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 13: Charisse Stokes with TechMGM
In this episode, we sit down with Charisse Stokes, Executive Director at TECHMGM: an initiative to coordinate the efforts of many diverse partners around developing the tech and innovation ecosystem in Montgomery. We discuss what it means to plant roots in a new community, be comfortable with the uncomfortable, and how progress involves looking to those who came before you, opening doors for those behind you, and collaborating with diverse ideas.
Dig into more information:
Charisse Stokes
https://www.techmgm.com/about-techmgm/leadership-team/
TechMGM
https://www.techmgm.com/
Alabama Innovation Commission
https://innovatealabama.org/
Tidal IT Solutions
https://www.tidalits.com/
Montgomery, Alabama
https://www.montgomeryal.gov/live/about-montgomery
Tech Birmingham, Deon Gordon, President & CEO
https://techbirmingham.com/about/
Lab on Dexter
https://thelabondexter.com/
https://www.nps.gov/places/alabama-dexter-avenue-baptist-church-montgomery.htm
Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable Tedx Talk
https://www.ted.com/talks/charisse_stokes_getting_comfortable_being_uncomfortable
Alabama Power
https://www.alabamapower.com/company/about-us.html
Techstars
https://www.techstars.com/accelerators/alabama-power
The Alabama Collective
https://thealabamacollective.com/
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