Seth Godin

Contributed by Acumen Fund summer associate Aden Van Noppen

When Acumen Fund decided to plan our inaugural Student Leaders Workshop, we didn’t know what to expect. Our hunch was that we would have a lot to share with young leaders committed to tackling global poverty and that they would have a lot to share with us. But we could not have predicted the level of energy, inspiration and collaboration that filled our conference room for three days at the end of May!

The second video features our friend Seth Godin, best-selling author and Acumen Advisor. Seth kicked off the workshop by telling the students that leading means deciding to create something with no formula and learning from the inevitable cycles of failure along the way. Seth’s talk set the tone for a weekend of questioning assumptions and deciding to lead. Watch him here:

The student leaders continue to demonstrate the energy in these videos as they work together to support Acumen Fund’s mission—stay tuned for more news of their progress!

“If you could change your life,” Seth asks, “would you?”

Seth Godin just announced an alternative MBA that he’s personally giving to a small group — application deadline is December 14, program starts January 19th, six months with Seth and a select group of people. It sounds amazing. You should tell amazing people you know about it.

Hats off to Seth for caring only about things that are valuable (as opposed to what’s conventional and expected), and for his being totally willing to put his money where his mouth is in terms of creativity, innovation, and break-all-the rules ideas. I’ve no doubt this will be incredible.

Here’s the full scoop: http://www.squidoo.com/Alternative-MBA.

Want to know a little about your professor-to-be? Check out Seth’s talk, “Influencing the Masses”, which he delivered at last month’s Acumen Fund Investor Gathering.