Building the Southern California of Tomorrow

<p>Bill Carpou, CEO at OCTANE, the accelerator in California and General Partner at Visionary Ventures a growth stage fund is interviewed by futurist Trond Arne Undheim. </p> <p>In this conversation, they talk about how the newly formed Innovation Network of Southern California (InSoCal) is Building the Southern California of Tomorrow. We discuss how to build any innovation ecosystem, what the ingredients are, how to adapt to local and cultural dynamics, and how to thrive and grow. We also muse about ecosystems of the future.</p> <p>The takeaway is that the future of innovation ecosystems is up in the air. What worked in the past must be continuously adapted. Attempting to make a poor carbon copy of Silicon Valley is not going to cut it. inSoCal seem to have found a cool, networked model where they pool the resources from several existing regional networks and achieve momentum that way.</p> <p>After listening to the episode, check out OCTANE as well as Bill Carpou's social media profile:</p> <ul><li>OCTANE (@OctaneOC) <a href='https://octaneoc.org/'>https://octaneoc.org/</a> </li> <li>EvoNexus (@EvoNexus) https://evonexus.org/</li> <li>Bill Carpou (@bcarpou) <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-carpou-1b26b88/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-carpou-1b26b88/</a> </li> <li>OCTANe Collaborates with LAVA and SDVG to Form “Innovation Network of Southern California” <a href='https://octaneoc.org/octane-collaborates-with-lava-and-sdvg-to-form-innovation-network-of-southern-california/'>https://octaneoc.org/octane-collaborates-with-lava-and-sdvg-to-form-innovation-network-of-southern-california/</a> </li> </ul> <p>The show is hosted by <a href='https://www.podbean.com/'>Podbean</a> and can be found at <a href='https://www.futurized.co/'>Futurized.co</a>. Additional context about the show, the topics, and our guests, including show notes and a full list of podcast players that syndicate the show can be found at <a href='https://trondundheim.com/podcast/'>https://trondundheim.com/podcast/</a>. Music: Electri