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Erica Machulak
What is the difference between an idea that fizzles and an idea that changes the world? Whether we're talking about the printing press, the COVID vaccine or the device that you're using right now to listen to this podcast, we tend to think of innovation as something that emerges out of the ether. Change is a process, not a moment. In this podcast, we'll dive into the stories of people who make change possible.
00;00;38;18 - 00;00;43;05
Erica Machulak
We'll talk with a leader in the startup world about what entrepreneurship really means.
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Aaron Finegold
So entrepreneurship is really, in my mind, very much tied to innovation, and that it is any time you, in observing the world around you, have essentially decided that something new is needed or would be beneficial.
00;00;58;28 - 00;01;04;26
Erica Machulak
We'll talk with a program director in higher education about how relationships create opportunities.
00;01;06;08 - 00;01;14;27
Stacy Hartman
Networking is not about connecting with people senior to you. It's about connecting with people. It's about connecting with your peers and then helping each other rise.
00;01;15;09 - 00;01;23;05
Erica Machulak
We're calling our first season The Art of Alternatives because all of our speakers create new spaces for ideas to take shape, travel and thrive.
00;01;23;18 - 00;01;43;21
Crystal Moten
I wanted more people to have access to the stories that I know and love, that I studied, that I experienced personally, and that I thought that other people knowing would help to transform our world and bring us closer to liberation and justice, specifically for African Americans or black folks.
00;01;45;15 - 00;01;58;26
Erica Machulak
Listen and subscribe at hikma.studio/podcast.
