On the show this week we had the opportunity to sit down with Flint, Michigan entrepreneurial ecosystem builder David Ollila! David was the keynote speaker for the RAEDI Annual Meeting & Luncheon a few weeks ago in Rochester. Always an innovator, David began creating solutions to problems at the age of seven and currently holds sixteen patents. He has spent his career in both Marquette and Flint, Michigan bolstering the local innovation community and understanding how to cultivate ideas from within your community. Outputs of these initiatives have included Invent@NMU, 100K Ideas, and renovation of the Ferris Wheel building in Flint into an innovation center. Don’t miss out on the podcast today where we chat about the difference between innovation and entrepreneurship, how you find the most personal growth when uncomfortable, how to drive inclusion in your innovation ecosystem, and more.

Links from today’s podcast:

100K Ideas

Website: https://www.100kideas.org/

Social: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

Skypoint Ventures

Website: http://skypointventures.com/

Social: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

Ferris Wheel

Website: http://www.ferriswheelflint.com/en

Social: Facebook, Instagram

Find David’s talk at the RAEDI Annual Meeting and Luncheon on the RAEDI Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RAEDImn/

Music Attribution: Jane Fonda by The Grand Affair is licensed through the YouTube Audio Library.