The Edge | Artist and creator become entrepreneur

Grant Blaisdell was born in California. Creates Everywhere—co-founder at Coinfirm, Copernic Space, and Soul at GBsavant.

Founder at Adam Grows Eden, Owner at Steak Club, and permaculture expert. Regenerative agriculture can withstand extreme weather events, maximize bio-diversity, rehydrate landscapes, and create a stable, sustainable society. Thus, allowing humans to co-exist with nature. Adam researches, travels the world, and believes regenerative agriculture had no negative downsides!

Karol Żbikowski, CEO of Platige Image, is our guest to talk about "From financial world to the witcher universe" Platige Image is the company behind visual effects at international projects such as "The Witcher," "Vikings," "Love, Death & Robots," "The Rain" to name a few. Karol, a manager with over 20 years of experience, graduated from the Foreign Trade Department of the Warsaw School of Economics.

Mathias Asberg is a technology theorist with a talent for breaking down complex processes. Serial entrepreneur turned investor with a passion for AI & cutting-edge system architecture. He co-founded Nextgrid, an investment company focusing on business-building products based on Reinforcement & Deep Learning—co-founder of Deep Learning Labs, a series of RL & DL recurring hackathons.

Traditionally, consumers have been brought into the innovation process primarily to validate new product concepts. On the other hand, pioneers of design thinking are now soliciting consumer insights and ideas to jump-start the fuzzy front end of the innovation process. According to a Business Week report, Getting good consumer insight is the fourth most cited obstacle to innovation for the world's most innovative enterprises. The old methodology of trawling through quantitative and focus group research reports is outdated, and the idea that 'consumers can't innovate' is being turned upside down. Conventional consumer research is no longer enough to create a competitive edge. This approach has forced many enterprises to think more creatively about how and when they engage with their customers. Increasingly, businesses are trying more radical and innovative approaches to gain upfront ideas and inspiration from consumers rather than just falling back on traditional methods. Michael Aechtler, Head of Innovation Services at Drees & Sommer Michael Aechtler has been Head of Innovation Services at Drees & Sommer SE since February 2019. He is also the founder of Next Entrepreneurs Organization gUG, in which Generation Z develops innovative solutions for the future together with startups. Previously, Michael Aechtler was Head of the Startups & Young Business Committee at the IHK Region Stuttgart. He also gained experience as a consultant at MOSAIQ MEDIA GmbH and LINGNER Consulting New Media GmbH.

Dear friends, We planned a workshop on cultured meat, plant-based meat, and insect-based proteins with food, drinks, and great networking before having our guests on the stage. Due to covid-19, followed by the lockdown and social distancing, we moved an online version to a clearcut podcast style. You can tune in and listen at the place of your convenience, add a voice message to the podcast, and many more. This is the first virtual edition. Your feedback and comments can help us make it better and more appealing to you. Ola Lazar, the founder of FoodForward FoodTech accelerator, is our guest for the 30th edition to discuss "The future of planet-saving plant-based eating. Ushering plant-based food into the mainstream ". Ola is an entrepreneur, foodie, former food writer, cookbook author, and tv host. Ola founded Gastronauci.pl, a food review site that reached over 1.1 million users monthly with no paid marketing, then successfully sold her startup to Zomato. Currently, she is the founder of the FoodForward FoodTech accelerator. They aim to facilitate cooperation between startups and exciting ideas for using technology in the food industry.