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/bensoltoffHosts: Alejandro Juárez CrawfordOn ITSPmagazine  👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/alejandro-juarez-crawfordMiriam Plavin-MastermanOn ITSPmagazine  👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/miriam-plavin-masterman______________________Episode IntroductionIn 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.______________________ResourcesBen'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 SponsorsAre 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