ENTREPRENEUR BIZ TIPS: Scared to Death: How Being an Entrepreneur Saved My Life | Aaron Dinin | TEDxDuke
Here’s Great Tip: Scared to Death: How Being an Entrepreneur Saved My Life | Aaron Dinin | TEDxDuke
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Aaron Dinin was a successful tech entrepreneur until he was diagnosed with a rare heart condition called Long QT Syndrome (LQTS). He went from trying to build a billion dollar tech company to trying to get out of bed in the mornings without dying. This is the inspiring story of how he used his entrepreneurial experience to regain control of his life and his future. TEDxDuke 2020 This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
4 Replies to “ENTREPRENEUR BIZ TIPS: Scared to Death: How Being an Entrepreneur Saved My Life | Aaron Dinin | TEDxDuke”
I feel you. Thanks for raising awareness for our disease!
Our daughter has prolonged QT syndrome. Was diagnosed in 1986. She had been treated for epilepsy because of fainting spells from age 7. She had her major attack at age 12 while playing volleyball. She had been taken off her epilepsy medicine just a month before as had no episodes. She had three cardiac episodes that night, one on the floor of the gym, one in the helicopter ride to trauma center and one landing at the trauma center. By a miracle the Dr. reading her EKG's at trauma center has just read an article about prolonged QT and recognized it. She was in a coma for 10 days. It has been a life changing experience for us as a family, being tested and recovering from that trauma. We, recently, about 5 years ago went through genetic testing in Madison, Wisconsin because of grandchildren by our other children.
Our daughter is now 47 years old, married and a healthy person. I believe if your child has episodes of fainting, please check this out. Be persistent with your Dr. There even is an organization that is dedicated to this syndrome. Sudden Cardiac Arrythmia Death Syndrome. Thanks for this talk.
All the best to this guy and his daughter. I found it a little disappointing that the guy builds creepy advertising and sales tech.
This quarantine has led me to learn about different subjects and people's stories via TedTalks which is really fun 🙂