Secret Billionaire - Brian Teeman

BRIAN
TEEMAN
THE SECRET
BILLIONAIRE
@brianteeman
https://tee.mn/limmud

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Before I begin

NEVER START
BY SAYING
SORRY
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MEXICO
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POLAND
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CHILE
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USA
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GERMANY
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UNITED
KINGDOM
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PROUD TO BE A
GEEK
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I HAVE A TICKET
TO MARS
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I SPEAK TECH
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IF YOU DON’T
UNDERSTAND
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LET ME KNOW
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I WILL STILL
SPEAK TECH
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I’m not a regular Jewish
internet billionaire.

MARK
ZUCKERBERG
FACEBOOK - $70.8 Billion
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LARRY
ELLISON
ORACLE - $58.7 Billion
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LARRY PAGE
GOOGLE - $48.1 Billion
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SERGEY BRIN
GOOGLE - $46.7 Billion
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STEVE BALLMER
MICROSOFT - $36.3 Billion
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BRIAN TEEMAN
JOOMLA! - £1045.31
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SHOW ME THE
MONEY?
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Growing up in 1984

BIG BROTHER
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BEST MOVIE
EVER
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THE FIRST
MACINTOSH
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REFORM
JUDAISM
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RSY-NETZER
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THREE LIFE
LESSONS
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Lesson One
Make informed decisions

STUDY –
ANCIENT
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STUDY -
MODERN
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DEBATE
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DECIDE
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If you make up
your own mind,
you can only
blame yourself.
GEORGE BEST

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Lesson Two
Tikkun Olam

TIKKUN OLAM
‫עולם‬ ‫תיקון‬
phrase: repair of the world
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We can’t fix all
problems but we
must fix the ones
we can.
BONO

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Lesson Three
Community

STRONGER
TOGETHER
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A dream you
dream alone is
only a dream.
A dream you
dream together
is reality.
John Le...

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Putting it all together

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Knowledge gives
you the power and
community gives
you the strength to
affect change in
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My intro to computers
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UNIVERSITY
DROPOUT
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SHALIACH
Yonatan Ariel
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BUILDING
COMPUTERS
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NESS
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NOT FULFILLED
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CHILDCARE
Leeds Jewish Welfare Board
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BURN OUT
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The year is 1994
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FRIENDS
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O.J. SIMPSON
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NEW
BEGINNINGS

SKYPE
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GOOGLE
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NETFLIX
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PINTEREST
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INSTAGRAM
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SOCIAL MEDIA
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SQUAWK BOX
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WEB BROWSER
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693 WEBSITES
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CHABAD.ORG
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BULLETIN
BOARDS
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ONLINE FRIENDS
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WHAT CAN I DO?
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Life's most
persistent and
urgent question
is, 'What are you
doing for others?'
Martin ...

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Free Software

FREEDOM
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FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT
1941 State of the Union
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FREEDOM OF
SPEECH
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FREEDOM OF
WORSHIP
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FREEDOM FROM
WANT
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FREEDOM FROM
FEAR
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UNITED NATIONS
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FREE(DOM)
SOFTWARE
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RICHARD M.
STALLMAN
Software freedom activist
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FREEDOM TO
RUN
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FREEDOM TO
STUDY
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FREEDOM TO
SHARE
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FREEDOM TO
IMPROVE
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I WANT TO BE
FREE
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1999 the world ends?

Y2K
APOCALYPSE
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“LOADS ‘A’
MONEY”
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GHANA
Kumasi Market
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GHANA BANK IS
Y2K SAFE
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WE CHECKED
ALL SIX
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I HAD IT ALL
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The future is
already here – it’s
just not evenly
distributed.
William Gibson

EQUALITY?
Everyone has the same
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EQUALITY?
Positive discrimination
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EQUALITY!
Remove the barriers
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CAN I USE TECH
TO HELP SOLVE
INEQUALITY?
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CAN I REMOVE
BARRIERS ON
THE WEB?
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ECONOMIC
Remove the cost
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LANGUAGE
Don’t rely on speaking English
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CULTURAL
Don’t push Western values
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EDUCATIONAL
As easy as possible to use
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TECHNICAL
Lowest possible requirements
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GATHERING
TOGETHER
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BOSNIAN
Muslim refugee
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AUSTRALIAN
Methodist Pastor’s husband
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DUTCH
Postman
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FRENCH
Trotskyite
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GIBRALTAR
Karate Sensei
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AMERICAN
Snowboarder
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ENGLAND
Reform Jew
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The whole is
greater than the
sum of its parts.
Aristotle

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Together we created
software for all.

ALL TOGETHER
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JOOMLA!
/ʤuːm.lə/
adverb: altogether, sum, total
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JEWMLA!
/ʤuːm.lə/
noun: software for Jewish
websites
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JOOMLA!
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GEMATRIA
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= JOOMLA
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= FAMILY
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= HAPPY

= FREEDOM
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= PADDED CELL
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From my perspective,
what is important is to
… make sure that
innovation works for
the ...

HURRICANE
KATRINA
Disastersearch.org
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What is Joomla?

SOFTWARE TO
BUILD WEBSITES
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FREE OF COST
FREE TO USE
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4% OF ALL
WEBSITES USE
JOOMLA!
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GOVERNMENTS
Almost every country in the world
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EDUCATION
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LARGE
COMPANIES
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GLOBAL
ORGANISATIONS
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Use, change or duplicate anything you see here
10+
Thousand
Add-ons
30+
Annual
Events
Free
Video
Training
3+
Million
Forum...

THERE IS NO
OFFICE
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NO ONE IS PAID
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organisation in the
world
Proba
bly
The largest
completely volunteer

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What is a volunteer?

VOLUNTEER
A person who freely
offers to take part in
or undertake a task.
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VOLUNTEER
A person who works
for an organisation
without being paid.
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VOLUNTEER
 Lots of time
 Hard worker
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There are eight
rungs in charity.
The highest is when
you help a man to
help himself.
M...

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8 levels of volunteer

Level 1
 Just a little
 Only when asked
 Rarely with a smile
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Level 2
 Only when asked
 As little as possible
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Level 3
 Just enough
 Only when asked
 With a smile
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Level 1 - 3
Needs a volunteer to
find and give others
the tasks to do.
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Level 4
 Before being
asked
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Level 5
 As much as you can
But seeking reward
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Level 6
 Anonymously
 As much as you can
Seeking no reward
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Level 4 - 6
We should all try to
be at least here.
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Level 7
 Unlimited
 With a smile
 Without being asked
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Level 8
Doing something to
help others to be
better volunteers.
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VOLUNTEER
Someone who helps
others to do and be
more.
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This is how we became
billionaires

NOT REGULAR
BILLIONAIRES
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PERCENTAGE
TO CHARITY
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WE GAVE IT ALL
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WE CREATED AN
INDUSTRY
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ALL ACROSS
THE WORLD
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WEBSITE
DEVELOPERS
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PROGRAMMERS
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GRAPHIC ARTISTS
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TRANSLATORS
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COPYWRITERS
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I SHOW YOU
THE WORLD OF
JOOMLA
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APRIL
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AT HOME MOM
Undergoing cancer treatment
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INDIA
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PARTH
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STUDENT TO
CEO
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BOSNIA
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EMIR
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REBUILDING A
COUNTRY
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CAMBODIA
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SAMDY
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RETURNING TO
THE MODERN
WORLD
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AFGHANISTAN
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MICHAEL
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USA
Invalided out of the army
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LIBYA
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TAIMUR
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Nothing is
impossible.
The word itself says
“I'm possible.”
Audrey Hepburn

WE TRY
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JOOMLA!
Together we built a tool that helps
to repair our world.
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JOOMLA!
A tool that created a billion dollar
global industry.
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JOOMLA!
Breaking down barriers between
nationalities, religions and cultures.
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JOOMLA!
Changing the world
one website at a time
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‫תרצו‬ ‫אם‬,
. ‫אין‬‫זו‬‫אגדה‬
Theodor Herzl

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If you will it,
It is no dream.
Theodor Herzl

You can find me at
brian@teeman.net
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QUESTIONS?
Join me for dinner or at the bar
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Secret Billionaire - Brian Teeman

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Secret Billionaire - Brian Teeman