I presented “The Innovative Entrepreneur” at the Create “N” Festival at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota on Sept. 19, 2018 to an audience that was open to the general public, but consisted mainly of undergraduates. At the time of the presentation, I was wrapping up the writing of his book Openness to Creative Destruction: Sustaining Innovative Dynamism that was published by Oxford University Press in June 2019. The topics of the presentation overlap with some of those in the book–on how innovative entrepreneurs make our lives better, and on how the challenges faced by innovative entrepreneurs can be hard but rewarding.