David Jones

And she came to me and said, at the time I was young, we were the youngest ad agency that we said, we should do something with young people. We can help empower young people. And so we put this whole idea together about how can we give a platform to brilliant young leaders around the world? And so I trotted off to Google Zeitgeist 2008. I think this video is still on the internet.

And I actually watched it the other day. And it's aged quite well. And I had a video from Kofi Ann, a video from Bob Geldof, and a video from Desmond Tutu all saying they thought this was important. And I think, sorry, just to set the context, this was a time when the iPhone had just been launched. So the iPhone was just coming out and social media was in its infancy.

And I actually watched it the other day. And it's aged quite well. And I had a video from Kofi Ann, a video from Bob Geldof, and a video from Desmond Tutu all saying they thought this was important. And I think, sorry, just to set the context, this was a time when the iPhone had just been launched. So the iPhone was just coming out and social media was in its infancy.

But we sort of sense that there's a really interesting moment happening where for the first time in human history, the youngest adults in the world, they're not just the most responsible or the most knowledgeable, but they're also the most powerful because they understand how to use these platforms better than anyone else. The idea was, how do we give them a bigger platform?

But we sort of sense that there's a really interesting moment happening where for the first time in human history, the youngest adults in the world, they're not just the most responsible or the most knowledgeable, but they're also the most powerful because they understand how to use these platforms better than anyone else. The idea was, how do we give them a bigger platform?

Credit One Young World, and today, it's the world's largest forum for young leaders. We write the largest checks every year to young leaders initiatives around the global goals. They're exceptional young leaders. We have the summit in two and a half weeks. in Montreal, but we bring together 2,000 incredible young leaders from 195 countries.

Credit One Young World, and today, it's the world's largest forum for young leaders. We write the largest checks every year to young leaders initiatives around the global goals. They're exceptional young leaders. We have the summit in two and a half weeks. in Montreal, but we bring together 2,000 incredible young leaders from 195 countries.

So one of the things that makes it really unique is you have the world in a room, all of whom are driving massive change and impact. In fact, it's statistically five times harder to get a scholarship to come to One Young World than it is to get into Harvard. But these are Time 100 members. They're Nobel Peace Prize nominees. They're extraordinary young people, and they're not people who

So one of the things that makes it really unique is you have the world in a room, all of whom are driving massive change and impact. In fact, it's statistically five times harder to get a scholarship to come to One Young World than it is to get into Harvard. But these are Time 100 members. They're Nobel Peace Prize nominees. They're extraordinary young people, and they're not people who

will lead tomorrow they're people who are already leading and then what i did is i gave equity in the company to One Young World. And hopefully one day that's going to be worth a lot of money and we'll be able to get a lot more done. But it's a registered UK charity and 501c3. And it's the impact and the work that the young leaders do is quite remarkable.

will lead tomorrow they're people who are already leading and then what i did is i gave equity in the company to One Young World. And hopefully one day that's going to be worth a lot of money and we'll be able to get a lot more done. But it's a registered UK charity and 501c3. And it's the impact and the work that the young leaders do is quite remarkable.

We publish an impact report every year and we've now impacted the lives or our One Young World ambassadors have impacted the lives of over 50 million people. So it's I think it's one of the things we say at One Young World every year. It's amazing where some of these little ideas can end up. I kind of think back to going to Google site guys and go, hey, we've got this idea.

We publish an impact report every year and we've now impacted the lives or our One Young World ambassadors have impacted the lives of over 50 million people. So it's I think it's one of the things we say at One Young World every year. It's amazing where some of these little ideas can end up. I kind of think back to going to Google site guys and go, hey, we've got this idea.

We want to create this platform for young leaders. And I remember we were on stage with like Kofi Annan and Desmond Tutu and Bill Clinton. Oh, my God. What are all these people? This year, we've got everyone from Jane Goodall to Sylvia. We've got incredible people coming. And it's amazing where these little acorns lead.

We want to create this platform for young leaders. And I remember we were on stage with like Kofi Annan and Desmond Tutu and Bill Clinton. Oh, my God. What are all these people? This year, we've got everyone from Jane Goodall to Sylvia. We've got incredible people coming. And it's amazing where these little acorns lead.

Well, the other quote I love is the, I think it's the Henry Ford one. No one ever built a reputation based on what they said they were going to do. I think it's also very true. I mean, I'm not sure how many of your audience

Well, the other quote I love is the, I think it's the Henry Ford one. No one ever built a reputation based on what they said they were going to do. I think it's also very true. I mean, I'm not sure how many of your audience

budding or current entrepreneurs but the number of people who have a business idea they never do ideas are really easy and honestly whatever your idea is there's someone else in the world who's had it too execution's hard and i think being obsessively focused on when you've had an idea just be ruthlessly focused on on everything you need to do to make that idea successful

budding or current entrepreneurs but the number of people who have a business idea they never do ideas are really easy and honestly whatever your idea is there's someone else in the world who's had it too execution's hard and i think being obsessively focused on when you've had an idea just be ruthlessly focused on on everything you need to do to make that idea successful

We like to have a simple summary, you know, the narrative, oh, it was brilliant. There was one over the weekend, a little video on one of the entrepreneur things I'm obviously following on Instagram, the time that Bill Gates and Microsoft saved Apple by putting 150 million in, you know, and you're like, oh my God, I never knew that. I love the Amazon story on every level.