by Julie Austin | Oct 18, 2026 | Manufacturing
Have you ever walked into a grocery store, picked up a cooked rotisserie chicken for around $5, and wondered how in the world they can sell it for that price? I have. As an inventor and manufacturer, I spend a lot of time thinking about how products are made, what...
by Julie Austin | Oct 15, 2026 | Innovation, Uncategorized
Innovation looks simple when you hear the polished version. Someone has an idea. They get a patent. A company buys it. The inventor makes millions. Then everyone celebrates the brilliant idea. That’s rarely how it happens. Real world innovation is messy. It takes...
by Julie Austin | Sep 5, 2026 | Innovation
The word innovation gets thrown around a lot. A company changes its logo and calls it innovation. Someone adds AI to an old process and suddenly it’s innovation. A team sits in a room for three hours, fills a wall with sticky notes, and walks away feeling very...
by Julie Austin | Aug 20, 2026 | Innovation Keynote Speaker
Innovation has become one of the most important topics in business. But it has also become one of the most overused. Almost everyone talks about innovation today. The real question for meeting planners is, who actually has the experience to talk about it? The best...
by Julie Austin | Aug 15, 2026 | inventions
Inventors don’t become early adopters because they’re trying to look cutting-edge. They become early adopters because they follow their interests. Hard. When you’re genuinely obsessed with something, you can’t help but explore what’s new in that world. You read. You...
