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Interview with Toby Krout of Boomtown on the Pros and Cons of Startup Accelerators

Download Interview_with_Toby_Krout_of_Boomtown_S11_Ep28.mp3 Toby Krout is an entrepreneur, investor, and startup coach. He co-founded Boomtown, a startup accelerator in Boulder, Colorado in 2013 where he currently serves as the Executive Director. Boomtown's mission is to understand and continuously improve the

Toby Krout with Boomtown

The Importance of Stories and Storytelling To Innovation S11 Ep27

Guest: Peter Guber Peter was the guest on the September 27, 2015 show Topics: Storytelling * Why are stories so important? * What's the difference between a good story and a great story? * How should we think about the audience and the relationship we have with them? * Have you ever

stories and storytelling around the campfire

Using your internships as reverse mentoring of you and your team S11 Ep26

Download Preparing_the_next_generation_for_the_innovation_economy_S11_Ep26.mp3 [social align="center"] Internships and Reverse Mentoring Summer is long over and now we are getting into the fall. This time of year always makes me look back on the summer internships. I’m a big

STEAM Science Technology Art and Math

The difference between a good idea and a great idea is the timing S11 Ep25

Download The_difference_between_a_good_idea_and_a_great_idea_is_the_timing_S11_Ep25.mp3 What goes into creating an idea that can impact 100’s of million of people? If I polled most people they would say it’s the “idea”. The core of the “idea” is

get the timing right

How do you find inspiration? S11 Ep24

Download How_do_you_find_inspiration_S11_Ep_24.mp3 Innovation Needs Inspiration [social align="center"] Every August, I host an annual event for about 600 people, discussing tech and innovation. This event has been going on for more than decade and I’ve been hosting it 4

innovation from inspiration

Sept 20th with Peter Lierni and Mark Varricchione - co-founders of STEMlete

Peter Lierni and Mark Varricchione are co-founders from STEMlete (a play on the word “athlete”) who saw that there were a number of online communities for the self-promotion of student athletes seeking to: exhibit their athletic excellence; share their knowledge; improve their performance; get recognized; establish a following;

Sept 20th with Peter Lierni and Mark Varricchione - co-founders of STEMlete

Why is Sharing so Important to Innovation? S11 Ep23

Download The_Important_of_Sharing_to_Innovation_S11_Ep23.mp3 Sharing is Critical for Innovation [social align="center"] I regularly get emails from innovators looking for advice or feedback on an idea and most are very appreciative. Some of those have resulted in major new products – and a

Sharing is critical for innovation

Bill Geiser On The Innovation Of Wearables

Bill Geiser is a smartwatch pioneer with 20+ years focus on wearables & smartwatch innovation. He is a serial entrepreneur / intrapreneur with a talent for identifying lucrative, market opportunities and the ability to harvest them evidenced by the fact that he founded two technology start ups acquired by publicly-traded

MetaWatch CEO

Bryan Kramer - Author of Shareology

Bryan Kramer is one of the world’s foremost leaders in the art and science of sharing, and has been credited with instigating the #H2H human business movement in marketing and social. With over 300K social fans and followers, and an intimate understanding of the intricacies and interworking of both

Bryan Kramer

Does neural diversity hiring impact your innovation success? S11 Ep22

Download Neural_Diversity_Hiring_for_Innovation_S11_Ep22.mp3 When I look back over my career and reflect about all of the people I’ve crossed paths with such as former bosses, former team members and former members of my innovation teams -- the one of the key characteristics was breadth

Neural Diversity Hiring Helps Innovation