Why So Many Successful Entrepreneurs Have Dyslexia

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0:10 Richard Branson photo: Gulltaggen, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Charles Schwab: Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
0:37 Daniela Zoppi, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
0:55 Kevin Gordon, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
2:40 10% dyslexia figure courtesy of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/dyslexia/
Another source estimates the figure to be between 5 - 10% of school children https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3529660/#b8-squmj-12-269
3:05 Sacramento Bee article citing Stanford University’s Dr. Marilu Gorno Tempini https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article256237922.html
3:33 UC San Francisco study: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355257618_Children_with_developmental_dyslexia_show_elevated_parasympathetic_nervous_system_activity_at_rest_and_greater_cardiac_deceleration_during_an_empathy_task
3:44 Orange County Archives, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
4:06 University of Cambridge study https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/learning-difficulties-due-to-poor-connectivity-not-specific-brain-regions-study-showsPDF: https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0960-9822%2820%2930158-5
4:27 GCHQ photo: Defence Images on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
4:56 Land Rover MENA, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons