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David Drake Joined Judging of Top 3Nikola Tesla – inspired Entrepreneurs

and Innovators

The Soho Loft Media Group Chairman David Drake served as Judge in the Tesla

Entrepreneur Finalists on 8 July !"#$ organi%ed and funded &y Du'an Sto(anovi) of 

True Glo&al *entures that also supports the Tesla S+ien+e Center in ,e- .ork 

 July /$ !"#  – ,E0 .123  — As a member of the Nikola Tesla

Inspired #entrepreneurs and #innovators committee, David Drake participated as a judge on July

8th, !"#$ The committee%s responsibility &as to decide the top ' Nikola Tesla(inspired

entrepreneurs from the "! entrepreneur(finalists$ These "! finalists pitched their ideas to the

committee during an online session$ The top ' Nikola Tesla(inspired entrepreneurs identified by

the committee &ill then receive funds that have been raised through donations to finance their

&inning projects, to be a&arded on "!th July !"#, the "#)th anniversary of Tesla%s birthday$

David Drake, the *hairman of +DJ *apital, The oho +oft -edia .roup and /ictoria .lobal says, 0I

love Tesla, he is really my number one genius of all time$ I have even set up a 1acebook Tesla

2age and 2interest unsung hero album for him$ 1rom the 3alkan states, Tesla rose to become a

futurist, engineer and entrepreneur of all times$ 4e had to navigate his choices around

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entrepreneurship and money like &e do today$ 4o&ever, &hat really makes him stand out are the

decisions he made to focus on innovations, rather than money, &hen he had a choice to go for

money$ That is &hy &e o&e every electric light shining in the &orld today to the discoveries he

made$5 

The judging session for the Tesla(Inspired 6ntrepreneurs and Innovators 1inalists took place at

"!pm ingapore74ong ong73eijing time, 9pm &eden73erlin72aris time, "!am Ne& :ork time,

;am an 1rancisco time$ In his innovations, Nikola Tesla sought to solve problems relating to

connectivity, energy and sustainability$

The chosen Tesla(Inspired 6ntrepreneurs and Innovators should advance the idea that Nikola

Tesla, an American inventor of erbian origin, had demonstrated that entrepreneurship is not all

about money$ Nikola Tesla lived bet&een "8#< and ")9'$ 4e &as a physicist and engineer &ho

made important contributions in the fields of communication, electricity and energy$ 4e had an

estimated '!! patents &ritten in his name, &hich is among the highest held by any person in the

&orld$ Nikola Tesla%s focus &as more on making discoveries in the areas that mattered rather than

the financial impact those discoveries brought$ 4e &as ridiculed for it, but today, he is &ell kno&n

for the design of the modern day alternating current that is used in electrical supply systems$ 4e

 conceptuali=ed the idea for the smartphone technology as early as ")!"$ >$ 3ernard *arlson,

author of the book 0Tesla? Inventor of the 6lectrical Age,5 said of Tesla, 5 4e &as the first to be

thinking about the information revolution in the sense of delivering information for each individual

user$5 

Nikola Tesla invented ho& to harness and distribute light$ 4e developed and used flourescent

bulbs in his laboratory 9! years before the industry 0invented5 it$ Tesla conducted comprehensive

research on @(rays, from its precursor to irlian photography, and is no& the foundation of (rays

in the medical field$ 4e also invented the radio, remote control, electric motor, lasers, the concept

of robotics and more$

Nikola Tesla%s &ork has inspired and continues to inspire many entrepreneurs$ ome of the

notable ones are 6lon -usk &ho founded Tesla -otors and 6ricsson Nikola Tesla$ The Tesla

Inspired 6ntrepreneurs and Innovators project helps advance Nikola Tesla%s spirit, and continues

to inspire more people to become innovators in different fields$

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