur]

Thanks for sharing these stories!

[@steffijmusic]

This is a masterful presentation! I love the way you are making financial literacy accessible to the masses through an entertaining presentation style with charismatic spokespeople! Genius!

[@fedandfull]

Love what you are doing. Great video!

[@saurabhsinghsajampursingh1532]

I liked first like 💐💖❤️
I've learnt lots from this video 💐💖❤️ 🌹 lovely video .. I'm first viewer of this video.. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@linkernetir]

wow

[@derekstoutland3677]

Such an inspirational story and relevant message for today’s youth. Thank you Cary and the Singleton Foundation for the work you are doing!

[@JackBeNimble-fb1fn]

For another way of looking at it you have to understand that in a real sense 'debt', is in fact a source of 'wealth', it's just a high cost source if your 'wants', or 'needs' are financed with high cost revolving credit. The problem is not people using credit as a source of financing (or wealth), so much as the problem is the banking lobby that extracts from the US Congress the legal right to commit usury at 22% compound interest on unpaid credit balances while they get their liquidity at a rate of 3%.

[@janickimusic]

Nice, that’s true people don’t want to talk about money… prefer talk issues like another Netflix series… talk about important things…

[@kevincullis8708]

There is a lot of work to be done.

[@herohunter3407]

This whole presentation was a sales pitch from someone who got their wealth from their parents. Sure, financial literacy is an issue - but how much information did she actually provide, rather than advertising her product?

[@carysingleton5260]

Hi Hero, just wanted to point out that our "product" is free for everyone.