Brad Holliday:
Co-Founder at ID8 Innovation
About Brad Holliday:
Brad Holliday is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and innovation strategist with 20+ years of experience building, scaling, and advising businesses across technology, consumer, and enterprise sectors. A pioneer in digital commerce, he was Vanderbilt MBA’s first e-commerce graduate (1995) and built one of Nashville’s first record-label websites in 1993.
Brad is the founder of ID8 Innovation, a boutique advisory working with corporate venture and innovation teams at brands including Canon, Harley-Davidson, Goodyear, Nestlé, and Kaiser Permanente. He has served as a partner in a seed-stage VC fund, co-founded Fast Iron (a leading heavy-equipment data platform), built and operated a 350+ employee retail business, and produced three seasons of the Walmart FLW Country Music Tour.
He is an active mentor at multiple startup accelerators, bringing a pragmatic, operator-led perspective to innovation and growth.
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Tags: Business Strategy, Commercialization, Consulting & Professional Services, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital
Brad Holliday Q&A:
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I love the interdisciplinary approach. The idea of bringing people together from across the university and from the business community is exciting.
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I have a wide variety of experiences as an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor to enterprises that can be useful to early stage founders.
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Hmmm…still working on that
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The constant variety.
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What choices?? I’m not sure anyone really charts a course and sticks to it. Life is unpredictable.
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Grit, timing, and the ability to stay focused.
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A professional runner