About This Episode Ori Saar served in a wide range of innovation roles inside of the Israeli Defense Forces. This episode pairs well with our previous Defense Innovation episodes, #8 Brain ‘Beam’ Maue and #13 Prescott Pauling. We dive into Ori’s experience building innovation infrastructure for the Israeli Air Force and then for the Israeli Defense Force’s planning directorate. Next, Ori shares his take on what innovation really means and why defense innovation is so important. Since we recorded this episode around the time of the last round of the last round of substantial rocket fire from Gaza into Israel, Ori provided his unique perspective on how terrorist adoption of innovation and technology necessitates even more rapid and streamlined innovation processes. To wrap up, Ori shares reflections on his time in the IDF and his transition out of his military service. Resources Mentioned & Other Links of Interest DIY Drones When Your Invention Becomes a Weapon Hamas Underwater Drones Attacks Iron Dome Missile Defense System The Secret Plan of Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi: To Establish An Innovation Division Inauguration of Shiloah Innovation Unit About Our Guest Follow Ori on LinkedIn, here. Subscribe for More We are seeing an unprecedented wave of innovation resources that are empowering innovators, entrepreneurs, and industrialists, to build & create with (1) higher fidelity, (2) lower cost, and (3) greater speed than ever before. Through the Next Frontier podcast and blog series, I explore precisely where to find these resources and how YOU can efficiently and effectively utilize each resource to execute on your vision. If you’d like to stay up-to-date with these tactical and strategic insights, subscribe here.

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#19 | Ori Saar | Innovating How The Israeli Defense Forces Innovate

About This Episode In this extremely timely episode, we sit down with Mike Howard, Chairman and CEO of Howard Midstream Energy Partners, to develop a deep understanding of where our energy comes from. Since we recorded this episode, the United States experienced a substantial cyberattack on of its largest fuel pipelines that should awaken the country and the world to the importance, criticality, and fragility of our energy stuff-chain. Scalable, reliable, resilient, and sustainable energy sources and infrastructure are critical to human flourishing, the modern high-tech economy, and our high-speed society. Throughout the conversation, we dive into what energy is, how oil and gas enable human flourishing, recent innovations in where we source our energy, and so much more. Resources & Links Mentioned The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (Book) How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom (Book) Enlightenment Now (Book) A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations (Book) Energy and Civilization: A History (Book) Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All (Book) The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations (Book) Interactive map of pipelines in the United States The Laws of Thermodynamics About Our Guest Howard Energy Partners on LinkedIn, here. Howard Energy Partners Website, here. Subscribe for More This Meditation on ‘Where Stuff Comes From’ will help you to navigate the rapidly changing geopolitical, business, and human rights environment that we face today. If you’d like to stay up to date on the latest insights, tactics, and news about ‘Where Stuff Comes From’, subscribe to the ‘Where Stuff Comes From Weekly’ newsletter at this link. Developing a framework for ‘Where Stuff Comes From’ will help you gain the confidence that you need to avoid being caught flat-footed, unprepared, and reflecting retrospectively: “Well, I guess THAT’S where that stuff comes from.” 

#18 Mike Howard | Where Does Our Energy Come From?

About This Episode Critical minerals are found in nearly every high-tech product we use today. For example, an iPhone is made of over 40 different elements found in dozens of different as-mined critical minerals (e.g. the rocks that come out of the ground). Right now the United States relies on our chief adversary, China, to supply nearly 100 of some of the most important critical minerals. Take for example, the rare earth metals, scandium, and graphite. In this episode I explore a key component of achieving American Minerals Independece: opening new mines for critical minerals. To do this, I sat down with Pini Althaus CEO of USA Rare Earths. Pini is a mining executive with decades of experience capitalizing and setting up new mining operations. USA Rare Earths is building an integrated mine to magnet rare earth supply chain located fully in the United States. Resources & Links Mentioned Critical Minerals Blog #1 Critical Minerals Blog #2 - Rare Earth Supply Chain Disruptions USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries Groundbreaking!: America's New Quest for Mineral Independence (Book) Covid and Rare Earths What are NEO Magnets? Matthew Mcguahnehy GOLD Movie Colorado School of Mines About Our Guest Pini on LinkedIn, here. USA Rare Earths on LinkedIn, here. Subscribe for More Next Frontier We are seeing an unprecedented wave of innovation resources that are empowering innovators, entrepreneurs, and industrialists, to build & create with (1) higher fidelity, (2) lower cost, and (3) greater speed than ever before. Through the Next Frontier podcast and blog series, I explore precisely where to find these resources and how YOU can efficiently and effectively utilize each resource to execute your vision. If you’d like to stay up-to-date with these tactical and strategic insights, subscribe here. Where Stuff Comes From This Meditation on ‘Where Stuff Comes From’ will help you to navigate the rapidly changing geopolitical, business, and human rights environment that we face today. If you’d like to stay up to date on the latest insights, tactics, and news about ‘Where Stuff Comes From’, subscribe to the ‘Where Stuff Comes From Weekly’ newsletter at this link. Developing a framework for ‘Where Stuff Comes From’ will help you gain the confidence that you need avoid being caught flat footed, unprepared, and reflecting retrospectively: “Well, I guess THAT’S where that stuff comes from.”

#17 Pini Althaus | Our Technological Life-Blood: Where Do Rare Earth Elements Come From?

Right now, the most important geopolitical competition since World War II, is unfolding between China and the United States. As a result, we need to start to ask Where Does Our Stuff Come From? Asking this question and building an understanding of this great power competition is essential to safeguarding our most important innovation resource: our ability to actually produce stuff. In this episode, we explore some of the high-level strategic moves that are unfolding right under our noses in the ongoing cold-war between the United States and China, and the implications that these moves have for entrepreneurs, industrialists, and innovators. To do this, we talk to Namrata Goswami, an author, strategic analyst and consultant on Great Power Politics, Space Policy, Alternate Futures, and Frameworks of Conflict Negotiation and Resolution. ***Correction: During the conversation, we reference that private companies need to PAY to access the United States’s Global Positioning System. So, to be clear: GPS is completely free and maintained by the US space force (and formerly the Air Force Space Command). You can learn more about how GPS works on www.gps.gov.*** Resources & Links Mentioned Namrata On “Where are we with China?” Namrata Goswami Ted Starlink Beta Video BeiDou and Belt and Road US - Taiwan Relations The Expanse TV Show A Strategy of Technology (Book) Moonrush (Book) The Case For Mars (Book) About Our Guest Namrata on LinkedIn, here. Namrata on Twitter, here. Namrata’s books on Amazon, here. Subscribe for More We are seeing an unprecedented wave of innovation resources that are empowering innovators, entrepreneurs, and industrialists, to build & create with (1) higher fidelity, (2) lower cost, and (3) greater speed than ever before. A key piece of this innovation puzzle is learning to ask Where Our Stuff Comes From. Through the Next Frontier podcast and blog series, I explore precisely where to find these resources and how YOU can efficiently and effectively utilize each resource to execute on your vision. If you’d like to stay up-to-date with these tactical and strategic insights, subscribe here.

#16 Namrata Goswami | Space: A Key Innovation Resource In The Cold War With China

About This Episode Now more than ever, entrepreneurs, innovators, and industrialists must be equipped with the language of digital transformation. In this episode, Keith Gargiulo and I take a tactical approach to digital transformation. As a Vice President at PTC, one of the world’s leading digital transformation technology companies, Keith is one of the best people to help decipher and convey how you can implement digital transformation at all levels of your organization. Through the lens of digital transformation, we dive into Keith’s lifestyle as a serial innovator and business-mind, both within PTC, in several private ventures, and through his generous volunteer work. Resources Mentioned & Other Links of Interest PTC Industry 4.0 Teamster’s Union History The 6 D’s of Disruption Vuforia View (Apple | Google) Vuforia Chalk Vuforia Expert Capture Vuforia Studio Apple AR Suite Apple’s AR Hardware Generative Design OnShape OnShape for Education Software As A Service Culture of SaaS Tee Shirt FIRST Robotics The US Ranks Third In Graduating Engineers The Kill Chain by Christian Brose Defy Ventures CASA About Our Guest Keith on LinkedIn here. Subscribe for More We are seeing an unprecedented wave of innovation resources that are empowering innovators, entrepreneurs, and industrialists, to build & create with (1) higher fidelity, (2) lower cost, and (3) greater speed than ever before. Through the Next Frontier podcast and blog series, I explore precisely where to find these resources and how YOU can efficiently and effectively utilize each resource to execute on your vision. If you’d like to stay up-to-date with these tactical and strategic insights, subscribe here.

#15 Keith Gargiulo | Digital Transformation

About This Episode A core competency for any entrepreneur, innovator, or industrialist is not only the ability to efficiently and effectively communicate in a wide range of media formats, but to swiftly paint a thrilling, compelling, and visionary narrative for a range of different audiences (your team, your investors, and your customers). In this episode, Max sits down with Marrisa Brassfield to dissect how Marissa (1) built up her world-class communications superpowers, (2) curates a Ridiculously Efficient lifestyle, and (3) uses her world-class skillset to transform how we educate the next generation.  Resources Mentioned & Other Links of Interest Ridiculously Efficient Learn How To Be Ridiculously Efficient Xploration Center Joseph Campbell’s The Hero With A Thousand Faces (Book) Strategic Coach Entrepreneurial Time System  Strategic Coach Impact Filter Peter Diamandis Genius Network Tim Ferris Four Hour Work Week (Book) krisp.ai Ray Kurzweil Law of Accelerating Returns Stanford Behavior Design Lab Kolbe Index Ad Astra Nova School Upland Hills Learning Community About Our Guest “[Marissa] has created strategies, launched products, organized experiences, and recruited small teams that have collectively driven hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for Fortune 100 executives and global leaders like Peter Diamandis. As an international event producer and showrunner, her stages have been the intellectual playground of leaders like Ray Kurzweil, Tony Robbins, Arianna Huffington, Tom Bilyeu, and executives from Microsoft, Uber, HTC China and IBM Watson.” Marissa on Twitter, here. Marissa on LinkedIn, here. Subscribe for More We are seeing an unprecedented wave of innovation resources that are empowering innovators, entrepreneurs, and industrialists, to build & create with (1) higher fidelity, (2) lower cost, and (3) greater speed than ever before. Through the Next Frontier podcast and blog series, I explore precisely where to find these resources and how YOU can efficiently and effectively utilize each resource to execute on your vision. If you’d like to stay up-to-date with these tactical and strategic insights, subscribe here.

#14 Marissa Brassfield | Ridiculously Efficient Communication Superpowers

About This Episode Prescott Paulin is a Marine Corps Veteran, entrepreneur, and United States Defense Innovator. We dive deep into how and why Prescott built the Defense Innovation Network to help companies improve their technology to benefit our military. Prescott also explains how thought models - John Boyd’s OODA Loop, Design Thinking, and many others - help him become a more effective innovator and entrepreneur. Next, we explore how Prescott’s family business, 300 Below, and his life-changing cardiac arrest incident. To wrap up this wide-ranging conversation, Prescott dives into resources for how every person can gain the skillsets that they need to stay prepared and ready to save their life and the lives of others. Resources Mentioned & Other Links of Interest AFWERX Fusion Event Defense Innovation Network 300 Below Design Thinking 2018 Innovation Focused National Defense Strategy OODA Loop Marine Corps Officer Candidate School Marine Corps Auto Skills Shop What Universities Do Well Defense Innovation Network Virtual Summit Story Brand Small Business Innovation Research Grants Pass Base Passport Verification Beta Technologies Prescott’s Harrowing Cardiac Arrest Story Mayday Alarm Stop The Bleed Tactivate Team Rubicon  The Readiness Collective About Our Guest Prescott on LinkedIn here. Learn more about The Defense Innovation Network here. Subscribe for More We are seeing an unprecedented wave of innovation resources that are empowering innovators, entrepreneurs, and industrialists, to build & create with (1) higher fidelity, (2) lower cost, and (3) greater speed than ever before. Through the Next Frontier podcast and blog series, I explore precisely where to find these resources and how YOU can efficiently and effectively utilize each resource to execute on your vision. If you’d like to stay up-to-date with these tactical and strategic insights, subscribe here.

#13 Prescott Paulin | The Defense Innovation Network

About This Episode In this episode of the Next Frontier Podcast, Dan Kuschell shares unique insights into the psychology and marketing of entrepreneurship and innovation. We dive deep into mental models for succeeding as an entrepreneur, tools that Dan uses to thrive as a Dad and sports coach, and how Dan became an expert copywriter. Finally, Dan dives into one of the most often overlooked pieces of the innovation resource puzzle: how risk-taking innovators can start fresh with bankruptcy laws in the United States. Resources Mentioned & Other Links of Interest Dan’s Website Dan’s Podcast: Growth To Freedom Tony Robbins Turning Your “SHOULDS” into “MUSTS” Tim Ferris: Rig The Game So You Can Win It Creating an irresistible offer Give And Take by Adam Grant (Book) Adam Grant: Are you a giver or a taker? (Talk) Bankruptcy - Investopedia  Different Type of Bankruptcy  DABDA - Dealing With Grief Think And grow Rich By Napoleon Hill (Book) Strategies for Learning from Failure Tom Hopkins Malcolm Gladwell 10,000 Hours Breakthrough 3X About Our Guest “Dan Kuschell Helps Entrepreneurs Build, Grow, and Multiply their Sales and Profits! Dan has over 25 years of experience building 11 companies, coaching over 5,329 small business owners, selling multiple companies, and a bestselling author of multiple books, and more... Through his work, he has become well known for creating and advancing momentum for small business owners, entrepreneurs, speakers, coaches, and authors. Dan brings simplicity to today's complexities to help you avoid the pain of the day to day operations. He's often been referred to "The Easy Button" for entrepreneurs desiring to gain more clarity, confidence, and capabilities." Dan on LinkedIn Dan’s Podcast Subscribe for More We are seeing an unprecedented wave of innovation resources that are empowering innovators, particularly young innovators, to build & create with (1) higher fidelity, (2) lower cost, and (3) greater speed than ever before. Through the Next Frontier podcast and blog series, I explore precisely where to find these resources and how YOU can efficiently and effectively utilize each resource to execute on your vision. If you’d like to stay up-to-date with these tactical and strategic insights, subscribe here.

#12 Dan Kuschell | Growth And Failure Are Powerful Innovation Resources

About This Episode This wide-ranging conversation with Eswar Anandapadmanaban takes us from his roots winning the Google Science Fair, to studying at the Massachusettes Institute of Technology where he invested time in a wide range of projects and internship experiences (at companies including NASDAQ and IDEO), through his award-winning mixed reality work for the US Air Force, and finally, back to his time driving MIT's premier global mixed-reality programs. Resources Mentioned & Other Links of Interest Eswar’s Website MIT Reality Hack Hackathon VR/AR @ MIT What is a hackathon? PTC Waypoint Labs Acquired By PTC MIT Online Courses Free (OCW) Samsung Next Accelerator WebXR NASDAQ Innovation Lab IDEO CoLab IDEO Designed the first Apple mouse PillPack Case Study Design Thinking MIT Media Lab MIT Hacks Eswar Win’s Air Force Competition AFWERX Challenges Model UN 7 Amazing Google Science Fair Projects TheraNIM: A Touchless Respiratory Monitor. ISEF Science Fair About Our Guest Eswar on LinkedIn.  Eswar’s portfolio. Subscribe for More We are seeing an unprecedented wave of innovation resources that are empowering innovators, particularly young innovators, to build & create with (1) higher fidelity, (2) lower cost, and (3) greater speed than ever before. Through the Next Frontier podcast and blog series, I explore precisely where to find these resources and how YOU can efficiently and effectively utilize each resource to execute on your vision. If you’d like to stay up-to-date with these tactical and strategic insights, subscribe here.

#11 Eswar Anandapadmanaban | Building A Premier Mixed-Reality Hackathon

About This Episode During her Bachelor’s degree, Gopika SenthilKumar founded the student product design organization, Insight Wisconsin, and drove the establishment of the multi-million dollar UW Makerspace. After graduating with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Gopika is pursuing her combined M.D. and Ph.D. Beyond maker-centric innovation, Gopika shares her extensive in-lab research experience. Finally, we explore how Gopika built her public speaking skillset bringing her to the TedX and UW-Madison graduation stages. Recorded in May 2019. Resources Mentioned & Other Links of Interest Gopika’s TedX Talk Gopika’s Next Frontier Event Talk M.D. / Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison Biomedical Engineering Program UW Madison Makerspace Insight Wisconsin  Product Design Shadowing Doctors  Internet Of Things Lab MCAT Mock Trial Lego Mindstorm MIT Integrated Design & Management United Way Philanthropic Youth Award Form Labs 3D Printers How To Win Friends And Influence People (Book) By Dale Carnegie Who Moved My Cheese (Book) By Spencer Johnson About Our Guest You can find Gopika on LinkedIn here. Subscribe for More We are seeing an unprecedented wave of innovation resources that are empowering entrepreneurs & industrialists to create with (1) higher fidelity, (2) lower cost, and (3) greater speed than ever before. Through the Next Frontier podcast and blog series, I explore precisely where to find these resources and how YOU can efficiently and effectively utilize each resource to execute on your vision. If you’d like to stay up-to-date with these tactical and strategic insights, subscribe here.

#10 Gopika SenthilKumar | Becoming A Medical Scientist & Pioneering A Culture Of Undergraduate Innovation

About This Episode In this episode Lennon Rodgers, Director of the Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lennon shares how he pioneered the world-class design and innovation programs at MIT in Boston, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich; the Bern University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland, the Skolkovo Institute in Moscow, Singapore University of Technology and Design, and most recently, the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Throughout the conversation, we explore how Lennon used to travel as a resource to build his diverse and unique experience and skillset. Finally, we dive into case studies of Lennon’s hands-on experience building technologies in aerospace, electric vehicles, and automation. Resources Mentioned & Other Links of Interest UW Madison Makerspace NASA JPL International Design Center @ MIT MIT Electric Vehicles Lab NASA SPHERES Universal Docking Port and Video-based Docking Sensor Integrated vs Modular Design Cubesats Charge (Isle of Man documentary)  Isle of Man Motorcycle Race SUTD-MIT International Design Centre Apply to work at the UW-Madison Maker Space UW-Madison Design + Innovation Masters Program Integrated Design and Management Masters Program @ MIT GE Six Sigma Strategy IBM Design Thinking Programs Product Design and Development, 6th Edition (Book) by Steven Eppinger  About Our Guest You can find Lennon on LinkedIn here. You can find a comprehensive portfolio of Lennon’s projects here. You can learn more about the University of Wisconsin-Madison Makerspace here. Subscribe for More We are seeing an unprecedented wave of innovation resources that are empowering young entrepreneurs to create with (1) higher fidelity, (2) lower cost, and (3) greater speed than ever before. Through the Next Frontier podcast and blog series, I explore precisely where to find these resources and how YOU can efficiently and effectively utilize each resource to execute on your vision. If you’d like to stay up-to-date with these tactical and strategic insights, subscribe here.

#9 Lennon Rodgers | Engineering Design & Innovation Labs Around The World

About This Episode In this episode, Max sits down with Brian “Beam” Maue, co-founder of AFWERX. This wide-ranging conversation dives deep into the frontline innovation happening throughout the United States Air Force. Beam details his innovation philosophy and how he goes about innovation empowerment while sharing hyper-exciting stories of innovation throughout the history of the United States Military. Finally, Beam elaborates on the incredible innovation resources available to entrepreneurs and innovators from all walks of life -- industry, academia, and military -- and how they can get involved with AFWERX. Resources Mentioned & Other Links of Interest AFWERX AFWERX Book AFWERX Challenges AFWERX Newsletter SBIR/STTR Program The Declaration of Independence ROTC The Base of The Future Challenge The Berlin Airlift The DIY Commercial Drone Industry Beam’s Holistic Happiness Udemy Course Beam’s AFWERX Fusion Talk “Four Key Principles To Drive A Culture Of Innovation” About Our Guest Brian “Beam” Maue is a founding-father and the first president of AFWERX. “[Beam] leads a talented, nationally-dispersed mission team who connects innovators and creates accelerated technological and cultural agility for the 680,000 military and civilian members of the United States Air Force. Their AFWERX fusion of capabilities includes a system of "open to the public" innovation hubs, a virtual collaboration network for Airmen, and a network of innovation offices across Air Force bases.” You can find Beam on LinkedIn here. You can learn more about AFWERX here. Subscribe for More We are seeing an unprecedented wave of innovation resources that are empowering young entrepreneurs to create with (1) higher fidelity, (2) lower cost, and (3) greater speed than ever before. Through the Next Frontier podcast and blog series, I explore precisely where to find these resources and how YOU can efficiently and effectively utilize each resource to execute on your vision. If you’d like to stay up-to-date with these tactical and strategic insights, subscribe here.

#8 Brian "Beam" Maue | All About AFWERX & US Military Innovation

The Next Frontier Thesis Today’s front-line innovators, entrepreneurs, and creative core (all whom if not already will be tomorrow’s leaders) grow up and learn their craft, not through the traditional academic system (in which many are enrolled), but through a complex web of innovation-enabling resources and infrastructure. Over the past 20 years, since the dotcom boom, we’ve seen the rise of the novel, memetic innovation tools, infrastructure, and incentives. These innovation tools have helped “entrepre-neers” (entrepreneur + engineer) create billion-dollar-plus companies, billions of dollars of economic value, and save millions of lives. For example, ever-popular hackathons started in the heat of the dotcom bubble on June 4th, 1999 in Calgary, Alberta when the earliest open software community OpenBSD held the first-ever hackathon. Then in 2005, Make Magazine published its first issue, marking a formal starting point for the powerful maker movement. That same year, the thread continues to Y-Combinator: the first-of-it’s-kind startup accelerator. These and so many more pieces of the puzzle are critical to the unprecedented wave of innovation we are seeing today. Through the Next Frontier Podcast, I am attempting to break down the complex web of resources enabling not only rapid innovation but the rapid training of innovators. I hope that the episodes that follow serve as a hyper-tactical road map for young entrepreneurs, innovators, and creators at the start of their journeys. Further, I aim to emphasize and dive into actionable ways that seasoned entrepreneurs, the corporate world, and other established institutions can tap into the lively energy of young trailblazers through this same complex web of core-level innovation infrastructure.  And finally, I hope that this thesis serves as a north star for parents looking to give their kids the competitive edge of resourcefulness, knowing what resources are out there and how to use them. Knowledge and awareness are power; please listen on to take the power that is rightfully yours. Ad Astra, Max Goldberg One more note…. For the next several weeks, I will release a queue of recorded conversations that I have been building up. After that queue is exhausted, I will publish episodes as they are recorded. You can check out the first half-dozen already released episodes at www.maxwellgoldberg.com/podcast. Subscribe for More We are seeing an unprecedented wave of innovation resources that are empowering young entrepreneurs to create with (1) higher fidelity, (2) lower cost, and (3) greater speed than ever before. Through the Next Frontier podcast and blog series, I explore precisely where to find these resources and how YOU can efficiently and effectively utilize each resource to execute on your vision. If you’d like to stay up-to-date with these tactical and strategic insights, subscribe here.

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Maker Community & Virtual Reality at NASA About This Episode In this episode, Max sits down with Taylor Waddell, a manager, designer, and student maker for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Makerspace, and co-founder of 2twenty5, a Madison-based student-maker consulting group. Insights Shared What is a maker?How do you get better as a maker?What is a makerspace?How can maker students and the business community collaborate for networking and other opportunities?How businesses can tap into the vast thinking and technical power of college students Highlights of the Episode Becoming a Maker [2:00] How did you get into making? [5:40] Taylor shares how he made the leap from an interested high school junior to newbie maker [7:06] Building a Maker Portfolio [8:30] Experiences within the maker community [13:34] Experiences in a makeathon [16:00] Building connections with student makers and the business world [21:08] Why companies should get involved with student makers and makerspaces [23:40] How can students leverage makerspace to develop their own career Making: From Minecraft to Virtual Reality at NASA [27:20] Getting into NASA [31:11] What was it like working at NASA? [35:43} What’s the most important thing you’ve learned from NASA? [39:10] What are you most excited about it right now? [48:17] Why Minecraft sparked his birth as a maker Key Quotes from Our Guest “It’s always the community. That’s always the focus of a makerspace.” “The makespace embodies such a variety of different technical backgrounds.” “It’s almost guaranteed when you walk into that [a makerspace] that you’re going to learn something that you didn’t know before. “The main thing with makerspace is people and that environment…It’s all about community.” “For NASA, you’re just given a full-on project.” “One of the most satisfying things about programming is that it’s just so easy to make mistakes and correct them.” “ I always wanted that job that made you feel like a part of something bigger.” “I can guarantee that almost everyone is a maker.” Resources Mentioned & Other Links of Interest What is a Makerspace? Makerspace FFF Printer SLA Printer Arduino Major League Hacking Hack Illinois TreeHacks What can you get from Makeathons and how to get the most Insight Wisconsin MadMakers at Wisconsin SpaceX 

#7 An Interview With… Taylor Waddell

Hackathon Strategies & Developing a Hacker Mentality Listen on Apple Podcasts About This Episode In this Episode, recent UW-Madison computer engineering graduate Spencer Fricke shares the wisdom and strategies he’s gained from participating in over 35 hackathons around the world. Spencer shares why — and how — he believes everyone can develop a hacker mentality. Highlights of the Episode Insights Shared What is hacking?The 3 aspects of the hacker mentalityWho can hack?Why failure is an essential part of succeeding at hackingThe top excuses non-hackers use to stay out of hackathons Moments You Don’t Want to Miss [1:06] What is hacking [1:55] The 3 key aspects of a successful hacking mentality [3:50] What is the goal of a hackathon? [4:41] Who can hack? Why don’t more people get into hackathons? [8:28] A powerfully simple hacking skill that most college students don’t use [11:20] Key takeaways Key Quotes from Our Guest “That is what makes you a maker…the willingness to say that you’re not going to stick with the status quo and you’re going to try something different.” “If you’re good at failing, you will fail on a Thursday night when no one notices instead of in front of your first investor.” “The later you start, the longer it’s going to take for you to get to a professional level.” Resources Mentioned Video of Spencer’s Presentation Upcoming Hackathons How to find a Hackathon in Your Area MadHacks Equipment you can check out at the UW-Madison Library University of Wisconsin – Madison – Makerspace Spencer on LinkedIn Subscribe For More Are you a young entrepreneur looking to access the abundance of opportunities available to you around the globe? Through the Next Frontier podcast and blog series I explore precisely where to find these resources and how YOU can efficiently and effectively utilize each resource to execute on your vision. If you’d like to stay up-to-date with these tactical insights, subscribe here. 

#6 The Hacker Mentality | Spencer Fricke

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