Innovation

  Smoot Carter is an entrepreneur at the center of three different businesses. But he didn’t arrive there overnight. A native of the Commonwealth of Virginia, he now lives in Dallas, Texas. Educated at LSU and Yale Divinity School, Carter started driving for Uber on his personal time. Since 2012, he has given over 4,000 […]

For his first 8 years out of college, Sam Thacker took his musical talents all over the country. Based in Atlanta, he tourned up and down the east coast, opened for major artists like Sister Hazel and Corey Smith, played gigs on The Rock Boat, a floating music festival, and participated in charity festivals like […]

On Episode 16 of the Agents of Innovation podcast, we were joined by Steve Bierfeldt, a life and business coach, and founder of Live Smart Academy. Right after graduating college, Steve spent the first 10 years of his professional career in politics. He saw all sides: he worked at nonprofits, raised money for candidates, campaigned […]

On Episode 15 of the Agents of Innovation podcast, we were joined by the Radio Birds, a Rock and Roll band that hails from Atlanta. These birds have really learned to fly on their own the past few years. Like some of their fans, I first encountered this band when they were known as J.K. […]

On episode 14 of the Agents of Innovation podcast, we were honored to have with us State Representative James Grant, who represents parts of the Tampa area in the Florida Legislature. While he has served in the legislature since first being elected in November 2010, he is only 33 years old. In 2010, Grant co-founded […]

We begin the new year with a new episode of the Agents of Innovation podcast. On Episode 13, I had the opportunity to interview JD Eicher, who is a singer/songwriter and the frontman for the band, JD Eicher and the Goodnights. Most of the band, including JD, is from Youngstown, Ohio, while one member is […]

On Episode 12 of the Agents of Innovation podcast, we were joined by German Espitia, a 23-year old Colombian who has been taking some temporary time off of finishing his marketing degree at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami to continue with his entrepreneurial activities.  When we caught up to him, German was in his […]

Keith Ochwat and his friend and business partner Christopher Rufo never took a single class on filmmaking. “We kind of learned by doing,” says Ochwat. They both had full-time jobs. Ochwat worked in politics for a U.S. Congressman and later for a legislator in Sacramento, where he is from. Rufo graduated summa cum laude from […]

Italy has long been known for design and engineering, and has a rich heritage for innovation and fantasy. And, in that spirit, the Italian-born OMA SUD aviation company has continued this tradition through its specialization in designing and producing small private aircraft. On Episode 10 of the Agents of Innovation podcast, we were joined by […]

Episode 9 of the Agents of Innovation podcast was a truly special one for me because it gave me the opportunity to interview one of my favorite bands, Melodime. Why are they one of my favorites? There are many reasons. First, of course, is their music, which is quite amazing. As their website states, they are […]