TEDx Breda

“The Hardest Culture To See Is Your Own.”

Fleur has lived and worked across the Netherlands, Sydney, London and New York, and now leads a global team across 11 countries. She explores why globally connected people can still misunderstand one another — and what those misunderstandings reveal about ourselves.

"What can street vendors teach us about resilience?".

Chintan has spent years studying informal and micro-entrepreneurs, from street vendors in India to now Dutch ZZP’ers. He has seen how people create huge societal value with no investors, no large teams, just skill, courage and determination.

Yet, we rarely stop to think about what these entrepreneurs represent and how they do it. They adapt when technology changes, regulations are unclear or rents rise. They create new products, build relationships and find new ways forward. They innovate without calling it innovation.

For many of us, resilience means not breaking or bouncing back after a fall. But for millions of small entrepreneurs, resilience means waking up every day and finding a way forward, even when the system was never built for them in the first place. They don't just bounce back, they thrive.

Chintan invites us to look beyond the boardroom for lessons in entrepreneurship and resilience.

Because perhaps the future of entrepreneurship will look less like a corporate tower, and more like a market hall. And what if some of our biggest business lessons are waiting for us on the sidewalks? Let's discover this idea together!

“I wasn’t behind, I was rebuilding.”

Noor brings an honest perspective on expectations, failure and the energy it takes to rebuild your own path.

“How popular culture reveals our deepest struggles.”

Artem brings together journalism, the experiences of Ukrainian refugees, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Grand Theft Auto V to explore how we search for meaning and purpose in a chaotic world.

“The transformative power of altered states of consciousness.”

Anna is a psychedelic facilitator and birth doula who invites us to look beyond stigma and consider altered states as another way of experiencing what it means to be human.

"How to invest like an artist."

With 15 years of experience as an investment manager and investment fund advisor, Martijn knows how we traditionally think about investing: through numbers, efficiency and expected returns.

But what if we looked at our investments the way an artist looks at their art?

In life, we value the intangible things more, like love, connection and friendship. Yet when it comes to our money, we tend to focus on things that can be calculated, compared and are at scale.

There is a logic behind the way we invest today, but Martijn questions, what if we looked at it this way: what kind of outcome do we want our investments to create?

Artists create from what matters to them, not simply from what makes the most sense on paper. Martijn invites us to explore what investing could look like if we approached it in a similar way, keeping in mind what we value in life.

A first-time TEDxBreda pitcher exploring how travel can create connection and empathy.