Dave Hale on "Embracing your youth how can your age help you make it big?" When national brands look to target the youth market, they turn to serial entrepreneur, Dave Hale. An Ottawa native, Dave co-founded O2 Entertainment when he was 18 and built the company into North Americas largest mobile paintball attraction in under two yearswhile still working over 60 hours a week as the marketing coordinator at local entertainment institution, Saunders Farm. Building off this success, Dave pursued his true passion and co-founded Re:Cognition Branding, an Ottawa based creative agency which has worked with recognized local and national organizations. Dave also serves as the Director of Marketing for Impact Entrepreneurship Group, Canadas largest youth-run entrepreneurship organization. Since 2004, Impact has been providing the necessary tools, programs, and opportunities to facilitate the entrepreneurial development of young Canadians and has assisted in producing some of the countrys top young minds. Presented at TEDxYouthOttawa on March 4, 2010 at Ashbury College in Ottawa, Canada Video by Adam Langlois, Creative Director, For Youth By Youth (FYBY) News TEDxYouthOttawa Organizers: Adam Moscoe Yusuf Malik David Millen www.tedxyouthottawa.org About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live...
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