Every Company Needs a Kid! | Makenna Riley | TEDxSt Pete Women
TEDx Talks·2025-10-10 16:45

Key Idea - Every company needs a kid to bring creativity, curiosity, and courage [1] - Innovation rarely comes from inside, but from people with fresh ideas and unfiltered imagination [1] - Imagination is more important than knowledge [7] - The greatest ideas are coming from young kids in their bedroom [8] Industry Trend - Entire industries and corporations have vanished because they failed to evolve [1] - Traditional media was becoming outdated due to the rise of streaming platforms and COVID [1] - To stay relevant, companies need to know how to use the internet, AI, and social media [10][12] - Companies need to bridge the gap between generations, experience, and innovation [15] Business Practice - The speaker and her mother grossed over 1 million dollars in revenue within nine months by teaching people how to pitch [4] - The speaker helped 5,000 business owners bring their businesses online [12] - The speaker created financial freedom for thousands of people by the age of 22 [13]