Craig Montouri's guest appearances

Craig Montouri

Idea Machines

Brian Nosek

Anna Goldstein

Matt Clifford

Mark Hammond

Robert McNutt

Andrew Odlyzko

Bill Janeway

Jason Crawford

Mark Micire

Michael Strevens

Adam Marblestone

Cindy Wu

Ilan Gur

Errol Arkilic

Alexey Guzey

OwlTail

In this episode I talk to Craig Montouri about nonprofits and politics. Specifically their constraints and possibilities for enabling innovations. Craig is the executive director at Global EIR - a nonprofit focused on connecting non-U.S. founders with universities so that they can get the visas they need to build their companies in America. Craig's perspective is fascinating because contrary to the common wisdom that innovation happens by doing an end run around politics, he focuses on enabling innovations through the political system. It's eye opening conversation about two worlds I knew little about so I hope you enjoy this conversation with Craig Montouri. Key Takeaways:  There is a lot of valuable human capital and knowledge left on the table both by the US immigration system and the university tech transfer system. Nonprofits need to find product-market just as much as for-profit companies making products. And just like the world of products, there's often a big difference between what people say their problems are and what their problems actually are. Political innovation is different than other domains for several reasons - it both has shorter and longer timelines than other domains and in contrast to the world of startups, politics needs to focus on downside mitigation instead of maximizing upside.  Resources Global EIR Craig on Twitter(@craig_montouri)  NPR piece on Global EIR

In this episode I talk to Craig Montouri about nonprofits and politics. Specifically their constraints and possibilities for enabling innovations. Craig is the executive director at Global EIR - a nonprofit focused on connecting non-U.S. founders with universities so that they can get the visas they need to build their companies in America. Craig's perspective is fascinating because contrary to the common wisdom that innovation happens by doing an end run around politics, he focuses on enabling innovations through the political system. It's eye opening conversation about two worlds I knew little about so I hope you enjoy this conversation with Craig Montouri. Key Takeaways: <ul> <li>There is a lot of valuable human capital and knowledge left on the table both by the US immigration system and the university tech transfer system.</li> <li>Nonprofits need to find product-market just as much as for-profit companies making products. And just like the world of products, there's often a big difference between what people say their problems are and what their problems actually are.</li> <li>Political innovation is different than other domains for several reasons - it both has shorter and longer timelines than other domains and in contrast to the world of startups, politics needs to focus on downside mitigation instead of maximizing upside.</li> </ul> Resources <a href="https://www.globaleir.org/about-global-eir/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Global EIR</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/craig_montuori" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Craig on Twitter(@craig_montouri)</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/05/03/526549402/without-a-special-visa-foreign-startup-founders-turn-to-a-workaround" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> NPR piece on Global EIR</a>

Hacking Politics with Craig Montouri [Idea Machines #8]