I am an Adjunct Lecturer of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and Principal of Paul Earle & Co. (www.PaulEarle.com), a modern collective of business starters, creative professionals, innovation experts, and investors dedicated to helping top corporations grow through what we call Applied Entrepreneurship™. I also host a podcast series called Origin Stories of Innovation™. As both a serial entrepreneur and, more recently in life, an academician, I am deeply interested in understanding how great things begin. What are the insights, the sparks, the external conditions, the internal machinations and dynamics that lead to the birth of new brands and institutions that matter? I have not embarked on this quest strictly as a historian, however; my mission is primarily to leverage this knowledge to inspire future creation. Thanks for visiting.