INNOVATE FORT WORTH

Why a podcast?

Innovation is changing Fort Worth. Start-ups and a spirit of entrepreneurship are transforming the city known for Cowboys and Culture into a hub for innovative ideas and businesses. Innovate Fort Worth shares the stories of the city's leading innovators, entrepreneurs and investors -- and highlights the resources available to bring ideas to market.

Episode 125: Jenny McDonald

Greasing the Skids for Fort Worth Businesses

Jenny McDonald is tackling policy on behalf of entrepreneurs across the country. She is the Assistant Director of Activism and Special Projects at The Institute for Justice (IJ) and IJ’s Cities Works program, where she is meeting entrepreneurs, getting to the root of business struggles, and helping local government find solutions to those problems. Jenny shares the discoveries from the 2023 IJ report for Fort Worth around local entrepreneur’s biggest hurdles and recommendations for the city on how to overcome those challenges..

Sustainability Episode Highlight

Brad Hunstable

Father and son tinkering led to an invention that will reduce global energy consumption, all based on the same principles that power...

Farukh Aslam

The engineer turned hospitality leader, Farukh is changing hotels by using low voltage power over ethernet, making the Sinclair...

The Wellies

The innovative minds that are repurposing surplus materials to "fill a classroom, not a landfill." Through creativity, these friends...

Eddy Badrina

Redefining how produce is traditionally grown, Eden Green uses greenhouses, powered by the sun and technology, to provide...

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Sustainability Episode Highlight

Brad Hunstable

Father and son tinkering led to an invention that will reduce global energy consumption, all based on the same principles that power...

Farukh Aslam

The engineer turned hospitality leader, Farukh is changing hotels by using low voltage power over ethernet, making the Sinclair...

The Wellies

The innovative minds that are repurposing surplus materials to "fill a classroom, not a landfill." Through creativity, these friends...

Eddy Badrina

Redefining how produce is traditionally grown, Eden Green uses greenhouses, powered by the sun and technology, to provide...

Joseph Horn

One local innovator wants to turn Fort Worth into the sustainability capital of the world. Joseph Horn is the driver behind the city-wide...

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Kendel Rogers

THE STORYTELLER

IInput, Restorative,
Responsibility, Intellection,
Connectedness

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Cameron Cushman

THE BUILDER

Arranger, Connectedness,
Positivity, Woo, Maximizert

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Jamie Barnhart

The connector

Relator, Communication,
Responsibility, Woo, Input

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