Innovation is bringing an insight into a new context :: Geoff Orazem

What is Innovation?

Geoff Orazem is the co-founder of Eastern Foundry, an incubator for growing defense oriented technology companies, and Federal Foundry a software and media company for defense contractors. Geoff talks on the $500 billion government contracting market, the federal innovation programs, and how innovation can help provide better touch points for government customer-service.

More about our guest:

Geoff Orazem is a cofounder of Eastern Foundry, an incubator for growing defense oriented technology companies, and Federal Foundry a software and media company for defense contractors. He is a decorated Marine Infantry Officer and holds a law degree from Harvard Law school.

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Episode Guide:

0:00 - Intro

1:12 - What Is Innovation

2:31 - Recognized patterns and shaping career

3:19 - Problem-solving like online dating platforms

5:47 - Analogy: Government contract problem and 'dating' problem

8:12 - The 500$ billion- a year- government contracting market

11:22 - Perception: 'Malicious' interest on keeping people out

13:31 - Keeping it classified or unclassified

15:10 - Innovation INSIDE the government to address systematic issues

17:36 - Case Study: the Jedi contract

18:56 - Gov't: most innovative and most risk-tolerant in technological space

20:02 - Small businesses, Deep-tech projects, Venture capitalists

21:22 - Synergy of government and innovators

24:38 - Long-term plans and bad customer service

25:14 - Average Americans and their Government touch points

26:09 - Number of registered government contractors

29:45 - Disneyfication of news

31:13 - Twitter feeds, representatives, senators, and contract winnings

32:47 - How someone could take advantage of the work

34:13 - Advice to future innovators wanting to get into the federal market

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Resources Mentioned:

Book Mentioned:

• The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

Contract:

• Jedi Contract

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