Tag: Louis Byrd

Louis Byrd

How fatherhood and fear changed my entrepreneurial journey

By Tommy Felts / May 17, 2016

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. As I near my sixth anniversary of becoming an entrepreneur, I decided to take a moment to look back and reflect on the changes those years brought me. I’ve had many ups — and many more downs — all serving as excellent lessons.…

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corporate innovation

Byrd: What we can learn from 5 corporate innovation blunders

By Tommy Felts / April 28, 2016

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Most corporations don’t want innovation, they just say they do. Corporate leaders talk about radical and disruptive ideas, but is that truly all that innovation is? In it’s purest form, innovation creates more effective processes, products and ideas that will in turn increase…

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Byrd: How the Silicon Prairie can avoid Silicon Valley’s diversity issues

By Tommy Felts / February 16, 2016

When Google and Intel first released their employment statistics in 2014, the topic of diversity was nowhere as elevated as it is today in corporate circles. Silicon Valley and its many companies from large tech giants down to startups are under the diversity and inclusion microscope. Why all of the emphasis on diversity? Demographically our…

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