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In a world where technology is evolving faster than anyone can fully comprehend, the greatest barrier to progress is not technical complexity — it is fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of making mistakes, fear of obsolescence. This closing keynote confronts that reality head-on, drawing on the deeply personal entrepreneurial journey of Shazam co-founder Dhiraj Mukherjee to offer leaders a different operating model: one rooted in curiosity, empathy, and the courage to act without certainty. From climbing Kilimanjaro unprepared to building a groundbreaking music recognition company with no technology, no database, and no business model, Mukherjee shares candid stories of navigating the impossible — and argues that today's leaders must embrace the same entrepreneurial mindset. In an era where even the creators of AI admit they don't know what comes next, the imperative is clear: learn faster than the market is changing, replace fear with confidence, and lead with the empathy to bring your teams along for the journey.
Speaker: Dhiraj Mukherjee, Co-founder, Shazam
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In a world where technology is evolving faster than anyone can fully comprehend, the greatest barrier to progress is not technical complexity — it is fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of making mistakes, fear of obsolescence. This closing keynote confronts that reality head-on, drawing on the deeply personal entrepreneurial journey of Shazam co-founder Dhiraj Mukherjee to offer leaders a different operating model: one rooted in curiosity, empathy, and the courage to act without certainty. From climbing Kilimanjaro unprepared to building a groundbreaking music recognition company with no technology, no database, and no business model, Mukherjee shares candid stories of navigating the impossible — and argues that today's leaders must embrace the same entrepreneurial mindset. In an era where even the creators of AI admit they don't know what comes next, the imperative is clear: learn faster than the market is changing, replace fear with confidence, and lead with the empathy to bring your teams along for the journey.
Speaker: Dhiraj Mukherjee, Co-founder, Shazam
Learn more about AWS events: https://go.aws/events
Subscribe:
More AWS videos: bit.ly/2O3zS75
More AWS events videos: bit.ly/316g9t4
ABOUT AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosts events, both online and in-person, bringing the cloud computing community together to connect, collaborate, and learn from AWS experts. AWS is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster.
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