05 Nov November 5, 2020 – Lean Entrepreneur Brant Cooper, TBS TV Star James ‘Murr’ Murray and E&Y Winner Dr. B.S. Ajaikumar
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Brant Cooper – Founder/CEO at Moves the Needle and New York Times Bestselling Author of The Lean Entrepreneur
Brant Cooper is the Co-Founder and CEO of Moves the Needle Group, which has advised the innovation practices of leading companies such as Qualcomm, Intuit, Capital One, Pitney Bowes, and 7-11. With over two decades of expertise helping companies bring innovative products to market, Brant blends agile, design thinking, and lean methodologies to ignite entrepreneurial action within large organizations. His startup career includes Tumbleweed, Timestamp, WildPackets, inCode, and many others. He has experienced IPO, acquisition, rapid growth, and crushing failure. Brant has a unique take on disrupting our current way of thinking in order to be closer to customers, move faster, and act bolder. Brant also serves as a global keynote speaker, mentor to entrepreneurs, and trusted advisor to corporate executives. His mission is to teach leaders how to find personal and economic growth through creating new value for fellow humans. Brant is the New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Entrepreneur, and has also authored The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development; the first purpose-written book to discuss Lean Startup and Customer Development concepts.
James Murray – Co-Creator of truTV’s Impractical Jokers and Member of the Tenderloins Comedy Troupe
James Stephen Murray is a writer, executive producer, and actor, best known as “Murr” on truTV’s Impractical Jokers, the #1 show on Comedy Central in the United Kingdom and India. He is also one of the stars of the TV show The Misery Index on TBS along with his comedy troupe, The Tenderloins. James has worked as the Senior Vice President of Development for NorthSouth Productions for over a decade. James is also the best-selling author of several sci-fi thrillers, including his latest one, Obliteration: An Awakened Novel.
Dr. B.S. Ajaikumar – Founder and CEO at HealthCare Global Enterprises
Dr. B.S. Ajaikumar is the Chairman and CEO of HealthCare Global (HCG), a SouthAsian healthcare provider founded to realize his vision of making advanced cancer care accessible to all. Ajaikumar’s contribution to the field of cancer care in India and his achievements as a first-generation physician entrepreneur have been widely recognized. He has been awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the CII Regional Emerging Entrepreneurs Award, the BC Roy Award by the Indian Science Monitor, and the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award. Ajaikumar has been a practising oncologist in the United States and India for more than three decades, and has completed his residency training in radiotherapy from the MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute of the University of Texas. In his book, Excellence Has No Borders, Ajaikumar recounts the challenges and successes on the path to becoming a doctorpreneur, showing how tenacity, hard work, and self-confidence can go a long way in achieving the unimaginable.