- Described as ‘one of the most influential entrepreneurs on the planet’
- Started his own digital media agency aged 11
- Employed 15 full-time staff members at the age of 16
- He inspires young people to create their digital journey
Ben Towers is one of ‘the most influential entrepreneurs on the planet’ whilst still only being 21 years old. He started in business aged 11 and has since successfully exited his marketing agency, invested in disruptive start-ups, advised Governments & PLCs, and inspired millions.
At the age of 16 years, Ben was described as one of the most influential teenagers by The Sunday Times.
Since then, Ben Towers has inspired millions with his personal broadcasts and appearances worldwide. As an advisor, he has an immense following crossing all digital generators, centering his work with Young Enterprise and The Princes Trust. He inspires young people to create their digital journey.
These days Ben Towers is on a mission to tackle the growing mental and physical health issues faced in the workplace. He is also the co-founder of Tahora, a workplace mental wellbeing solution focusing on building community and supporting mental health in the workplace.
Ben Towers – Speaker
Besides his entrepreneurial story, Ben Towers speaks about the wider world of technology and content from the view of someone who has known little else. Considering disruption from new technologies, new influences, and new ways of doing business, he looks at the millennial generation’s expectations with thoughts on the potential lifespan of such digital media as Instagram and Facebook.
Ben Towers lives in the UK and presents in English.
Speaking Topics
Title: The Key Traits Of An Entrepreneur:
- Visionary – The first thing is you need a vision. You need a north star, something to focus on and align your hearts to achieve. For me now it is mental wellbeing and building community amongst people, for you it could be solving a big data problem using Oracle’s technology.
- Passion – starting from a young age, working in between school time and in the evening because I was passionate about what I was building.
- Resilience – the world dislikes innovators, the people who go against the norm, for me being a young entrepreneur I was always breaking the norm with my age, business success, client campaigns, and innovation.
- Agile – we talk about being agile so much at corporates but in the fast-paced ever-developing world we live in this is now more important than ever. Being able to pivot and change as the world adapts is vital to sustainable business innovation. An example of this is me having to pivot my business this year due to Covid-19.