On today’s show, we are happy to chat with Steve Hoffman. Steve, or Captain Hoff as he’s called in Silicon Valley, is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading incubators and accelerators. He’s also an angel investor, limited partner at August Capital, serial entrepreneur, and author of Make Elephants Fly, the award-winning book on radical innovation.

Always innovating on his life, Captain Hoff has tried more professions than cats have lives, including serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, angel investor, studio head, computer engineer, filmmaker, Hollywood TV exec, published author, coder, game designer, manga rewriter, animator and voice actor.

Hoffman was the Founder and Chairman of the Producers Guild Silicon Valley Chapter, Board of Governors of the New Media Council, and founding member of the Academy of Television’s Interactive Media Group.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

What is the future of technology? Where are we headed in 20 years?
Personal lessons shared from failing and succeeding in business?
The reasons corporations have trouble innovating.
One key piece of learning from your book: Make Elephants Fly?

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Steve Hoffman on Linkedin
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Steve Hoffman on Instagram
Steve Hoffman’s Book Make Elephants Fly
Founders Space

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