Cynthia Bouthot, founding Partner of the Russia Innovation Collaborative, President of the Collaborative Innovation Group @ TEDxTomsk "To err is human"

"All successful innovators and entrepreneurs made a huge amount of mistakes on their way to success. But people can't call them failures, because in technology world there are no mistakes. To fail is the only way to learn something new. Having encouraged to making mistakes is the best thing we can all do in this world."

About TEDx

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 speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)