Ideas to Impact
Ideas to Impact (i2i) podcast dives into the messy, magical middle of entrepreneurship with real talk on where risk, failure, and change collide to create something extraordinary.
Produced, hosted, written, and broadcast entirely by students, the i2i Podcast features conversations with alumni, student founders, local startups, and entrepreneurs from around the world. Flemming Fellows take ownership of every stage of the production process while developing communication, interviewing, story-telling, and relationship-building skills. Through authentic conversations and shared experiences, students learn the power of curiosity, elevate entrepreneurial voices, and connect the Hill to a broader community of innovators and changemakers.
"The Flemming Center is more than just another program at Hampden-Sydney. In one semester, I competed on both H.E.A.T. teams, winning 1st place at TechStars in Richmond and placing 4th at the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Summit Case Study competition in Indiana. Those trips taught me that communication and networking are real skills you develop by doing. This coming year, I will host the i2i Podcast, connecting with alumni, faculty, and fellow students. And after taking Dr. Michele King's entrepreneurship course, I turned a class project into a real business. I have created and sold over 50 Game and Fish accessories made from paracord, now carried in the H-SC Bookstore through the Foundry. The hands-on experiences I received in one brief semester are priceless."
~Daniel Bradley, ‘28, H.E.A.T., i2i Podcast Host, and Flemming Foundry Entrepreneur