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Jothy’s speaking program
Are you facing a challenge or crisis that seems too much to bear? Jothy Rosenberg was 16 when he lost his right leg to deadly bone cancer and 19 when the cancer spread to his lungs. Things got even worse when his doctor warned: “When this cancer metastasizes, no one has survived.” That’s when young Jothy left home to become a ski bum until he dropped dead.
But 36 years later, Jothy Rosenberg is not only still alive ? he’s living the life of his dreams! In his inspirational, life-changing talks, he reveals the powerful, actionable steps he used to beat the odds, put his life back together, and not just survive, but thrive! “I don’t just tell people how to deal with extreme challenges and come out better and stronger than ever ? I show them exactly how to do it,” says Jothy, who devotes his life to helping people move from “I can’t” to “I CAN!”
In fact, since his doctor spoke those grim words years ago, Jothy has earned a Ph.D. in computer science, started eight high-tech companies, sold two of them for over $100 million dollars, married and had two kids, become an extreme athlete who has performed amazing feats, and written four books. Featured on NBC’s Today show in 2007 and again in August 2011, and he’s got a reality TV series in the works based on his bestseller Who Says I Can’t. Today, through his speaking engagements and books, Jothy combines his entrepreneurial know-how with his gift for inspiring others. “My talks are not about cancer or disability,” says Jothy. “Those were the things that knocked me flat for a while, but no one is left untouched by some sort of life knock-down from which they need to bounce back.” You’ll leave Jothy’s life-changing talks filled with hope and confidence that you can beat any obstacle life throws your way.
Keynotes & Seminars:
Who Says I Can’t
Does your group need a positive, inspirational story from an ordinary person who triumphed over a life-threatening situation? In this lively talk, Jothy tells the story of an everyman who overcame almost unbearable odds. Unlike talks by celebrity motivators, this talk is for everyday people who find it hard to identify with politicians, movie stars, or Olympic athletes, but can relate to a powerful story of how someone just like them beat the odds. You’ll learn how Jothy used sports to repair his self-image and regain his self-confidence, and you’ll watch an exciting video that shows him in action as he participates in extreme sports. Group after group has been brought to tears before they were brought to their feet cheering ? and everyone leaves this talk resolving to remove the word “can’t” from their vocabulary and their lives.?
War Stories of an Incorrigible Entrepreneur
In a series of fascinating and humorous stories, Jothy recounts the good, the bad and the ugly of startups and entrepreneurship so that you’ll have a better startup experience. Aimed at past, present and future entrepreneurs, Jothy draws on his 20 years’ experience launching and/or running eight high-tech startups to clarify what you need to know and what you should ask before forming or joining a startup. You’ll learn about business models and why they matter, how to evaluate a business plan and company management, what you must know about the financing and capital structure of startups, and many other issues that are often overlooked. Jothy is a seasoned veteran of high-tech startups, eight as founder and three as investor. He has had successes (two companies he founded sold for $100M+) and failures, and he has raised over $85M in venture capital from more than a dozen firms.
Jothy Rosenberg is an entrepreneur who has founded and/or run high-tech startups since 1988. He’s the author of three successful technical books, and the inspirational Who Says I Can’t, the story of how, as a two-time cancer survivor, he used sports to regain his self-esteem and rebuild his life. Jothy is a frequent speaker at corporate conferences, universities, medical centers, schools and clubs, and has appeared at events for ESPN, Netflix, First American Title Insurance, Massachusetts General Hospital, Duke Medical Center, The Naval War College, and many others.
A sought-after media guest, Jothy has been featured on The Today Show, Fox, CBS radio and in USA Today, The Boston Globe, and The Boston Herald. He’s a black-diamond skier, Class IV-V whitewater rafter, open water swimmer (19X Alcatraz Sharkfest finisher), and has raised over $120,000 for the world-renowned Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through bike-a-thons. Jothy has received numerous awards, including the Heroes Among Us Award from the Boston Celtics and the Katie Lynch Inspirational Speaker Award from the Lynch Foundation. He’s the creator and host of the upcoming TV series Who Says I Can’t, which features stories of incredible men and women who have suffered a life knock-down but used sports to rebuild their lives.
For Colleges & Universities |
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Inspirational book talk |
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| Synopsis: | Knocked down by three crises as a teenager (loss of leg, loss of lung, death sentence from metastasized cancer), and having to cope with all of this plus a year of chemotherapy as a college sophomore, Jothy fought back using sports to regain his self-confidence and to over-achieve, to the point where he became a highly competitive (some say extreme) athlete (with no regard for disability), and applied that self-confidence to other aspects of life earning a PhD, authoring three successful technical books, and becoming a serial high-tech entrepreneur. With a 39-year perspective he conveys simple but powerful (and frequently funny) lessons for how to survive, thrive and ultimately give back to not only overcome what knocks you down or holds you back, but to do better than you or anyone around you thought remotely possible. Specific themes from the book are highlighted through the telling of funny but inspiring stories:
His 4 min video, shown at the end of his talk, will motivate everyone in the audience to “get up and go do it” and never ever whine or make excuses again. |
| Audience: | Incoming freshman (orientation), undergraduates, graduate students |
| Length: | 30 – 45 minutes |
| Fee: | Negotiable. Out-of-pocket expenses added outside NE |
| Booking: | Send email to speaking@whosaysicant.net with date requests after checking the already committed dates in the speaking calendar |
For Schools (elementary, junior high & high school) |
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Inspirational book talk for kids |
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| Synopsis: | For kids Jothy gets especially interactive. He challenges them about what they would do if their friend suddenly got knocked down hard, was in the hospital, was changed and had to deal with a disability. He shows them his prosthesis and tells the story about how he came about needing it. The kids stay glued to their seats as they hear the heart-rending story that still keeps a constant optimistic and sometimes funny backdrop. He teaches kids what it takes to fight back against limitations life or others place on us. To keep things moving and the kids engaged, he inserts his ~4 min video of his extreme (one-legged) sports exploits in the middle of the talk. After some Q&A to let the kids get their pent up questions in, he does some demonstrations that totally wow the kids. At the end, when every kid gets a blue plastic wrist band that says “Who Says I Can’t” the kids vow to eliminate the word Can’t from their classes and their lives. |
| Audience: | Kids from 2nd grade through high school seniors have enthusiastically received my talks. |
| Length: | 30 – 45 minutes |
| Fee: | Donation to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in lieu of fee. Travel expenses added outside Boston area. |
| Booking: | Send email to speaking@whosaysicant.net with date requests after checking the already committed dates in the speaking calendar |
For business & entrepreneurial groups |
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War Stories of an Incorrigible Entrepreneur for business & association meetings |
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| Synopsis: | Option 1: For sales meetings, customer conferences, association meetings or other business events, this is a very powerful and inspirational message to send your constituents. Jothy mixes the inspirational elements of his book Who Says I Can’t with his hands on experience as an entrepreneur and business leader. What prepared him to start and run seven startups? What gave him the strength to come close to missing payroll in the early days of several of those startups? And when investors came-a-calling looking for someone’s head to roll? Nothing that was thrown at him as an entrepreneur funding and running bare-bones startups could come close to what happened to him as a teenager. There are a lot of lessons about how to deal with difficult business as well as life situations. Jothy delivers these lessons in a clear, powerful yet funny way that will get people off their feet. |
| Audience: | Company employees, customers, partners; association members |
| Synopsis: | Option 2: Aimed at business students, faculty and highly technically trained individuals who are interested in starting or joining a new startup, Jothy uses the experience he gained from starting and/or running 7 high tech startups from his own computer science training to help his audience gain practical insights into what they need to know, what they should ask, and how they should decide if the startup they want to form or join makes good sense for them. He will talk about business models and why they matter, how to evaluate the business plan and management of the company, what they need to know about the financing and capital structure of the startup and many other issues that technical people tend to overlook. All this so they can ultimately be more successful and have a better startup experience. Jothy is a 20-year veteran of high-tech startup after startup, ten in all. He has had successes (two companies he founded sold for $100M+) and failures. He has raised over $85M in venture capital from over a dozen firms. He has had numerous boards of directors. He has scars. In a series of stories, all told with a wry sense of humor, Jothy will elucidate the good, the bad and the ugly of startups and entrepreneurship. Topics include:
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| Audience: | Business students, entrepreneurs, those working at startups |
| Length: | 45 – 60 minutes |
| Fee: | Negotiable. Plus out-of-pocket travel expenses |
| Booking: | Send email to speaking@whosaysicant.net with date requests after checking the already committed dates in the speaking calendar |
For medical audiences |
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The medical grand rounds talk |
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| Synopsis: | Pulling no punches, Jothy Rosenberg, a PhD in computer science and a 54-year-old survivor of metastasized osteosarcoma, speaks to the medical community as a lay person about what it is like to live for 38 years with a poorly done amputation, with the loss of a lung, with being told at age 19 (after the cancer metastasized to his lung) that no one had previously survived this scenario, and with the effects of intense chemotherapy. Topics include:
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| Audience: | Medical: orthopedists, oncologists, PAs, nurses, physical therapists, prosthetists |
| Length: | 40 plus 20 for Q&A |
| Fee: | Negotiable. Plus out-of-pocket travel expenses |
| Booking: | Send email to speaking@whosaysicant.net with date requests after checking the already committed dates in the speaking calendar |
For IT professionals working in medium to large corporations |
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The Future is Cloudy from The Cloud at Your Service book |
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| Synopsis: | The Cloud at Your Service is Jothy Rosenberg’s newest book published by Manning. The book is co-authored by seasoned Gomez executive Arthur Mateos; both authors use, understand, and appreciate the implications of Cloud Computing deeply. More importantly, Jothy has a history of being able to explain complex (and over-hyped) topics in a way that is usable and actionable by the audience. In this talk, which follows the outline of his book, he will cover:
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| Audience: | CIOs, CTOs, IT Architects, other IT staff personnel |
| Length: | 45 |
| Fee: | Negotiable. Plus out-of-pocket travel expenses |
| Booking: | Send email to speaking@whosaysicant.net with date requests |
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