I recently had the chance to have a fascinating conversation with the prolific Shashi Jain, Associate Entrepreneur in Residence and Innovation Manager at Intel. He was most recently in the news for equipping frontline workers with 3D printed protective equipment (PPE) for the ongoing COVID-19 response. Jain is an advisory board member at the Innovation Leader forum and a serial entrepreneur with a specific interest in inducting youth into the innovation ecosystem. His attitude as an innovator is experimental and entrepreneurial - he finds ways not just to improve but also to disrupt existing systems. Read more: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/creating-pop-up-supply-chain-covid19-ppe-shashi-jain/

Mentoring Entrepreneurs Inside and Outside Intel

For 10 years, he has been an early-stage start-up entrepreneur both in and outside Intel. At Intel, one of his roles with the emerging group incubator is to turn employee ideas into start-ups. He helps new intrapreneurs navigate the corporation, advising them on when to push their roles and when to use the brand to help them. He encourages corporate employees to develop startup skills for intrapreneurial ventures. Outside Intel, he has founded start-ups in image tagging and retail, 3D printing, and manufacturing. He mentors tech entrepreneurs and incubators. As domain experts, they find themselves often too close to the problem. He helps them identify gaps in their work by offering his own experience and expertise as an outsider. Read more: https://medium.com/@vidyangispatil/podcast-9-intels-innovation-coach-sphere-heads-a-maker-movement-for-covid-19-crowdsourced-ppe-877b913365fd