Breakthrough Innovation Podcast
Breakthrough Innovation Podcast
Women's Business Development Center
In this series, from the Women's Business Development Center's (WBDC) Women's Innovation Learning Lab (WILL), we give voice to the lessons earned, learned, and gained in the trenches of entrepreneurship by women and minority-owned companies and feature global thought leaders and subject matter experts on the topics of innovation, creativity, and growth mindset. Our mission is to democratize and diversify access and the adoption of innovation and entrepreneurial management tools and methodologies to help women and minority-owned companies realize financial independence and equity by supporting the growth and long-term sustainability of entrepreneurship and business enterprises. The Women’s Business Development Center is a Chicago-based 501c3 not for profit, committed to empowering women and minorities through business advising, technical services and resources. Every year we serve hundreds of women and minority owned innovators, doers, thinkers and believers…. thanks for meeting us at the Intersection of Diversity of Innovation.
"Where to Play" with Dr. Sharon Tal
Guest - Dr. Sharon Tal Sharon helps entrepreneurs and managers identify, evaluate and prioritize market opportunities for their business. Together with Prof. Marc Gruber she wrote the book Where to Play. Sharon is a co-founder and former executive director of the Entrepreneurship Center at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and a senior lecturer on marketing and entrepreneurship. She runs courses and workshops in accelerators and universities around the world, and serves as a mentor in many organizations that aim to help budding entrepreneurs. Sharon has over a decade of experience in marketing and in strategic consulting. Her PhD research looked at market entry decisions of hundreds of startups and its consequences on firm performance and flexibility. The Market Opportunity Navigator helps entrepreneurs and business managers to systematically discover their best market opportunities. Case Study - Martha Razo Martha Razo is the CEO of Guero Pallets, Inc. a Chicago-based pallet company. She was also a member of the WBDC and Women's Innovation Learning Lab Scale Higher Cohort. Breakthrough Innovations is hosted by Colette Buscemi, Director of Women's Innovation Learning Lab and produced in partnership with iDream.tv.
Aug 24, 2021
54 min