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July 9, 2015 – NEW YORK — As a member of the Nikola Tesla Inspired #entrepreneurs and #innovators committee, David Drake participated as a judge on July 8th, 2015. The committee’s responsibility was to decide the top 3 Nikola Tesla-inspired entrepreneurs from the 10 entrepreneur-finalists. These 10 finalists pitched their ideas to the committee during an online session. The top 3 Nikola Tesla-inspired entrepreneurs identified by the committee will then receive funds that have been raised through donations to finance their winning projects, to be awarded on 10th July 2015, the 159th anniversary of Tesla’s birthday.
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David Drake Joined Judging of Top 3Nikola Tesla – inspired Entrepreneurs
and Innovators
The Soho Loft Media Group Chairman David Drake served as Judge in the Tesla
Entrepreneur Finalists on 8 July !"#$ organi%ed and funded &y Du'an Sto(anovi) of
True Glo&al *entures that also supports the Tesla S+ien+e Center in ,e- .ork
July /$ !"# – ,E0 .123 — As a member of the Nikola Tesla
Inspired #entrepreneurs and #innovators committee, David Drake participated as a judge on July
8th, !"#$ The committee%s responsibility &as to decide the top ' Nikola Tesla(inspired
entrepreneurs from the "! entrepreneur(finalists$ These "! finalists pitched their ideas to the
committee during an online session$ The top ' Nikola Tesla(inspired entrepreneurs identified by
the committee &ill then receive funds that have been raised through donations to finance their
&inning projects, to be a&arded on "!th July !"#, the "#)th anniversary of Tesla%s birthday$
David Drake, the *hairman of +DJ *apital, The oho +oft -edia .roup and /ictoria .lobal says, 0I
love Tesla, he is really my number one genius of all time$ I have even set up a 1acebook Tesla
2age and 2interest unsung hero album for him$ 1rom the 3alkan states, Tesla rose to become a
futurist, engineer and entrepreneur of all times$ 4e had to navigate his choices around
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entrepreneurship and money like &e do today$ 4o&ever, &hat really makes him stand out are the
decisions he made to focus on innovations, rather than money, &hen he had a choice to go for
money$ That is &hy &e o&e every electric light shining in the &orld today to the discoveries he
made$5
The judging session for the Tesla(Inspired 6ntrepreneurs and Innovators 1inalists took place at
"!pm ingapore74ong ong73eijing time, 9pm &eden73erlin72aris time, "!am Ne& :ork time,
;am an 1rancisco time$ In his innovations, Nikola Tesla sought to solve problems relating to
connectivity, energy and sustainability$
The chosen Tesla(Inspired 6ntrepreneurs and Innovators should advance the idea that Nikola
Tesla, an American inventor of erbian origin, had demonstrated that entrepreneurship is not all
about money$ Nikola Tesla lived bet&een "8#< and ")9'$ 4e &as a physicist and engineer &ho
made important contributions in the fields of communication, electricity and energy$ 4e had an
estimated '!! patents &ritten in his name, &hich is among the highest held by any person in the
&orld$ Nikola Tesla%s focus &as more on making discoveries in the areas that mattered rather than
the financial impact those discoveries brought$ 4e &as ridiculed for it, but today, he is &ell kno&n
for the design of the modern day alternating current that is used in electrical supply systems$ 4e
conceptuali=ed the idea for the smartphone technology as early as ")!"$ >$ 3ernard *arlson,
author of the book 0Tesla? Inventor of the 6lectrical Age,5 said of Tesla, 5 4e &as the first to be
thinking about the information revolution in the sense of delivering information for each individual
user$5
Nikola Tesla invented ho& to harness and distribute light$ 4e developed and used flourescent
bulbs in his laboratory 9! years before the industry 0invented5 it$ Tesla conducted comprehensive
research on @(rays, from its precursor to irlian photography, and is no& the foundation of (rays
in the medical field$ 4e also invented the radio, remote control, electric motor, lasers, the concept
of robotics and more$
Nikola Tesla%s &ork has inspired and continues to inspire many entrepreneurs$ ome of the
notable ones are 6lon -usk &ho founded Tesla -otors and 6ricsson Nikola Tesla$ The Tesla
Inspired 6ntrepreneurs and Innovators project helps advance Nikola Tesla%s spirit, and continues
to inspire more people to become innovators in different fields$
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