Bringing Biodiversity to the Innovation Ecosystem | A conversation with Ben Soltoff | What If Instead? Podcast with Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman

Guest: Ben Soltoff , Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) and the Ecosystem-Builder in Residence at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship [ @EshipMIT ] On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-soltoff/ On Twitter | https://twitter.com/bensoltoff Hosts: Alejandro Juárez Crawford On ITSPmagazine 👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/alejandro-juarez-crawford Miriam Plavin-Masterman On ITSPmagazine 👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/miriam-plavin-masterman ______________________ Episode Introduction In this episode, cohosts Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Mim Plavin-Masterman are joined by Ben Saltoff, the ecosystem builder-in-residence at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. With a focus on transforming academic technology into real-world applications, his role involves guiding students through the complexities of entrepreneurship, particularly in the context of climate technology. ______________________ Special Note: We have not been able to contact our producer or the students at the BRAC University Social Impact Lab who contribute vitally to this podcast. Our thoughts are with these students and everyone in Bangladesh. We respectfully ask listeners who appreciate the podcast to please make people aware of events there. ______________________ Resources Ben's book on climate entrepreneurship. More info will be available here starting next week: https://climateandenergystartups.com/ Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship: https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/ ______________________ Episode Sponsors Are you interested in sponsoring an ITSPmagazine Channel? 👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/sponsor-the-itspmagazine-podcast-network ______________________ For more podcast stories from What If Instead? Podcast with Alejandro Juárez Crawford and Miriam Plavin-Masterman, visit: https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/alejandro-juarez-crawford and https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/miriam-plavin-masterman Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.