If you’re looking to start your own online business, but lack inspiration- this post is for you. Anytime I feel a bit down and need something to pick me up and get back into that hustling mode- I turn to TED talks. Seriously, there’s nothing better than listening to the inspiring stories of people I admire. Let me share some of my favourite ones with you all!

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7 Ted Talks That Will Help You Get Inspired & Start Your Own Business

#1 Programming your mind for success
Carrie Green started her first online business at the age of 20, whilst studying Law at the University of Birmingham. Within a few years she took the business global, selling throughout the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and Europe and receiving over 100,000 hits on the website every month. In 2011 Carrie launched the Female Entrepreneur Association as a way to help inspire and connect female entrepreneurs from around the world. The network has grown to over 140,000 women and they now produce a digital magazine, This Girl Means Business, weekly videos, free online classes and more.

#2 The greatest TED Talk ever sold
With humour and persistence, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock dives into the hidden but influential world of brand marketing on his quest to make a completely sponsored film about sponsorship. (And yes, onstage naming rights for this talk were sponsored too. By whom and for how much? He’ll tell you.)

#3 How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals
How you define Stephen Duneier depends on how you came to know him. Some define him as an expert institutional investor, while others know him as a large-scale installation artist, avid outdoorsman, professor, decision strategist, coach, business leader, mindfulness extremist, author, speaker, daredevil or Guinness world record holder. In his talk, Stephen explains that what truly defines him aren’t titles, but an approach to decision making that transformed him from someone who struggled with simple tasks to a guy who is continuously achieving even his most ambitious dreams.

#4 The single biggest reason why startups succeed
Bill Gross has founded a lot of startups, and incubated many others — and he got curious about why some succeeded and others failed. So he gathered data from hundreds of companies, his own and other people’s, and ranked each company on five key factors. He found one factor that stands out from the others — and surprised even him.

#5 Stop making excuses. Create your own reality
Gary is a relentless entrepreneur and driven philanthropist with a footprint on four continents; broad experience spanning entrepreneurship, M&A, business turnarounds, and Fortune 50 board directorships. Seasoned in structuring the macro-level dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems, Gary has been featured in industry-leading publications such as the Harvard Business Review, Inc. and the New York Times, and delivered over 50 presentations to audiences around the World on many topical facets of entrepreneurship.

#6 How to build a Billion Dollar app?
Apps have changed the way we communicate, shop, play, interact and travel and their phenomenal popularity has presented possibly the biggest business opportunity in history. George gives you exclusive access to the secrets behind the success of the select group of apps that have achieved billion-dollar success.

#7 How to build a Billion Dollar app?
If you want to build a business that lasts, there may be no better place to look for inspiration than your own immune system. Join strategist Martin Reeves as he shares startling statistics about shrinking corporate lifespans and explains how executives can apply six principles from living organisms to build resilient businesses that flourish in the face of change.

I hope you’re pumped! Starting your own business is so exciting and I’m really excited to see you’re taking a step towards making your dreams come true! Let me know which speech was your favourite!