‘Storytelling is critical – it defines everything’

As a 27-year old Tiffany Norwood did something no other entrepreneur or inventor had accomplished: she raised $670 million dollars to fund a startup and build the first-ever global digital radio platform and launch three satellites into space. Norwood, who is one of the first successful black female tech entrepreneurs, is Founder and CEO of Tribetan an EdTech company focused on teaching entrepreneurship, innovation, and practical creativity to everyone.

Understanding IP Matters is brought to you by the nonprofit Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) with generous support from its partners and sponsors. The podcast provides leading innovators and experts the space to share their IP stories.

Chapters

• 2:30 “Few of us take our imaginations seriously”
• 3:20 What’s in the innovator’s skillset?
• 5:02 Persuasive storytelling
• 6:35 The literacy of creativity
• 8:15 “The challenge of bringing imagination into reality”
• 8:30 “IP motivates people”
• 13:35 Only about 2% are natural innovators
• 14:58 Personal story-telling and improvizing
• 22:35 “I’ve always been interested in inventors and creators”
• 23:45 “Most people serious about something want to own it”
• 25:35 Blockchain as a proxy for rights like patents
• 27:35 “Regret is more painful than failure”
• 28:50 “A straight line exists only in the past”