{"id":590,"date":"2012-02-03T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scqa.hult.edu\/en\/news\/press-releases\/2012\/february\/jimmy-wales-founder-of-wikipedia-encourages-future-business-leaders-to-fail\/"},"modified":"2019-07-15T15:12:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T15:12:32","slug":"jimmy-wales-founder-of-wikipedia-encourages-future-business-leaders-to-fail-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/jimmy-wales-founder-of-wikipedia-encourages-future-business-leaders-to-fail-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia Encourages Future Business Leaders to Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><strong>(SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 February 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, 2012) <\/strong>Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales delivered an inspirational speech to 600 attendees at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/\">Hult International Business School<\/a>\u2019s San Francisco campus, revealing how companies around the world are adopting the open-source technology that made his free encyclopedia a global success.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">Mr. Wales told Hult students that his success stemmed from initial failures. \u201cThe way I got here is through failure,\u201d said Jimmy Wales. \u201cFor a lot of my projects I should have quit a lot sooner,\u201d reflected Wales to the crowd.\u00a0 Mr. Wales also shared his strategy for the future of the Wikimedia Foundation and commented on ways his organization could achieve this by saying, \u201cWe do think we need more diversity in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">Wales, a champion of Internet freedom, becomes the latest in an impressive line of high-profile speakers to share their knowledge with Hult students. \u201cFor any organization it is important to maintain that willingness to fail and try new things,\u201d said Wales. Students also heard Mr. Wales speak about the most recent SOPA blackout. \u201cThe act would have set certain precedents that are really bad,\u201d said Wales, answering a student question from the audience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">Students, journalists and local Bay Area companies took note of Wales\u2019 views on how advances in open-source content are going to shape the future of global business. He also argued that the business managers of tomorrow \u2013 like Hult\u2019s students \u2013 would have to be active and innovative to keep up with the changes brought about by advances in technology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">\u201cJimmy Wales is a true visionary and his success with Wikipedia has given him a well-deserved reputation as one of the Internet\u2019s most influential people,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/en\/about-hult\/meet-our-people\/stephen-j-hodges\/\">Dr. Stephen Hodges<\/a>, President of Hult International Business School. \u201cExposing Hult students to current business issues and trends that are impacting our international community, allows them to experience live what it takes to be a successful business leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: auto auto 0pt;\"><strong>About Hult International Business School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hult is the world&#8217;s most international business school with campuses in Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai, and Shanghai. The School offers a range of business-focused programs including MBA, Executive MBA, Master and Undergraduate degrees. Hult\u2019s one-year MBA program is ranked in the top 30 in the world by <em>The Economist<\/em> and among the top 100 by the <em>Financial Times<\/em>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/\">www.hult.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Grow your leadership capabilities with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/en\/programs\/mba\/\">MBA in international business<\/a> at Hult. To learn more, take a look at our blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/why-every-leader-needs-growth-mindset\/\">Why every leader needs a growth mindset<\/a>, or give your career a boost with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/en\/programs\/masters\/international-business\/\">Masters in International Business<\/a>. Download a brochure or get in touch today to find out how Hult can help you to learn about the business world, the future, and yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 February 3rd, 2012) Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales delivered an inspirational speech to 600 attendees at Hult International Business School\u2019s San Francisco campus, revealing how companies around the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia Encourages Future Business Leaders to Fail | Hult International Business School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales delivered an inspirational speech to 600 attendees at Hult 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