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Video: Taïg Khris On What Every Entrepreneur Can Learn From Extreme Sports

“Technology is opening up more ways of using the smartphone,” Khris said. “We want to break up a lot of the established thinking about what your smartphone can do.”

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A true celebrity in France, Taïg completed a spectacular roller blade jump from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris in 2010. He is now facing another life-changing challenge with the launch of OnOff, a mobile app built by a Tallinn-based startup he founded in 2013.

I met Khris in December 2014 when I interviewed him on stage at LeWeb in Paris. The title of the talk: “What every entrepreneur can learn from extreme sports.”

You can read my profile of Khris here:

Meet Onoff CEO Taïg Khris: Extreme sports star wants to be France’s next great entrepreneur
Exclusive Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Learn more. Considering that Taïg Khris has jumped off the Eiffel Tower wearing roller blades, being an entrepreneur is big a…
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And here is that jump:

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