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What are the Five Core Mindsets of Innovators?

Josh Linkner (Author & CO-Founder, Platypus Labs)

Josh Linkner discusses his thoughts about the core mindsets of daily innovators including a desire to break barriers, seek the unexpected, fall seven, stand eight, and break it to fix it. He talks about how the 1000 hours he put in researching for his latest book, Big Little Breakthroughs: How Small, Everyday Innovations Drive Oversized Results, reinforced his belief in the importance of reconnecting with our creative roots.

Josh Linkner

Author & CO-Founder, Platypus Labs Josh Linkner is on a mission to help everyday people become everyday innovators. He has been the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which sold for a combined value of over $200 million and is a New York Times bestselling author (four books and counting.) Previously, Josh was the founding CEO of Detroit Venture partners helping over 100 tech startups get off the ground. Today, Josh serves as Chairman and co-founder of Platypus Labs, an innovation research, training, and consulting firm. He has twice been named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and is the recipient of the United States Presidential Champion of Change Award.

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Josh Linkner

Author & CO-Founder, Platypus Labs

Josh Linkner is on a mission to help everyday people become everyday innovators.
He has been the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which sold for a combined value of over $200 million and is a New York Times bestselling author (four books and counting.) Previously, Josh was the founding CEO of Detroit Venture partners helping over 100 tech startups get off the ground. Today, Josh serves as Chairman and co-founder of Platypus Labs, an innovation research, training, and consulting firm. He has twice been named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and is the recipient of the United States Presidential Champion of Change Award.

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Tracey Fitzpatrick

Tracey Fitzpatrick

Sarder TV Anchor & Former Market News Video Anchor

Tracey is a Telly Award winning producer and reporter and has spent over a decade at Cablevision. She also has had stints at Time Warner’s NY1 News, and recently a financial news anchor with Market News Video.

Tracey is the recipient of several industry awards including, a Cable Ace Nominee, and is a three time Telly Award winning producer/reporter.

In addition, she writes for Examiner.com, an online news and entertainment site with a focus on fashion and fundraising, and also creates content for Wochit, an award-winning video creation platform.

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