S4:E3 – Innovation with Josh Linkner
The Importance of Innovation
Hey and welcome to #TheOpenMike
On today’s episode, I’m excited to be covering the topic of Innovation
Today’s influencer guest is Josh Linkner the Co-Founder & Chairman at Platypus Labs and Josh is based in Detroit, Michigan
Welcome to the show Josh.
Regardless of the size of your business, the need to innovate, come up with new ideas, methods or solutions is essential to compete and dominate your niche.
There’s a great quote that the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991, was quoted as saying in a speech at Harvard, the quote was
“If you don’t move forward, sooner or later you begin to move backwards.”
From politics, business, and your personal lives this statement in such a fast paced world has never been so relevant.
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Josh Linkner
Josh Linkner – who started his career as a jazz guitarist – personifies creativity, entrepreneurship and disruptive innovation. He has been the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which sold for a combined value of over $200 million.
Josh is the author of four books, two New York Times Best Sellers: Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity and The Road to Reinvention: How to Drive Disruption and Accelerate Transformation, as well as his latest book, Hacking Innovation. He is also the Founding Partner of Detroit Venture Partners, investing in and mentoring over 100 startups.
Josh has twice been named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and is a President Barack Obama Champion of Change award recipient.
Josh is a regular columnist for Forbes, The Detroit Free Press, and Inc. Magazine. His work on innovation has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, CNN, and The New York Times. And yes, he still plays a mean jazz guitar.
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