From Idea to Action: Stories from Alabama Innovators
From Idea to Action: Stories from Alabama Innovators is a podcast that highlights the people who are driving Alabama forward. We aim to showcase and connect the deep network of innovators, entrepreneurs, policy leaders, and advocates working to make Alabama an even better place. From Idea to Action: Stories from Alabama Innovators is powered by the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve the human condition.
From Idea to Action: Stories from Alabama Innovators
Episode 3: Greg Barker with the EDPA
In this episode, we sit down to talk with Greg Barker, President of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama. We discuss his twenty-plus-year background, ways the EDPA works in the realm of innovation, and how new startups can get involved in programs like Alabama Launchpad.
Dig into more information:
Greg Barker
https://edpa.org/staff-expertise/greg-barker/
Economic Development Partnership of Alabama
https://edpa.org/
Alabama Power
https://www.alabamapower.com/
Alabama Department of Commerce
https://www.madeinalabama.com/
Alabama Launchpad
https://alabamalaunchpad.com/
Learn more about how Alabama Launchpad gives startup companies a boost by listening to Episode 2: Peggy Sammon with GeneCapture
Greg Canfield
https://governor.alabama.gov/cabinet/department-commerce/
Alabama Business Intelligence Center
https://www.albicenter.org/
Innovate Alabama (previously Alabama Innovation Commission)
https://innovatealabama.org/
Cynthia Crutchfield, CEO of Innovate Alabama
https://innovatealabama.org/2023/01/01/meet-cynthia-crutchfield/
Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grants
https://innovatealabama.org/supplemental-grant-program/
Bill Poole
https://governor.alabama.gov/cabinet/department-finance/
Senator Greg Reed
https://innovatealabama.org/leadership/
Miller Girven, Executive Vice President, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, EDPA
https://edpa.org/staff-expertise/miller-girvin/
Alabama Farmers Federation
https://alfafarmers.org/
Learn more about the impact of ALFA in Episode 12: Jeff Helms and Russ Durrance with ALFA
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