However, he eventually discovered that the most helpful gurus aren't necessarily bestselling self - help authors, world -
famous keynote speakers, or famous workshop leaders — they're unassuming gurus that everyone encounters on their journey through life.
Other important sources of revenue are an annual dinner with
famous keynote speakers, collection of dues from sub-organizations of the local parties like precinct or house district organizations, contributions at summer picnics, a variety of fund raisers, and typically some sort of «club» of regular contributors (e.g. one local party I was involved with had a «century club» for people who gave at least $ 100 per year to the local party).
Not exact matches
For yourself, this means to interview
famous people in your industry, create an event and get successful
keynote speakers, and network as hard as you can.
The poet and founder of the online avant - garde repository UbuWeb, Kenneth Goldsmith, is the
keynote speaker of Frieze Talks, the fair's conversation series; he is perhaps as
famous for inspiring young actors to upend their careers (earlier this year he encouraged Shia LaBeouf to declare his retirement from public life and #stopcreating) as for his long championing of «uncreativity» (he once spent months retyping a copy of The New York Times).
The line for last week's
keynote lecture at the Armory Show was as long as the
speaker's resume; slated to talk was Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic director of the Serpentine Gallery and arguably the most
famous curator in the world.
The line - up of
speakers includes
keynotes by John McAfee (cybersecurity legend, co-founder of McAfee Associates), Tim Draper (world -
famous venture capitalist, founder of Draper Associates), Michael Arrington (founder of TechCrunch and XRP Capital) and features other leaders from the blockchain ecosystem who will talk about best investment strategies and tactics; ICO legal aspects, Internet Of Things and many more topics.