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From Idea to Action: Stories from Alabama Innovators

From Idea to Action: Stories from Alabama Innovators

Written by: Carter Wells
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From Idea to Action: Stories from Alabama Innovators is a podcast that highlights the people who are driving Alabama forward. We aim to showcase and connect the deep network of innovators, entrepreneurs, policy leaders, and advocates working to make Alabama an even better place. From Idea to Action: Stories from Alabama Innovators is powered by the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve the human condition.

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Episodes
  • Episode 19: Bill Poole and Cynthia Crutchfield
    Nov 7 2023

    This episode features Bill Poole, Finance Director for the State of Alabama, and Cynthia Crutchfield, CEO of Innovate Alabama. These two Alabama leaders discuss how the State and Innovate Alabama support entrepreneurs, businesses, and commercialization. They share about the history of the Innovation Commission that kicked off new resources for Alabama citizens, what the future looks like for Alabama businesses, and the opportunities for support that lay ahead. 

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    51 mins
  • Episode 18: Todd Greer with Innovation Portal in Mobile, AL
    Oct 24 2023

    In this episode, we sit down with Todd Greer, Executive Director of Innovation Portal, a nonprofit incubator and innovation hub accelerating startup growth in the Gulf Coast Region. We discuss how to support small businesses and what it takes to nurture economic growth and draw similarities between Mobile and the other major cities across Alabama.

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    45 mins
  • Episode 17: Sean Powers with The University of South Alabama
    Oct 10 2023

    Description:
    In this episode, we sit down to talk with Sean Powers, PhD, Angelia and Steven Stokes Endowed Professor in Environmental Resiliency and Director, Stokes School of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama. Over the course of this episode, we talk about his journey to Alabama and how Gulf Coast research and global fishery research inform conservation decisions and help our water systems thrive.

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    Dr. Sean Powers
    https://www.southalabama.edu/colleges/artsandsci/marinesciences/drseanpowers.html

    University of South Alabama
    https://www.southalabama.edu/

    Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences
    https://www.southalabama.edu/colleges/artsandsci/marinesciences/

    Coastal Fisheries Research
    https://www.disl.edu/who-we-are/spowers/

    Dauphin Island Sea Lab
    https://www.disl.edu/

    President Bonner, University of South Alabama
    https://www.southalabama.edu/departments/presidentsoffice/

    HudsonAlpha Educational Outreach (Neil Lamb, PhD & Kelly Easy, PhD)
    https://www.hudsonalpha.org/education/

    Mobile Tensaw Delta
    https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/mobile-tensaw-delta/





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    39 mins
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