Last week, former President Donald Trump released a statement seeking credit for the swift rollout of multiple vaccines to combat COVID19. He stated that if it wasn’t for him, “you wouldn’t be getting that beautiful ‘shot’ for 5 years, at best.” As someone who has supported the former President, including in his bid for the […]
Innovation
Book Review: Fearless Innovation
“Innovation is a horrible word. The term has become so buzzy, it seems to have lost all practical meaning,” said Alex Goryachev in the introduction of his new book, Fearless Innovation: Going Beyond the Buzzword to Continuously Drive Growth, Improve the Bottom Line, and Enact Change. I interviewed Alex for Episode 71 of the Agents […]
Finding Inspiration at the Bermuda Entrepreneurship Summit
The Bermuda Entrepreneurship Summit was created by Jared Kleinert and he opened up the Summit there in late November by welcoming us all and telling us we would encounter many unexpected things while also learning how we can better ourselves and our own entrepreneurial activities. Jared then introduced Bermuda’s Minister of the Cabinet, Wayne Furbert, […]
Joe Russo Building the Palm Beaches Into a Tech Hub
Palm Beach Tech is a multi-faceted nonprofit organization that is working to build the Palm Beaches into a tech hub. They do that through events and programs, most of which are hosted at the Palm Beach Tech SPACE, a 3,500-square foot open area with five offices and a conference room, located in downtown West Palm […]
Elizabeth Avenue Station An Entrepreneurial Space for Creatives
When Danni Mitchell was preparing for her wedding this year, she began looking for a space she could get creative in. She didn’t want to feel trapped by wedding spaces that were confined by what was already there. That might seem a bit out-of-the-box for most people who would like to avoid adding more work […]
K9s For Warriors Changing The Way We Take Care of Veterans With PTSD
Our nation’s veterans are made up of individuals of all walks of life, but they are a special group of people. They put their lives on the line to protect our freedoms. As we celebrate Veterans Day this month, Episode 33 of the Agents of Innovation podcast pays tribute to our veterans by featuring an […]
Nick Gill Keeps His Options Open and His Dreams Alive
Nick Gill is a man of many places but also many talents. He was born in Washington, DC, raised in Fairhope, Alabama, and is currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. After high school, he didn’t take the usual route to college. Instead, he pursued his talents as a musician and went to Nashville. He went down […]
Hytch a Ride with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cleveland
Mark Cleveland is what some might call a serial entrepreneur, but that isn’t entirely accurate. He’s actually a “parallel entrepreneur.” A serial entrepreneur goes from one thing to the next, but a parallel entrepreneur isn’t doing just one thing at a time. After interviewing Mark on the Agents of Innovation podcast, it’s easy to tell […]
Jordy Searcy at the Intersection of Luck, Talent, and Hard Work
Jordy Searcy came to the American public’s attention in 2014 – at the age of 21 – when he appeared on NBC’s The Voice. But getting there didn’t happen overnight. While growing up in Fairhope, Alabama, he began writing his own music when he was 12 years old and started performing as an artist at the […]
Michael Long Sails for The Future of Florida’s Kids
While a student at New College of Florida, Michael Long developed a passion for sailing. He later channeled that passion into developing a nonprofit organization called SailFuture. As a direct alternative to incarceration, SailFuture works with prosecutors, public defenders, and judges to identify youth at risk of being incarcerated and to determine if they are […]