Patrick J. McGinnis

Patrick J. McGinnis

NY, US
Entrepreneur, creator of the terms FOMO and FOBO & author of the international bestseller The 10% Entrepreneur. Use entrepreneurship to foster innovation at work, live your best life, and be a leader.

Are you searching for a way to foster an entrepreneurial culture inside your company? When your competitors embrace innovation, do you feel FOMO?

If you're looking for someone to help you answer these questions, Patrick can provide the answers to your organization.

Patrick McGinnis is a venture capitalist, founder of Dirigo Advisors, and the author of the international bestseller "The 10% Entrepreneur," published by Penguin in 2016 and translated into ten languages as of 2018.

He's also credited by Boston Magazine, MSNBC, Cheddar TV and Inc magazine as the creator of the term "FOMO," or Fear of Missing Out.

Patrick has traveled to over 80 countries and is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and French.

As a seasoned business speaker, Patrick inspires and empowers attendees to unleash their entrepreneurial talents and ditch FOMO, not only for their personal benefit but also to change their companies' outlooks towards innovation and industry leadership.

What will your audience learn from Patrick's presentations?

  • Why Everyone Must Learn To Think Like An Entrepreneur to Diversify Their Career and Build New Skills
  • Why Entrepreneurship is no longer an all-or-nothing choice and how anyone can be 10% Entrepreneur to explore new ventures outside of their day jobs.
  • How to Take Ownership of Your Entrepreneurial Education For the Benefit of Your Employer
  • How to Empower and Motivate your Employees, Increase their Loyalty and Reduce Turnover.
  • Why #FOMO and #FOBO Are Stalling Your Career and Your Life - And How to Beat Them
  • How Living in a FOMO world makes you a trend follower, instead of a leader.
  • How to Stop Waiting for Better Options to Come Along, and Take Decisive Action as a Business Leader?
  • How to Stop Corporate FOMO and FOBO and Act Decisively.

As a keynote speaker focused on entrepreneurship and innovation, Patrick has given talks for more than 15 companies and institutions around the world. These include: Google UK, Google NYC, DoubleClick, Viacom, the World Bank, Harvard Business School, Endeavor, IVY - The Social University, Georgetown University, Cambridge University, and events organized by the US State Department and US Embassies in nearly ten countries on four continents, among many others.

Your company vision and your own vision about your future will change radically after watching one of Patrick's acclaimed, actionable talks. If you're ready to lead your audience through a journey towards a more vibrant, entrepreneurial-focused life, do not hesitate to contact Patrick.

Are you searching for a way to foster an entrepreneurial culture inside your company? When your competitors embrace innovation, do you feel FOMO?

If you're looking for someone to help you answer these questions, Patrick can provide the answers to your organization.

Patrick McGinnis is a venture capitalist, founder of Dirigo Advisors, and the author of the international bestseller "The 10% Entrepreneur," published by Penguin in 2016 and translated into ten languages as of 2018.

He's also credited by Boston Magazine, MSNBC, Cheddar TV and Inc magazine as the creator of the term "FOMO," or Fear of Missing Out.

Patrick has traveled to over 80 countries and is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and French.

As a seasoned business speaker, Patrick inspires and empowers attendees to unleash their entrepreneurial talents and ditch FOMO, not only for their personal benefit but also to change their companies' outlooks towards innovation and industry leadership.

What will your audience learn from Patrick's presentations?

  • Why Everyone Must Learn To Think Like An Entrepreneur to Diversify Their Career and Build New Skills
  • Why Entrepreneurship is no longer an all-or-nothing choice and how anyone can be 10% Entrepreneur to explore new ventures outside of their day jobs.
  • How to Take Ownership of Your Entrepreneurial Education For the Benefit of Your Employer
  • How to Empower and Motivate your Employees, Increase their Loyalty and Reduce Turnover.
  • Why #FOMO and #FOBO Are Stalling Your Career and Your Life - And How to Beat Them
  • How Living in a FOMO world makes you a trend follower, instead of a leader.
  • How to Stop Waiting for Better Options to Come Along, and Take Decisive Action as a Business Leader?
  • How to Stop Corporate FOMO and FOBO and Act Decisively.

As a keynote speaker focused on entrepreneurship and innovation, Patrick has given talks for more than 15 companies and institutions around the world. These include: Google UK, Google NYC, DoubleClick, Viacom, the World Bank, Harvard Business School, Endeavor, IVY - The Social University, Georgetown University, Cambridge University, and events organized by the US State Department and US Embassies in nearly ten countries on four continents, among many others.

Your company vision and your own vision about your future will change radically after watching one of Patrick's acclaimed, actionable talks. If you're ready to lead your audience through a journey towards a more vibrant, entrepreneurial-focused life, do not hesitate to contact Patrick.

Decisive: Beat FOMO, Banish FOBO, & Manage Your Life and Your Work With Conviction

Have you been online in the past year? If you have, then you've definitely heard about FOMO. "Fear of Missing Out" is now an epidemic, but when Patrick coined the term in 2004, he had no idea that it would one day be in the Oxford Dictionary.

We live in a world full of distractions, many of them disguised as opportunities. They sabotage our decision-making processes and turns us into followers, instead of leaders. Worse of all, they steal our sanity by making us afraid of missing out on...

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The 10% Entrepreneur: Live your Startup Dream without Quitting your Day Job

Are you dreaming of having your own business, but can't (or don't want to) leave your day job to do so? Do you believe that you can only be an entrepreneur if you start a company?

When it comes to entrepreneurship, you can have your cake and eat it too. Stop feeling like you must choose between the stability of your day job and the excitement of entrepreneurship.

Instead, let Patrick show you how to use at least 10% of your time and if possible, 10% of your money, to get...

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Empowering Every Employee to Build an Entrepreneurial Culture

We live in a time of rapid change, and companies are hungry for fresh ideas and creative leadership. Those who don't innovate will go the way of the flip phone.

Those who do, in contrast, change the world.

Companies such as Google understood this and took it to the next level. By establishing successful entrepreneurship programs for their workforce, employees have a space to work on their side projects and bring back what they learned to their day jobs. By doing so, they have built...

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#GenerationFOMO How to Unleash the Entrepreneurial Power of Millennials

Right now, there are more than 50 million Millennials in the US workforce. 40% of them have at least one side job going on besides their 9-5, which they use to build new skills, develop a deeper network or explore a passion.

Instead of feeling threatened by this stat, companies have a big opportunity on their hands to leverage Millennials' entrepreneurial spirit.

The best way to do it is by acknowledging and supporting their employees' entrepreneurial interests and finding...

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Adventure Capitalism: Innovating at the Frontier

If you want to succeed as an entrepreneur, you no longer need to do the pilgrimage to Silicon Valley. If you've got an Internet connection, a smartphone, and perhaps a laptop, you're in business. Thus, there's never been a better time to be an entrepreneur. You can even start from your own bed!

Patrick McGinnis has built his career at the frontlines of global entrepreneurship, with over 20 investments in 4 continents. He has invested in ventures in countries such as Pakistan,...

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