{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fda353b5f9eb72404a5200f/63ee66af3e5b220011ffc609?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"0180 - Growing an Innovation Ecosystem with Chris Curran","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5fda353b5f9eb72404a5200f/1676568160181-c3a613e2229508f130f1247980bb6a28.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Hosts: Aditya&nbsp;Devulapalli and Mohamed Danish&nbsp;</p><p>We are very pleased to welcome Chris Curran.</p><p>First, Chris, could you give sketch of your career thus far to begin?</p><p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It must be difficult to discover innovations and generate change in an established industry. What lessons have you learnt along the way?</p><p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Let’s talk about the idea of innovation ecosystems…</p><p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What advantages does Ireland offer?</p><p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What do established companies get by mixing with startups?</p><p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How do startups gain by mixing with established companies?</p><p>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Have you seen spinouts from internal projects?</p><p>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And questions from the audience?</p><p>Well, we’ll wrap up there.</p><p>Thank you for sharing your experiences with us today.</p><p><br></p><p>Notes:</p><p>Background ideas around our assumptions about places and spaces for innovation.</p><p>InsTech is an Irish initiative for industry incumbents and start-ups to come together to collaborate and create the next generation of insurance solutions -&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.instech.ie/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instech.ie</a></p><p>The Plug and Play Tech Centre –&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/about/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/about/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;is a global innovation platform / ecosystem for connecting early-stage entrepreneurs with early-stage investors and business clients prepared to experiment with new innovations. Plug and Play was founded by Saeed Amidi (son of Amir Amidi, the patriarch of a family office that owned, among other businesses, a Persian rug business in downtown Palo Alto called the Medallion Rug Gallery. Plug and Play started out in and around Silicon Valley’s Sand Hill Road area. Recognised as a kind of ground zero for the world of technology innovation, and venture capital – a location that links Menlo Park to Palo Alto via Stanford University.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Acknowledgements</p><p><br></p><p>Music&nbsp;</p><p>Title: Voltaic Fluctuations</p><p>Artist: Ben Prunty</p><p>Source:&nbsp;&nbsp;https://www.benpruntymusic.com/</p><p>License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben Prunty (personal letter)</p><p><br></p><p>Cover Art&nbsp;</p><p>Title: Complex collage</p><p>Artist: Allen Higgins</p><p>Source: vignette_version.pptx</p><p>License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast License</p><p>Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0&nbsp;</p><p>The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0</p><p>By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast.</p>","author_name":"Allen Higgins"}