Jim Kastama

Unfortunately I was not present during Jim’s talk; it appears he had many interesting concepts and information that would have been very useful in the entrepreneurship lifestyle. A main focus of his talk was apparently the concept of “Innovation”. How innovation is a key source in how entrepreneurship develops. There was also something that Jim brought up, and that was “Innovation Partnership Zones (IPZs).” Which allow companies to create a unity of business and government, and help them work together to create a region of innovation. It appears that Jim had a lot of experience in working with these partnerships; I wish I could have been there to ask questions. I would likely have asked how the political side worked with these IPZs. I know from first hand just inside University of Washington’s Tacoma campus, that politics can sometimes get in the way of new creative ideas.